10-Dec-2019, 23:21
I just installed the Bonn N8 (Silent Angel) switch. I purchased it in the U.S. from Crux Audio, which currently has it on sale for $339. I had read several Dutch audio reviews and a friend of mine had also purchased one. I was a skeptic but I figured with the reviews, with my friend owning one, and with the "relatively" low price it was worth a gamble.
What I hear after about 10 songs is:
-- Wider sound stage
-- Slightly deeper bass
-- A nice image across the sound stage (individual instruments are easier to place, for example)
I was a bit surprised at how different things sounded. I really didn't expect it.
My set-up is rather simple: Devialet Expert 220 Pro (connected by WiFi, as I have had previous issues with gigabit Ethernet on Roon) and Roon Nucleus (connected to the switch). I do have a Keces P8 linear power supply powering the Nucleus and an AudioQuest Niagara 1000 providing clean power to all the other components.
I'd be interested in anyone else who has experience with the Bonn N8.
What I hear after about 10 songs is:
-- Wider sound stage
-- Slightly deeper bass
-- A nice image across the sound stage (individual instruments are easier to place, for example)
I was a bit surprised at how different things sounded. I really didn't expect it.
My set-up is rather simple: Devialet Expert 220 Pro (connected by WiFi, as I have had previous issues with gigabit Ethernet on Roon) and Roon Nucleus (connected to the switch). I do have a Keces P8 linear power supply powering the Nucleus and an AudioQuest Niagara 1000 providing clean power to all the other components.
I'd be interested in anyone else who has experience with the Bonn N8.
Devialet Expert 220 Pro Kinki EX-M7 power amp tethered to a fiber-fed Lumin X1 streamer via Grimm XLRs, Vivid B1 Decade speakers in Rosso Barchetta red (only 200 produced in a limited edition), Roon Nucleus with a Samsung 860 EVO 2TB SSD, etherREGEN switch fed by a Sonore opticalModule (and Sonore-supplied transceivers and 1M optical cable) with a SOtM dCBL-Cat7 cable to my Nucleus and a DH Labs Reunion Cat8 to my Lumin T2 streamer, Keces P8 linear power supply feeding a (to come) NUC and EtherREGEN switch with an external AfterDark OCXO clock., and opticalModule (5V/1A), AudioQuest Niagara 1000 power conditioner, ASI LiveLine loom (purchased directly from Franck Tchang when I lived in France), Less Loss Firewall for Speakers and Roon lifetime license with Tidal streaming.
