Hello everyone,
I’m new to this forum which seems to be a place of open-minded people.
My system is pretty simple and does works well in every situation : Mcintosh MA352, Klipsch Forte IV, Atlas Achromatics cables, DACMAGIC 200M Cambridge, Octavio Streamer, Transrotor Darkstar TT, Transorotor Phono III phono pre amp loading an Ortofon Quintet Black S. I aslo have Audioquest cables and multisocket with filterings.
So here is the thing, I do have really rare and expensive vinyl some collectors and some are from the best providers such as UHQR or Mofi. And even with my vinyl setup I do not find the sound really night and day compared to my digital source. I do not believe anymore in vinyl. When I started my audiophile journey I was only into vinyl 100 % times but I wanted digital to give a try and done what is done now. Digital is quiter, deeper, more precise, more convinient and so on...
So I'm think on upgrading my system with the fact that I will maybe sell the TT, phono and Ortofon Quintet Black S. It will get me a pretty bunch of money that I could use for upgrading my system while switching to digital that I enjoy more today. The only thing I find disturbing in my system is that sometimes in certain songs they are some instruments which are blended in the signal, I want to ear all of them very easily without concentration and effort. That would be the final goal and the end of the Hifi Game for me. Otherwise, everything on bass, midgrage, voices, guitar and stuff are all totally fine in my system.
I know I could sounds crazy for the majority of you guys and girls, but my ears are my ears and yours are yours.
But to better clarify eveything to gain time for some of you :
=> I do not believe in cables. Those I have are perfect, I won't change it
=> Room treatment is out of perspectives, I'm still a student at university and I don't have a stable geographical situation at the moment
=> I don't believe in digital source upgrades : the streamer I have is fine, a bunch of 0 and 1 is a bunch of 0 and 1 no matters what procuded it. I won't upgrade that either. The octavio streamer is reliable, affordable and perfectly fine and is a French product so it is nice for my country overall (sometimes you have to think ethical).
=> I won't change the DAC. Cambridge have made an awesome job on this unit, it is pure and silent, perfect in evey aspect. I've compared it to a 3k euros DAC that I've borrowed from my local hifi shops and guess what, the DACMAGIC was equally sounding and even better because it is only 600 euros. For reference, the DAC was an ATOLL DAC300.
I hope that some of you would be able to give me some perspectives and insights to get more instrument sparation in my system.
I'm looking foward to read you.
Best regards !
Theo
I’m new to this forum which seems to be a place of open-minded people.
My system is pretty simple and does works well in every situation : Mcintosh MA352, Klipsch Forte IV, Atlas Achromatics cables, DACMAGIC 200M Cambridge, Octavio Streamer, Transrotor Darkstar TT, Transorotor Phono III phono pre amp loading an Ortofon Quintet Black S. I aslo have Audioquest cables and multisocket with filterings.
So here is the thing, I do have really rare and expensive vinyl some collectors and some are from the best providers such as UHQR or Mofi. And even with my vinyl setup I do not find the sound really night and day compared to my digital source. I do not believe anymore in vinyl. When I started my audiophile journey I was only into vinyl 100 % times but I wanted digital to give a try and done what is done now. Digital is quiter, deeper, more precise, more convinient and so on...
So I'm think on upgrading my system with the fact that I will maybe sell the TT, phono and Ortofon Quintet Black S. It will get me a pretty bunch of money that I could use for upgrading my system while switching to digital that I enjoy more today. The only thing I find disturbing in my system is that sometimes in certain songs they are some instruments which are blended in the signal, I want to ear all of them very easily without concentration and effort. That would be the final goal and the end of the Hifi Game for me. Otherwise, everything on bass, midgrage, voices, guitar and stuff are all totally fine in my system.
I know I could sounds crazy for the majority of you guys and girls, but my ears are my ears and yours are yours.
But to better clarify eveything to gain time for some of you :
=> I do not believe in cables. Those I have are perfect, I won't change it
=> Room treatment is out of perspectives, I'm still a student at university and I don't have a stable geographical situation at the moment
=> I don't believe in digital source upgrades : the streamer I have is fine, a bunch of 0 and 1 is a bunch of 0 and 1 no matters what procuded it. I won't upgrade that either. The octavio streamer is reliable, affordable and perfectly fine and is a French product so it is nice for my country overall (sometimes you have to think ethical).
=> I won't change the DAC. Cambridge have made an awesome job on this unit, it is pure and silent, perfect in evey aspect. I've compared it to a 3k euros DAC that I've borrowed from my local hifi shops and guess what, the DACMAGIC was equally sounding and even better because it is only 600 euros. For reference, the DAC was an ATOLL DAC300.
I hope that some of you would be able to give me some perspectives and insights to get more instrument sparation in my system.
I'm looking foward to read you.
Best regards !
Theo