1graber2
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| Bel Canto Dac 3 yes, if there is a simple mod, consider it.I had the DAC 2.5 and now have the 3.7 DAC. i have not heard the DAC 3, but I have read that it leaned a bit with some digital etch (top end). if that is so, how about running the DAC 3 through a tubed pr... | |
| Integrated amp for Nola Boxers 1- My first system FWIW, i talked to a guy that was using a SimAudio integrated, the i-3 or i-1 or something with his Nola Boxer 1's. the Sim offers great dynamics which helped out the bottom end. there are a lot of great used SimAudio amps on the market. they are s... | |
| Pre and Amp Suggestions a $10k budget? there is almost too many options of mixing and matching! lots of good suggestions so far: Pass labs, Luxman, Atmasphere, ARC, Allnic, etc.Dont overlook that Allnic that @soix suggested. It is an $11k tubed Pre that is selling in the... | |
| Tube Basics 101: What is a rectifier tube for? i would also recommend at least calling Upscale Audio and talking to Jarrod (the tube guy) or the owner Kevin. I've bought from them for years and they are reliable, but live for this type of stuff. Kevin is a tube hound, tube freak.Although he ca... | |
| Tube Basics 101: What is a rectifier tube for? All great info,I personally like tube rectification over SS. I can agree with the idea that there are quick diminishing returns on the "quality" of the rectifier tube, but not in the reliability or longevity of the tube. Yes, there is hype on tube... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? lately, I've been enamored by Dylan's 35th studio Album, Tempest.But the lines that resonate with me most from Tempest:"I'll pay in blood ...but not my own"and, "I'm not dead, my bell still rings" | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? @ashra thats funny dude! | |
| Using Maple Butcher Block Under a Turntable ya, i just have a 2" maple butcher block under my VPI Scoutmaster II.I am just using the cork and rubber squares: about 1" cubed. its good, but not the best. vibrapods are good as well.but with a blank butcher block, you can drill 3-4 holes to ins... | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? I think the Passives are coming of age: more notoriety, more companies, more tech used (eg. Tortuga Class D passives), and now multiple $300 passive preAmps on eBay from China, which are probably pretty good.@georgehifi : in addition to the Schiit... | |
| Great Value in Used Phono Preamp’s? +1 for Musical Surroundings used Pre's.Consider the Lehmann Audio SE phono pre, probably more like $600 used, but is very good. I have used one for 4 years now. it has an outboard PSU, very clean, detailed, balanced, not rich but full sounding.als... | |
| Pre amps cost vs. value ... what I discovered last month. Interesting complaint by the OP. Painting with a VERY broad brush. Interesting b/c a self-professed mastering engineer who,on the one hand, implies how expert their ears and audio equipment knowledge are. Yet, on the other hand, is unable to match... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report @tomic601 cool. I haven’t done the deep dive into the planet waves album yet, But that day will come.But if I were forced to choose, I would say Bob and Neil are definitely two of my top favorites of all time. Possibly even, the top two. | |
| Nordost "sweet spot" I’ve owned/used - BH: PCs, ICsRD: PCs, SCsFrey’s: ICsSPMs: (Nordost Reference level from 2000-2005) XLR ICs, and BiWire SCsIt would be good to know what amp you are using, and what ICs you are using (also Nordost?) but not knowing the amp/ICs, for... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report … But today I’m listening to Bob Dylan‘s 2012 release, Tempest.It’s studio album #35 for Bob, and it is the intertwining of the beautiful and the macabre in the world, tragicomedy at deep levels, sang with eloquence, such that one feels the pull o... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report @tomic601 I’ve listened to Cat Power for over 20 years, and that is the one album I could not get into.So it’s ironic that my fave album of hers is Jukebox. |