I’ve got back to doing some testing of the media converter set up, now the family have left after the weeks holiday and Mrs DG is at work.
Played the following tracks;
- The Dave Brubeck Quartet; At Carnegie Hall; Blu Rondo A La Turk / Take Five
- Art of Noise; In Visible Silence; Paranoimia
- Ben Sidram; Swing State; Swing State
- Bill Evans Trio; Sunday At The Village Vanguard; Gloria’s Step
- Daniel Pemberton; The Man from U.N.C.L.E.; Out of the Garage
- Hugh Laurie; Let Them Talk; St. James Infirmary
- John Coletrane; Blue Train (The Complete Masters); Blue Train
- Lou Donaldson; Alligator Boogaloo; Alligator Boogaloo
- Miles Davis; Tutu; Tutu
- Sonny Rollins; Vol. 2; Why Don’t I
- Yello; Flag; The Race
- Leftfield; Leftism; Release The Pressure
Also took the opportunity to tidy up the Network Switch, Media Converters and Cables.
After taking the system back to more basics, I was going to leave it alone. But after reading Linn Docs for something else, I saw the part on Linn recommending Fibre for the NGKDSM. After checking the Selekt DSM I found that there was no Fibre input, so looked for an alternate way of achieving this. Hence, looking at the ADOT system and then going DIY, getting this set up complete for £25. Though, even buying it new, it is still only around £50-60, so not too expensive. The ADOT system would have been £560, some 22 times more expensive.
As mentioned earlier, I found that the volume level was a bit lower and needed to be increased slightly. The separation has widened and the transition from left to right is very defined. Bass isn’t as deep, but more controlled with a greater breadth. With the Jazz tracks, percussion is very clear and detailed, which really makes the rhythm easy to follow. Overall, a very nice toe tapping listening session.
Of the changes (improvements) I’ve made, this has worked the best so far. For £25 this has been a no brainer. Initially I used a lot of Chord products, (EE8, EE1, Signature Super ARAY / Epic / Clearway Streaming cables, SignatureX Mains cable), but as my previous posts have advised, I found that compared to cheaper alternative there was no real significant improvements. (However, I have read on this Forum that the Chord products start making a real improvement the higher you go up the chain, for example; Sarum T and ChordMusic. But then you are talking about serious money).
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