adg101
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| Denafrips Terminator vs. Venus Wondering same thing. Mike Powell Audio is the US Distributor and I reached out to him but he hasn’t had a Venus yet. Is the Venus fairly new? Sounds like the Pontus is very close to the Terminator as far as sound quality goes according to Mike. I... | |
| Basic cable question If your system is all the same manufacture then I could see maybe use one cable manufacture, but I suspect most people have a mix of component manufactures and speakers. I use two different brands for the most part and am very happy with the mix. ... | |
| Schiit Bifrost Multibit or Denafrips Ares? Looking at the Denafrips Pontus as well. Schiit has a return policy I think... does Mike Powell Audio in the US offer anything? If they both offer a return policy might be best to try them both in your own system if that’s an option. | |
| Need Opinion on NAD 2700 amplifier Owned a NAD 2600a amp when they first came out. It was a decent amp that drove my Magnepans just fine. For a two channel setup I’m not sure why you need two, let alone bridging four 2700 amps. Not sure what you’re budget is but I’d just buy one be... | |
| Power Amp advice If you can buy a Pass Labs X250.5 for $2.200 US you better jump on that and run. | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Till Bronner - Nightfall | |
| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home Bluesound Vault II. Can’t believe I waited as long as I did to get one. Using my Cambridge 851C as a DAC only. Once you try it you’ll never go back. Feed it your CD’s and control them from your tablet or smartphone. You don’t have to jump into a s... | |
| Recommend a Pass Labs amp for Dunlavy SCIVa Be a long, long time before we’ll see X250.8’s for $3K but I’m waiting too so in the meantime my X250 plugs away making beautiful music. Nothing wrong with the original X250 and if you can find one it’s within your budget. Had a X250.5 at home for... | |
| Noise w/interconnects Guessing they are unshielded so you could run a ground wire from the plugs on the signal end to a grounding block or to a grounded receptacle to the screw that holds the cover plate on if that makes sense. Maybe a simpler test is lightly twist the... | |
| best $1000 digital front end options for home streaming? Happy Vault 2 owner. For under a Grand not sure you can touch it for the convenience and sound quality. Onboard DAC is very good and agree for most it’ll be just fine. If you’re good not having the latest 2i version the previous models can be had ... | |
| I need your suggestion for a Preamp. ML 380S. No experience with the Ayre or JR so probably silly to throw my two cents in but remember the 380S. Great preamp with great resale... I bet in ten years it’ll still pull good money where the other two not so much. You already have two oth... | |
| Entry level turntable for my son My first table was a Technics when I was in middle school in the early 80’s. Great place to start or maybe Dad should pass down the Linn and treat himself to an upgrade. | |
| 10 year old good CD Player vs. a year old good DAC Buy the DAC. More flexibility and as mentioned will open the door to streaming. Once you start streaming you’ll probably play your cds less or stop altogether. | |
| Supra Cables Distrubution Block Using nothing but plugging directly to wall receptacle? I have dedicated circuit number 10 wire with Audioquest NRG Edison receptacles for both digital and analog components. I am preferring the Supra in the chain with my digital components than w... | |
| 6h30 tubes dampers to replace Audio Research ones Tried both the stock ARC and Herbies. If you haven’t tried the Herbies they’re better. As far as placement I always preferred them close to the top as you can get them. I found farther down you go you lose the magic. |