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| Thoughts on Dynaco A25 Speakers I had them as original issue back in their my university dorm room back in their introduction in the early 70’s. …the Jurassic age of this hobby, lets identify what they were: a first mass marketed foray into new affordable ( ergo “cheap” .,,) op... | |
| Cardas Clear vs Nordost Frey 2 vs Chord Sarum T Speaker Cables It is entirely bespoke system dependent….full stop. I had the full NORDOST FREY loom that I was happy with …. Until I changed speakers. The rest of my $50K system remained intact, but now an annoying and fatiguing digital “edge”, ‘brittleness”,... | |
| Ethernet cable - but which one? AVANTI AUDIO (no affiliation) . These are a terrific build and a top shelf performer. https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisb6j3b-avanti-audio-vivace-interconnects-cat7-2-5m-ethernet-cable-digital | |
| $10 Dollar DAC Sounds Perfect? @lordmelton +1 | |
| Chinese DAC's Here’s one posted opinion about selling off all his trove of Chinese DACs as expressed by a YouTube reviewer. Take away what you will from it …just sayin’… https://youtu.be/cwO4tje9QmY?feature=shared | |
| Help with possible integrated amp change for better match with my speakers. @kofibaffour yep …., well said, sir! ..,,.+1.… To OP: think instead about improving / upgrading your source first. There is an old very exaggerated metaphor in this hobby that tells the tale in dissecting audio performance : “ ,,, garbage in ... | |
| Chinese DAC's @ghdprentice Yep …. +4 …. It gets graphic in my experiences in two ways: (1) PRICE vs BUILD/PERFORMANCE MATRIX. All audio components are built to their price-point. Moving up the pricepoint strata generally produces a better audio performance... | |
| Sound quality differences in streamers @ghdprentice , @soix +1 …. Big-time! Nailed it , …. point, set, and match in tennis jargon. | |
| Integrated Amp Pairing for Harbeth 30.2 I have the HARBETH 30.2XD’s …. But not in a “ unibox” electronics rig upstream I stayed with amp and sources as standalones as improved audio performance options over the unibox options. For me , it’s a REGA OSIRIS integrated amp, with a REGA I... | |
| Favorite Song Lyrics of All Time. What Say You? Turn! Turn! Turn!", a monster #1 hit by the Byrds, also known as or subtitled "To Everything There Is a Season", is a song written by Pete Seeger in 1959. The lyrics – except for the title, which is repeated throughout the song, and the final ... | |
| Favorite Song Lyrics of All Time. What Say You? Abraham, Martin, and John , Writer/s:Richard Hollersung , sung by Dion https://youtu.be/a5hFMy4pTrs?feature=shared Has anybody here seen my old friend Abraham? Can you tell me where he’s gone? He freed a lot of people But it seems the good die... | |
| Favorite Song Lyrics of All Time. What Say You? EVE OF DESTRUCTION written by P F Sloan, sung by Barry McGuire https://youtu.be/_38SWIIKITE?feature=shared The Eastern world, it is explodin' Violence flarin', bullets loadin' You're old enough to kill but not for votin' You don't believe in... | |
| Upcoming Concerts?! IL VOLO performing this Saturday might in Niagara Falls at a great venue ,…. the OLG STAGE at Fallsview Casino. https://youtu.be/nRwHLPZxrxo?feature=shared https://youtu.be/uRv2WI3hPeY?feature=shared https://youtu.be/vLjsfiigrr8?feature=... | |
| Thoughts on swapping out Audioquest and Transparent cables for Duelund I too have the MOON 280D MIND2 streamer/ dac feeding a REGA OSIRIS integrated amp, and driving my Brit speakers (HARBETH) As you said, a warmer but still airy and very detailed audio presentation was missing. So I replaced my entire NORDOST ... | |
| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? After a half century in this crazy hobby, there are certain lessons learned - This hobby is a journey and never a final destination. - It always was a continual desire to upgrade and improve, with a series of incremental steps to “yep ..it soun... |