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| Thanks to Paul McGowan I’m surprised. There was nothing offensive mentioned in that post. | |
| Thanks to Paul McGowan Why were @thyname ’s posts removed? | |
| Harbeth 40.3's. Should I buy them? Harbeth is no flash in the pan, flavor-of-the-month type of speaker. While other companies have come and gone, Harbeth has been going strong for decades. Not saying other speakers are not as good or better, but it takes real quality to not just re... | |
| Feedback QLN Prestige Three Speakers Requested One of my good friend owns a QLN Prestige 3 and is totally in love with them. He has owned many other more expensive and well known brands -- Tannoy, Sonus Faber, just to name a few. According to him the QLN P3s are superb and very well balanced. ... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? @nyev I think I mentioned before that you will have to spend ~$10K or more (retail) to hear a substantial improvement over the built-in DAC. It would have been a shocker had the Tambaqui not performed at a higher level than the built-in DAC at mor... | |
| AAVIK THE BEST KEPT Sereat IN DIGITAL @tomcy6 The S-280 does have a built-in DAC which is actually quite good. I will put it up against any DAC in the ~$2-3K range. However, the DAC in the U-280 is substantially better. I preferred it, by a substantial margin, over Denafrips Terminato... | |
| ZEN Mini S vs. Small Green Computer Sonic Transporter i5 music server/Ultra Rendu Streamer If going with Sonore, why not look at the opticalRendu. I had both the ultraRendu and opticalRendu and found the optical version to be superior. Much lower noise floor. Also if you go with the sonicTransporter please make sure you get the LPS (als... | |
| Best Class D GaNFET Amp Comparison. Who to invite? Which Aavik? | |
| Something other than Harbeth SHL5 Do you have the SHL5 or the SHL5 Plus? If the former, then maybe trying the plus version will bring you closer to your goal. I found a huge difference between the two. Now if you already have the Plus version, IMO, it’s hard to beat under $10k. ... | |
| An Excellent (Moderately priced) tube integrated for QLN prestige 3 Speakers My friend has the same speakers as yours and drove them with Audio Hungary Qualiton a50i. He was very happy with them. They usually go in the used market between $4000-4500. I owned one too and can say that it’s amongst some of the best you can bu... | |
| The new Borresen M1's...a new direction? @sro -- you have a beautiful system! I, too, recently became addicted to Aavik. I have the Aavik U-280 integrated with built-in DAC and the S-280 streamer. These are phenomenal performers. I have gone through a number of tube and SS components but... | |
| Female vocalist recommendations When it comes to soothing female vocals, lots of great suggestions above. My favorite go to early morning and late night soothing female vocals has to be Helen Merrill, particularly the ‘Helen Merrill with Clifford Brown and Gil Evans’ album. ... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? Sorry there was a typo. It’s not a router but a switch. I need it because I have to connect my room server and the streamer from the same wall socket. | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? @lalitk Just ordered one in 10 ft length. So the plan is to use the LinkUp as follows ... Network socket in media room >> LinkUp Cable >> router >> Eno streaming cable (long one) >> Eno filter >> Eno streaming cable ... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? Thanks @lalitk and @pokey77 Based on what you're telling me and the price, it seems to be a no brainer. Since I need a longer run (about 10 ft), I'm thinking of going with this one ... Let me know if this is the right spec. |