alan_a
Responses from alan_a
| Marantz vs. Oppo or Theta I still use an Oppo 105 for Blue Ray and Dvd's which it does a nice job with but if I recall correctly the one time I tried to play an SACD I could only output it through the OPPO's analogue output. Could not output it digitally and into my exter... | |
| ARC REF 6 upgraded by ARC. I agree with @yesiam_a_pirate , talk to your dealer about a new 6se. Avoid the wait and get a new unit with warranty. Been a Ref6 owner for about a year, I'd have to hear an SE to prove it could get any better. Paired with ref75SE amp and Qua... | |
| DACs that do well without a preamp @laaudionut " like everything in our esoteric hobby, "your own results may vary."" Agree fully, I run a tube pre and tube amp so may have just been predisposed to a certain sound that completely changed when the preamp was removed. So maybe n... | |
| DACs that do well without a preamp @laaudionut @cheeg I'm a little surprised with your experience with the Hegel Hd30 without a Pre. I have an HD30 in my system and I feel it's fantastic DAC but a while back I was chasing some noise in my system so I removed my Pre-amp and wen... | |
| Lumin U2 Mini or T2 I use a U1 Mini with an external Dac. If you do decide to go with the U2 Mini I would suggest you factor in the cost of a LPS like an Sbooster to the U2 mini. I run one on my U1 and think it makes a worthwhile impact. | |
| Denafrips Ares II - Why did you sell? I just sold an Aeres II last week. I bought is as an experiment because of all the talk with the fairly inexpensive R2R dacs and how they sound more "tubey" than many chip dacs. My current Dac is a Hegel HD30 which was almost 5x the cost of the ... | |
| ARC Reference 6 or Cary SLP 05 with upgrade? First post been a lurker for years. I just sold an slp 05 with the Upgrade after using it for about 5 years. Rolled many sets of tubes including NOS KenRad VT-163 and Marconi BL63 among others. Was always happy with the sound but I could never ... |