Just a personal prejudice, perhaps, from my side, but I really don't like silver plated copper cables. The plating process seems to add an unpleasant edge, probably because in order to plate the copper, an extra layer of some other metal has to be added before the silver can be properly plated...
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I don't have any experience with silver cable with my TAD CR1 TX speakers, but a little bit skeptical about the match between silver cables and beryllium tweeters, on general grounds. Willing to be persuaded, though. I enquired about Way cables, which are silver, but was told that they were...
I've also found that my music preferences on Tidal and Qobuz are all a maximum of 24 bits/192 kHz, so can play on AES. My ripped files are mostly 16 bit/44.1 KHz, so no problems there as well. The very high frequencies permitted by USB seem to me to be a theoretical marketing exercise, at...
None whatsover. I tested USB v AES in my system for a year, using my previous DAC, the Nagra HD DAC, and reached the conclusion that I (note subjectivity) preferred AES by far. Luckily, when I ordered my Taiko Extreme server/streamer back in late 2020, I ordered it with the optional AES...
First time I've heard of the power supply cable upgrade, it doesn't seem to be listed on their web site, I'll have to investigate. As for the break in, I would budget a minimum of 120 hours or so, still improving gradually after that.
1 The plethora of great DACs using NOS digital chips suggests very strongly that "old" digital is often much better than "new" digital. New digital typically upsamples 16/44.1 to DSD or greater, creating a lot of ultrasonic noise, which will perturb many preamplifiers and amplifiers, resulting...