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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... 
Most recent concert
CHRIS BOTTI, two weeks ago here in Toronto Terrific! Had 3rd row centrefloor seats right in front of the stage, Then  he comes off stage and played in the venue centre aisle only 10’ away right beside me. Going to see IL VOLO in a week’s time liv... 
Need Opinions for Different Cable Manufacturers/Cable Designs
https://youtu.be/PW3QHfH9Nho?feature=shared   https://youtu.be/YExVM60Qq0s   https://youtu.be/2T2NmbYvACM     CARDAS  
Bryston BDP-3 vs Lyngdorf MP-60 2.1 internal VTune player
@mahler123 +1 i dumped my BRYSTON digital player too because of its untenable, frustrating, and Jurassic era player app with MANIC MOOSE. I upgraded to MOON by SIMAUDIO that was a step-up in audio performance, and a quantum leap step-up to a c... 
Some people actively participate but rarely if ever start a thread.
Forum participation and the majority of their ad buys & sells in other audio forums….think inter alia: CANUCKAUDIOMART in Canada, USAUDIOMART in the USA, PINK FISH MEDIA - AUDIO in the UK.