What's wrong with my system
Posted by: SongStream on 22 October 2015
No, not a question, but summary. The current set up I am running is a DAC-V1, which is the wrong DAC, into an SN2, which is also wrong as there are two pre-amps in the signal path, into ProAc D18s. I am using a windows PC as the digital streamer, which is the wrong thing to do.
I have the wrong speaker plugs jammed into the back of the SN2 in the form of BFA banana plugs. These are in turn attached to the wrong cable, QED Kudos bi-wire, and bi-wired to the Proacs, which is all completely wrong.. and they're the wrong length, just 2m each. I am using the wrong van den hul RCA interconnects rather than DIN. I am also using the wrong mains leads, and with the wrong fuses. I have an audiophile mains filter which the TV, PC, and bluray player are plugged into, with the DAC-V1 and SN2 in a meticulously polished MK Duraplug, which is clearly the wrong way around.
The ProAcs are in the wrong position, merely 38cm from the rear wall, though actually over 50cm from each side wall....tick, got something right. I have the wrong kind of AV enclosure with all the electronics on, positioned in the wrong place between the speakers, though with plenty of air between them and it, and wrongly have a TV standing on top of it.
Despite all of this, I can still just hear whether the album playing is by Tori Amos or Metallica for example. So it's still pretty good.
No, not a question, but summary. The current set up I am running is a DAC-V1, which is the wrong DAC, into an SN2, which is also wrong as there are two pre-amps in the signal path, into ProAc D18s. I am using a windows PC as the digital streamer, which is the wrong thing to do.
I have the wrong speaker plugs jammed into the back of the SN2 in the form of BFA banana plugs. These are in turn attached to the wrong cable, QED Kudos bi-wire, and bi-wired to the Proacs, which is all completely wrong.. and they're the wrong length, just 2m each. I am using the wrong van den hul RCA interconnects rather than DIN. I am also using the wrong mains leads, and with the wrong fuses. I have an audiophile mains filter which the TV, PC, and bluray player are plugged into, with the DAC-V1 and SN2 in a meticulously polished MK Duraplug, which is clearly the wrong way around.
The ProAcs are in the wrong position, merely 38cm from the rear wall, though actually over 50cm from each side wall....tick, got something right. I have the wrong kind of AV enclosure with all the electronics on, positioned in the wrong place between the speakers, though with plenty of air between them and it, and wrongly have a TV standing on top of it.
Despite all of this, I can still just hear whether the album playing is by Tori Amos or Metallica for example. So it's still pretty good.
So to sum up, you are DIW (doing it wrong). 
No, not a question, but summary. The current set up I am running is a DAC-V1, which is the wrong DAC, into an SN2, which is also wrong as there are two pre-amps in the signal path, into ProAc D18s. I am using a windows PC as the digital streamer, which is the wrong thing to do.
I have the wrong speaker plugs jammed into the back of the SN2 in the form of BFA banana plugs. These are in turn attached to the wrong cable, QED Kudos bi-wire, and bi-wired to the Proacs, which is all completely wrong.. and they're the wrong length, just 2m each. I am using the wrong van den hul RCA interconnects rather than DIN. I am also using the wrong mains leads, and with the wrong fuses. I have an audiophile mains filter which the TV, PC, and bluray player are plugged into, with the DAC-V1 and SN2 in a meticulously polished MK Duraplug, which is clearly the wrong way around.
The ProAcs are in the wrong position, merely 38cm from the rear wall, though actually over 50cm from each side wall....tick, got something right. I have the wrong kind of AV enclosure with all the electronics on, positioned in the wrong place between the speakers, though with plenty of air between them and it, and wrongly have a TV standing on top of it.
Despite all of this, I can still just hear whether the album playing is by Tori Amos or Metallica for example. So it's still pretty good.
So to sum up, you are DIW (doing it wrong).
Apparently so.
All digital too: clearly wrong
wrong is good