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| The Audiophile's Wife no longer putting it out? Love the humor! @grannyring is your wife offering training sessions for audiophile wives? I’m willing to pay top dollar if she can get mine to talk about my gear (and by that I mean audio gear) like she does. The story about her noticing the toe i... | |
| Need help choosing a new DAC It’s not an either or choice when it comes to NOS and DSD. For example, Pontus ii supports both. I still maintain that tubes in a dac are not a good idea when you have more of them down the chain. Either way, all the dacs in your list are excellen... | |
| Need help choosing a new DAC If you already have tubes in your audio chain, it might be overkill to go for a tube-based DAC like Audio Mirror or MHDT. I owned an Audio Mirror Tubadour III (non-SE version), and it was a great dac when paired with SS equipment. When I moved to ... | |
| How do you get Happy as an Audiophile? For me a positive outcome of this hobby, and one I never envisaged before getting into it, is forming friendships with other audiophiles. This includes some I've only interacted virtually (messages, phone, text, etc.), and some I've had the pleasu... | |
| Your tube amp related Harbeth experience. My Harbeth SHL5+ can sound a bit on the bright side with SS amplification. I tried them with Luxman 590AXII, and as good as the pairing was it did tend to sound a little bright on some recordings. Moving to a tube amp -- Audio Hungary Qualiton a50... | |
| Harbeth again…or other speakers for acoustic music? I currently have three speaker models in my house. Harbeth SHL5+, Harbeth M30.1, and Fritz Carrera BE. The SHL5+ is in the main system, and I have been rotating the 30.1 and Carrera BE in my home office. Before getting the Carrera BEs, I thought n... | |
| Roon software bug with Innuous Zenith 3? Sorry if you’ve already tried it, but did you restart the Innuos as well as your iPhone? Also it will help if you update the Sense app on your phone to the latest. To use Sense … sense app > server > advanced settings > Roon > toggle... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @melm Thank you for the information. This is very helpful. As I mentioned above, my decision to not go with Musetec had nothing to do with the quality of the DAC itself, but more with the 'perceived' lack of clarity on Shenzen's return policy. I'm... | |
| DENAFRIPS DAC ---- Owner Impressions, Feedback, General Discussion, Questions and more.... I just bought a used Terminator 2 from another longtime audiogoner. Once I set it up (scheduled delivery 12/28) I will compare it to my all-time favorite DAC, Luxman DA-06, that has stood the test of time and sound quality against many a DACs at ... | |
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| Streaming music sounds better late at night. Is this just me? Agree with tsushima1 ... I have found that my music sounds better when I'm relaxed and have got nothing else on my mind. This is true regardless of the time of the day. | |
| Isoacoustics Orea vs Townshend Seismic Pod on Components @ryder @astolfor -- thank you for helping me with the adjustments. I finally settled on 2 springs per footer in the front, and 4 springs per footer in the back. All footers are directly underneath the chassis. Happy to report that there's defi... | |
| Isoacoustics Orea vs Townshend Seismic Pod on Components @astolfor @jerryg123 -- thanks for your feedback. I'm going to reduce the number of springs per footer and see if it makes a difference. @astolfor What do you mean by the least amount of springs? Does that mean I should start with a single sp... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC BTW, I just want to make sure that my criticism was not directed toward the DAC itself. There are a few people whose opinions and feedback matters to me greatly, and @yyzsantabarbara is certainly one of them. If he is going to put his stamp of app... | |
| Isoacoustics Orea vs Townshend Seismic Pod on Components Thanks @astolfor . I received the spring this morning. So far, I’m not really liking what I’m hearing. There is a slight bit of ringing which is causing fatigue. I placed the springs directly underneath the chassis. Three springs each in the front... |