18-Apr-2015, 18:45
(This post was last modified: 18-Apr-2015, 19:04 by Foggy916.
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First post here. I'm a new owner of a 400 and am loving it. Driving my Raidho D2s with great success. Been doing some tweaks and wanted to report my findings on the link cable. I love the stock Crystal in the sense of it's great detail but it does seem that I'm getting a little bit of harshness at louder volumes. So, after reading this thread, I decided to give the RCA to AES/EBU a try and purchased a very inexpensive Monoprice cable for $5...yes, that's $5!!!! http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=11...1&format=2
Surprised by the quality for $5 and even more so I'm surprised by the sound. Initial impressions are that the harshness is totally gone and I get what most others are reporting which is a warmer more analog sound. Sounds great. Only down side is that I might be getting slightly less detail and separation but if so, it's a very small difference. The benefits far outweigh the loss of detail. Tone is perfect and non fatiguing even at higher volumes. Would love to try out the Audioprana and see how that compares. More to come.
Been trying out different power cables as well. Shunyata Alpha Digital, JPS Labs Kaptavator and PS Audio AC-12 (which fits under cover). Need to decide which one to go with so I can start the search for the second matching cable.
Surprised by the quality for $5 and even more so I'm surprised by the sound. Initial impressions are that the harshness is totally gone and I get what most others are reporting which is a warmer more analog sound. Sounds great. Only down side is that I might be getting slightly less detail and separation but if so, it's a very small difference. The benefits far outweigh the loss of detail. Tone is perfect and non fatiguing even at higher volumes. Would love to try out the Audioprana and see how that compares. More to come.
Been trying out different power cables as well. Shunyata Alpha Digital, JPS Labs Kaptavator and PS Audio AC-12 (which fits under cover). Need to decide which one to go with so I can start the search for the second matching cable.
