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    Anyone try Isoacoustics Gaia’s and Townshend Seismic Podiums?

    Oh! What a great idea, I shall check this out!
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    Anyone try Isoacoustics Gaia’s and Townshend Seismic Podiums?

    I have only noticed Gaias sounding better over time, though I have not had mine sitting put for 3+ years. My issue with them is the opposite - they take many weeks to settle and sound good, and if you move the speaker they need to settle again a bit. They’re also fiddly to level and tighten. But...
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    Finally got a new DAC (Tambaqui!)

    @Yorky Unfortunately my entire system has been in storage for over a year during renovation projects that keep getting delayed, so I couldn't tell you! However I would definitely recommend giving it a VERY long time to break in, like several weeks of continuous playback. My experience was that...
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    Finally got a new DAC (Tambaqui!)

    I'm also not sure how important a 384khz interface is. I have no recordings in that format, and Qobuz only goes up to 24/192. I would not sweat it unless you have source material you care about in the format, or you really like the upsampling from your Aurender. Personally I have found...
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    CD Transport vs Music Server

    I was able to get the RS2 T to work ok with the 19V the HDPlex provides. It all probably gets regulated down to 12V and 5V rails internally anyway, so it only needs enough voltage to clear the minimum dropout of the regulators in the RS2 T. Given the most dated 78xx regulators have a...
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    CD Transport vs Music Server

    Unfortunately I don't think you can use it as a SACD transport with another DAC, at least not one I know of. There's no standardized scheme and it technically violates licensing agreements to pass it unencrypted over I2S (you are supposed to use HDMI protocol), so PS Audio is cheating a bit with...
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    CD Transport vs Music Server

    The build quality is indeed a bit sketchy. Some details seem like a bad joke, e.g. the little piece of stick-on rubber footer used as a nub to engage the lid sensor. Just handling the thing the first few days I had it, wondering how something that cost over $3k could feel so janky, I felt like I...
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    Finally got a new DAC (Tambaqui!)

    No, I never turn off any of my source gear, and in fact I’ve been running the Tambaqui nonstop with either Roon or AES-EBU playing. I only shut down the Gryphon set for obvious conservation and temperature reasons. :)
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    Finally got a new DAC (Tambaqui!)

    On week 3 and the Tambaqui sound has taken a few notches up. It continues to do an exceptional job balancing detail with naturalness, vividness with smoothness, while developing real power and depth. Cello and piano in particular have gotten significantly richer and more resonant - zero leanness...
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    Finally got a new DAC (Tambaqui!)

    Ah I hadn't caught that yet, but I did see him "debut" with Mahler 5 as mentioned in the opening of the article, and have heard him many times since. He is indeed the real deal. :)
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    Finally got a new DAC (Tambaqui!)

    Re: power cords, @PYP as luck would have it, I have had a loom of Kubala Sosna Temptation in the system for a few months. It works very well with the Tambaqui, though after some limited experimentation I haven't found the Tambaqui to be THAT sensitive to the cord - probably less so than the PS...
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    Finally got a new DAC (Tambaqui!)

    Thanks Kerry - all this resonates with my experience thus far. I've been running it nonstop with a source (handily, I am also running in the Pro-Ject RS2 T in parallel) and the midbass and overall tone is rounding into shape slowly but surely. The dynamics, which were already killer, are also...
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    Finally got a new DAC (Tambaqui!)

    The weird thing is I've heard (possibly incorrectly) that the Kaluga amps can also tend slightly lean, and the Makua is dead neutral... so I'm not sure how that whole getup doesn't come off very cool? I'll just have to stop by Bill Parish's place sometime to hear it. The Tambaqui does work quite...
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    Finally got a new DAC (Tambaqui!)

    Or the Bucs...... :rolleyes::p
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    CD Transport vs Music Server

    Ah yes, reclockers! They were all the rage until streaming took over. I used a Monarchy DIP back in the day. The 8ps figure of the Synchro-mesh sounds impressive, except don’t you need to ultimately measure the jitter at the receiver/DAC since the clock will have to be recovered again? Would be...
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