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| Devore Fidelity Orangutan O/96 @prof -- Wow, what a thoughtful and detailed response. I have the Harbeth P3esr's in my study and absolutely love them. I was pretty much sold on the Harbeth sound until I saw the Devore's. I didn't get a chance to see which McIntosh models were ... | |
| KEF ls50 meta’s are on the way @kenjit You're absolutely right! I borrowed the blades from a friend a few moths ago, and just as you say they're only good for background music. I tried shaving my 3-day stubble with them and seriously cut my face in several places. Do you think ... | |
| Stream to DAC - WXC50 /Node 2i /Project StreamBox If you already have a DAC, you should look into Sonore products for streaming. I have their opticalRendu bundle which made a huge difference in the sound quality of my 2 channel system. They also sell the ultrRendu which is very nice also. | |
| Upgrade DAC recommendation @aeschwartz -- thanks for the tip on Node 2i. I'm using it in my headphone setup with an external DAC. I had never paid attention to that particular setting but boy what a difference it made once I did. The sound is a little smoother and more liqu... | |
| Streamers, servers, players - woefully overpriced?? My experience with Small Green Computers has been just the opposite. I was getting some issues while running Qobuz on Sonore opticalRendu, so I contacted them. I got a reply from Andrew and Jesus within a couple of hours. We exchanged 7-8 emails ... | |
| Thinking about getting a R2R DAC @adam8179 -- awesome choice! I ended up buying the Audio Mirror Tubadour III, but Pagoda was a very close second. As others have mentioned, be sure to let it burn in for at least 50 hours before critical listening. | |
| spend on the streamer or on the DAC ? @facten if you’re looking for real world advice, you can always ask grannyring. Great system btw. | |
| spend on the streamer or on the DAC ? Grannyring is not all talk and theory. He has a great track record of 'actually' getting his hands dirty and enhancing products to take them up a notch or two. I'll take that any day, and twice a day on Sunday. | |
| Upgrade DAC recommendation I think it will be helpful if you can tell us what is it that you feel is missing, and what type of experience are you searching for? | |
| Thinking about getting a R2R DAC I didn't say it would. I said you can use EQ to get a fairly good mimic of vinyl. I didn't say it would sound exactly like vinyl or a R2R dac, I suggested the Border patrol which distorts more than any other I have seen so it might come close.Of c... | |
| spend on the streamer or on the DAC ? I've found that both the streamer and DAC are of almost equal importance when streaming music. I moved from Node 2i to Sonore opticalRendu streamer in my 2 channel system and the improvement in SQ went above and beyond my expectations. At least in... | |
| Best headphone amp under $400 Slightly over your budget, but you should consider Chord Mojo. It's not ultra portable, as in you can't put it in your pocket and go out for a run, but certainly something you can take it with you on trips. You might even find a used one for under... | |
| Is the Roon Nuceus device a good streamer? I want to stress the fact that I have zero issues with my sonicTransporter i5 when using as a Roon core/server. It has been rock solid and plays all my songs, including several DSP settings for my headphones, without a hitch, My comment about not ... | |
| Thinking about getting a R2R DAC @djones51 -- Given that we have had the ability to EQ for quite some time now, why is that it we have so many different implementations of DACs, preamps and amplifiers? Don't get me wrong, I use EQ on my headphones with great success, but I do fin... | |
| Thinking about getting a R2R DAC Try an R2R tube DAC. |