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| Best linear PSU under $1000? I have been using the Uptone JS-2 for many years but now need yet another LPS for powering a Lindemann Limetree Bridge II streamer. Choice is between a Farad Super 3 and the Teddy 5/3. Both around $500 mark. | |
| New! Cerious Technologies Lumniscate cables @rgrost Bob are you going to bring back your React speaker tech - the one with the kevlar ballistics powder in the thin tubes? Now that was a fascinating and utterly unique approach to speaker design. A shame it never really went forward. But I c... | |
| Endgame Vocal+ DAC Help: Terminator Plus 12th vs. Chord DAVE vs. Holo May vs. Weiss502. You don’t want detail, you want a real/natural sound that does not have the digital harshness and listening fatigue. You have to treat the source first before you can experience these DACs to their full potential. And by source I mean the power. ... | |
| Nordost QKORE QKore Premium wire incoming. Was supposed to get it today but delivery held back, so Monday hopefully. I only got the banana wire for connection to the QB8, so that’s the only application I can give a report on. If the premium qkore wire is bette... | |
| DACs that do well without a preamp Problem with DAC volume controls is they are either digital, and sound lifeless and flat, or they are a budget/space restricted analog volume control jammed into the DAC as an afterthought. That's why a good pre-amp always sounds better. But I wo... | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers My experience the opposite, very lively and lifelike. Interested to know which model you auditioned, as they do a lot, and I will stay away from them. But it could be in comparison the Kudos just showed them up. | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers At the moment I am into Neat Acoustics. Ex Neat employees formed Kudos and they apparently go for a similar sound, i.e musical and not entirely neutral. They have a series of isobaric loaded speakers with compact size, all voicing tuned by ear, po... | |
| The ”sweetspot” in the Nordost line of cables What do you guys think about the Norse 2 line specifically for power cables? I have the Heimdall 2 but don’t know how much better the Frey/Tyr 2 can get. My previous Nordost PC frame of reference was the Brahma and Shiva lines, but they are we... | |
| So, I listened to a $1Million Dollar System It's the speakers. The ultra high end speakers have like 17 drivers in them and not even a 1000w mega amp can drive them properly. Imagine trying to design a coherent crossover for such a multi driver array, with many of those drivers housed in 4... | |
| Chord Dave and lInear power supply Everything said here about upgrading an SMPS to LPS has been my exact experience. It gives a huge performance boost for comparatively little outlay. If you have a component that accepts external SMPS input, then try out the Farad or something lik... | |
| What Gear Has Disappointed You? Bryston amplification up to the SST range. I extensively auditioned them (in the ought’s) on 3 vastly different types of speakers (from Sonus Faber to Focal) at different dealers. The Bryston signature came through on all of them- thin, harsh, fat... | |
| DAC Merry Go 'Round- why I stopped at Weiss Thanks Jimmy for your informative DAC comparisons. What is the digital volume control like on this? For me its always got to be a one box DAC/Pre straight to amp, so that is important. There is also a new ESS Sabre upgrade to this DAC so perhaps... | |
| Figure 8 ('Infinity') Power cord Nordost Purple Flare is a dedicated C7 (figure 8) and it's very good. Nordost Heimdall 2 is also C7 and even better, but it's a 3 core power cable from the normal range, and its ground wire is just connected at the AC connector end only. Audioque... | |
| Recommendations for HDMI cables specifically for audio quality Have you actually compared these cables side by side in your own system? I would not take the word of the manufacturer on statements like this. Anyways, I’m happy with my cables. HDMI cables is not the only cable I have tested with, so I don’t f... | |
| Dedicated 20 Amp Line for Audio @lancelock Yeah I noticed that, will be specific with the electrician to follow orders. Also apparently the drain wire should be connected to earth at only the fuse box end. |