HiHi,System 1 is Cyrus XT-SE, Cyrus DAC-X, Roksan Caspian Pre and mono-bloc poweramps, Monitor Audio PL100 speakers, QED cables.System 2 is the Squeezebox Touch, AVI ADM9.1 + AVI Sub.Given reviews, price differences, etc. I'd expect the be able to hear a difference between the Squeezebox and Cyrus transport but connecting both (Squeezebox and XT-SE) into either system and comparing side by side and they sound identical to me.I'm interested in people's views on this. Are they in fact the same (for all intents and purposes), are both downstream systems not revealing enough, do I have duff hearing or do I have learn to listen differently? Or is it something else?I look forward to people's views on this.
Hi,
I have two systems that in their own way I consider pretty good. Particularly the AVI setup.
System 1 is Cyrus XT-SE, Cyrus DAC-X, Roksan Caspian Pre and mono-bloc poweramps, Monitor Audio PL100 speakers, QED cables.
System 2 is the Squeezebox Touch, AVI ADM9.1 + AVI Sub.
Given reviews, price differences, etc. I'd expect the be able to hear a difference between the Squeezebox Touch and the Cyrus XT-SE but connecting both (Squeezebox and XT-SE) into either system and comparing side by side CD vs FLAC and they sound identical to me. BTW, I'm not saying the AVI and Roksan/MA systems sound the same, they definitely don't.
I'm interested in people's views on this. Do the Squeezebox and Cyrus sound the same (for all intents and purposes), are both downstream systems not revealing enough, do I have duff hearing or do I have learn to listen differently?
Or is it something else? I look forward to people's views on this.
Hi,
I have two systems that in their own way I consider pretty good. Particularly the AVI setup.
System 1 is Cyrus XT-SE, Cyrus DAC-X, Roksan Caspian Pre and mono-bloc poweramps, Monitor Audio PL100 speakers, QED cables.
System 2 is the Squeezebox Touch, AVI ADM9.1 + AVI Sub.
Given reviews, price differences, etc. I'd expect the be able to hear a difference between the Squeezebox Touch and the Cyrus XT-SE but connecting both (Squeezebox and XT-SE) into either system and comparing side by side CD vs FLAC and they sound identical to me. BTW, I'm not saying the AVI and Roksan/MA systems sound the same, they definitely don't.
I'm interested in people's views on this. Do the Squeezebox and Cyrus sound the same (for all intents and purposes), are both downstream systems not revealing enough, do I have duff hearing or do I have learn to listen differently?
Or is it something else? I look forward to people's views on this.