What a Funny Hobby We Have....

kevhed72
kevhed72 Posts: 5,054
in 2 Channel Audio
I was running an AQ VDM 3 digital coax for awhile from my CDP player to DAC for some time....by all account this was AQs middle of the road coax cable. I was running 4 Valvo Tubes in my pre....and it all sounded OK, but not great as the rep. of the Valvo Hamburg tubes carry w them, so I pulled 2 out and popped in Westinghouse 12au7s for kicks......ehhh.....still OK but not great. Then the Black Cat Veloce digital coax shows up at my door and out comes the AQ. Not a good combo with the tube compliment......at all. Very, very sterile and flat sounding. Man.....last night I started secong guessing everything I have been trying. So this morning I went back a compliment of 4 Valvo tubes and........WHAM BAM! Think I have this part of the rig wired tight. This combo will do guide nicely for a very long time. Thanks Brock for the tubes....
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    I find that I prefer copper center-conductor coax's as opposed to silver plated.
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    So is the Black Cat still in the mix?
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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