Enough is Enough


I've been looking at changing my DAC. I was considering Lampizator, Playback Designs, and Ideon. Recently a dealer basically told me(with the exception of my subwoofer and music server) my system sucks. He went on to say, I should sell my amps, preamp, DAC, speakers, and start all over! I've owned several different speakers, amplifiers, and DACs. I've attended shows and several different dealers show rooms. In fact, I directly compared one of the amplifiers the dealer recommended to a Rowland 625 S2 amplifier and preferred the 625 S2. I didn't build my system in a vacuum. I determined what I wanted to spend, listened and purchase what I preferred. I've been in sales and submit it would have been better to recommend a DAC that would improve my system. So now I say, maybe enough is enough; because no matter what I have some dealer will tell me it's crap and I have to start over. 

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I have been into audio for over 40 years and member of or part of audio clubs ion the east coast ,making recommendations , fine tune your Audio you don’t have to start from scratch.I can say yes maybe upgrade as I mentioned before a digital cable upgrade ,I just recently found a Gem in Tubulus Audio cables ,their Digital cables and a couple power cords ,truly kicked my very respectable system up a notch . I truly think the front end is slightly more important then the Loudspeaker ,Why for it is the first part of the Audio chain , once the signal goes down stream you Cannot make up the clarity or resolution , the Loudspeaker is second , everything counts though . I sell Denafrips Audio and their latest philosophy in their New Gen-15 series ,such as moving the Pontus to the previous Venus 12 th  which was just upgraded last year for Pontus money is a first ,

the same holds true for the new Venus 15 ,last years Terminator12, The New Terminator15  was the Upgraded Terminator plus , without charging Any increase in $$ in fact your saving well over $1k per product .and all were tuned even more so ..it’s a great strategy ,for each model can compete very well with the competition in their respective price categories.

Why don’t you state what your Audio system contains and maybe myself or others maybe suggest something, synergistic not it all depends what exactly you are looking to improve and $$ how much to spend .. I have been into Audio 40+ years 

owned a Audio store for a decade spent more then a nice home on Audio 

and now I am semi retired I now try to get the most out of my budget 

for less then 1/2 of my old $100 k + system , now I am using the latest technologies to be my guide , in amplifiers I am ready to get the new Final product from class D Audio their GanFet transistor Class D amp mono blocks total different ball game .

like a stun gun small but packs a punch  each Ganfet 90:amps x4 in just mono block ,dynamic great control very detailed neutral but not bright it just gets out of the way , I had mine tweaked with all Furutech connectors Hifi tuning fuses 

it comes stock with  WBT connectors ,  6 lbs each 300 wpc into 4 ohms 5000+ watt peaks for under $2500, a true find in 2 weeks starts production  can’t wait I had the prototype..  I sell Denafrip digital and excellent quality ,build for your Buck and competes well with Anythung in its price the New Gen15  clsss I am very happy with ,the 12th not so much so . Yes there is much better out there I don’t have $20k just for my dac. My new Innuos Zenith Mk3 is excellent 3- LPS power supplies nice Teac cd ripper ,SS drive great Sense app interface  and very intuitive 

and well thought out total vibration treatment throughout even their feet , hospital grade input filter and isolation transformers for the streamer and lan input as well as the output to the dac . Tubulus my go to Digital cables v throughout and fair priced .  And use a LPS power supply from your router- modem combo 

it truly lowers your noise floor alot , That $5 wall wart just adds noise to your system , Linear Tube Audio best LPS by a Mile for $700: on Audiogon .

try it your like it !!