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| Devore Fidelity Orangutan O/96 @yatra86 -- congratulations! The Proacs 48Rs are pretty awesome. If the seller lives in Allen, then it's the same guy. When I last checked his ad on craigslist, he had dropped the asking price by $1000 ... I'm hoping you didn't pay his original as... | |
| TEAC NT-505 - How good is it? I had the Cambridge Azur 851D DAC, which I believe is the same DAC in the 851N. If that is indeed the case, there are better options out there. I owned the 851D for 4 years but never warmed up to it. If your choice is between 851n and NT-505, I sa... | |
| Esoteric K-03 or Luxman D-03x OP -- is the application strictly limited to playing CDs, or do you think you will be getting into streaming later on? When I was shopping for an integrated amplifier, the dealer played music via the Luxman D-03X. To be honest, I wasn't impressed.... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? I have a few new monickers for audio design that will come in handy when he is banned and wants to pop up again ...navel-gazer-123i-am-legend-007Hydra-09You can thank me later. | |
| Upgrading power cable to AQ Niagara 5000? If you have a choice between adding a dedicated line vs spending more on a high end power conditioner, which option will provide more tangible and easily discernible improvements? I understand that the right answer might be to do both. But let’s s... | |
| DAC's Made in the USA @yyzsantabarbara Just curious, why did you sell the DAC3B? | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? When someone starts questioning others’ credentials, and worse, starts throwing theirs around, it usually means they can’t win the argument on substance alone. | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? @ironlung — excellent explanation about wired vs WiFi. This should be standard textbook reply to the ‘zeroes are zeroes and ones are ones’ crowd. | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? There is no compression algorithm for ‘actual’ listening. | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? @thyname — don’t you understand audio is not about music or ‘what you hear’. It’s all about measurements and double blind tests, paper tigers, and graph gremlins. The actual act of listening is not only unnecessary, it’s highly overrated. | |
| Biamping with a tube and SS combo Thanks everyone for such informative posts. As I mentioned earlier, I wasn't aware of this specific configuration and was intrigued. Appreciate the education. Right now, I'm enjoying my Luxman 590axii integrated amplifier, but I'm thinking down th... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? @ironlung -- in that case, please accept my apologies. | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? ^^ Are we seeing yet another reincarnation of the famous poster who keeps popping up like hydra's heads? | |
| Best integrated for my needs???? Add Luxman 590axii to your list. Runs in class A for the first 30 watts and a great all rounder. Another one to consider is Pass Labs INT-60. As others mentioned, Hegel 390 is pretty darn good as well. | |
| What Was Your Favorite “Game Changer” Moment? Never in a million years would I have guessed that ebm has magicos. |