a_shah
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| What's your favorite boutique speaker maker Tidal (if one can afford them )Trenner &Friedl ( reasonably priced)Daedalusvanderstein | |
| Length of speaker cables Have QS mono block 60 watt tube amps with 97.5 dB efficient Speakers tried combination of long IC & short SC & different brands of cables the best I found were boutique cables Zenwave alloy( gold & Silver etc) & Wywire , I ended u... | |
| Best tube preamplifier for under $15k Lots of things come and go in my system but the Don Sachs 2,pre amp stays for less that 3k it will compete way beyond its price point in the 7k to 10k category | |
| Really need some help finding a full range speaker if if you can get Daedalus speakers as dodgelum has suggested you will be set for life A pair of Rel subs would also help in getting the very low end if you are looking at the 23HZ to 24Hz my Poseidon will go lower than stated 28Hz bottom & my... | |
| Best small, desktop speakers, $500 or under (new or used) Within your budget I would go for audio engine if you can get a pair of HD6 on the used market for a desktop system it is better to go with Powered Speakers mind you they can be a bit fatiguing But you get very good bass and crisp clear mind &... | |
| Power cable for REL sub -- modestly priced Have a pair of Rel S/812 I use Pangea 14 I believe on both units just because I have them did try PS audio AC —5 since I own them no difference although I do use 2 dedicated lines plus PS audio outlets & PS audio decket have not tried the orig... | |
| Future of cables! The future of cables in hi end audio ! I predict like horse & buggy will give way to wireless technology for hi end audio if it exists no more cables so no no need to pay $ 70k for a piece of wire with some voodoo magic they will all be obsole... | |
| Usless but interesting ....how many of you old timers started with original Large Advents? I did, these were first real speakers sadly I lost them in transit when I moved for a job from New Jersey to London .U.K in the 70 ‘ | |
| Daedalus Ulysses Recently used a pair of REL T/9i they supposedly go down to 28HZ , I am sending them back to get either REL G 1 MK 2 or a pair of REL S/812 as has been suggested to me I can say this My Poseidon's did sound a bit more ( smidge)fuller don't know w... | |
| Speaker cable recommendation I just got myself a pair of Wywire Daedalus 10' speaker wire recently since I own Daedalus speakers having tried Allnic ZL 5000 . Cardus Clear blue and some others ( Zenwave) found the Wywire to have wide sound stage sense of openness , Speed , ... | |
| Daedalus Ulysses I own a pair of Daedalus Poseidon, but have listened to most of Lou speakers when I went to visit him except for the Zeus, I came from Blades , Magnepan 1.7i and another couple of other speakers listened to and auditioned plenty , if I ever do rep... | |
| US made, integrated tube preamp able to handle KT150 tubes? Quicksiver audio by Mark Sanders from Stockton CA , hand made legendary performance! I own his 60 watt mono and his incredible HP amp | |
| Separate DAC or continue using the Oppo UDP-205 Ok I have both the OPPO 205 and The directstream DAC with birdge 2 card which itself is a streamer Sure the 205 has a good DAC but it does not come even close to the DirectStream DAC but that is not the point I want to make . You can make your OPP... | |
| 3 great tube preamps. Which would you purchase? I just sent back my Don Sachs DS-2 for upgrades ! I do use a PS audio Directstream DAC and Lou Hinkeley Daedalus Speakers - No question in my mind DS-2 is a Big Bang for the Buck very sweet sonically beats anything I have heard at this price point ! | |
| Supratek or Don Sachs - which way to go? @markusthenaimnut @mickm9 although I do own DS-2 and pretty satisfied withit I did not know about Supratek when I purchased my DS-2 but this hobby is a rabbit hole being retired myself I spend quite some time with my system visiting audiophile ... |