audioman58
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| Quest for an external Dac has resulted in me way down the rabbit hole Very easy just look at all the rave reviews the Denafrips Aries-2 under $1k be sure to buy a decent Ethernet cable and USB the Wireworld Starlight 8 is a great Ethernet and usb cable . | |
| My last Integrated Amp: $5-10,000? Without question theu.s.a made Coda imo best under $10 k pit has 120 amps on hand the biggest potted transformer in class ,3,000 Va super quiet all others open core ,and 3 power choices ,and doubles down into 2 ohms lowest power is 18 first w... | |
| Looking for wider soundstage What many people don’t do ,but I am currently is having the speakers at say 2 ft from each wall and have the drivers going like a X pattern this gives a bigger spread and just slowly turn in towards center a few inches at a time as needed. In m... | |
| Integrated Amp Suggestions Depending on your budget the best balanced and built under $20 ktheGryphon Diablo $17 k, For$6500. Made in USA Coda CSIB integrated it has by far most current capabilities a huge 3000 vs potted transformer very natural sounding and a 10 ye... | |
| Advice from Audiogon family - best speaker $3k-$4k Sonus Faber makes a great $3 k speaker , monitor audio Also myself just bought a used $5 6 yr old Dynaudio 3.4 ,,excellent design,build quality, and drivers , I spent $1500 on upper end Xover parts and wiring now the speaker is better then ma... | |
| Ohm Acoustic Corp., Brooklyn NY I hav3 helped others in repairing, rebuilding Xovers inohm Walsh speakers the quality is pathetic , a Electrolytc capacitor in a Xover does not belong in another but a powersupply ,and 50 cents resistors , even drivers ,China specials klipsch... | |
| Concerning high end audio names in new cars My wife has a B&W system in her New Volvo and it sounds great , my Brother has a Burmeister in his S6 Audi ,it is very good , yes these are over $3-4k each but to them well worth it since they drive over 1000 miles a month. | |
| Is There A Big Difference Between Subwoofers From Different Manufacturers Hello Ryder I have had many subs , a perfect example was ihad the Svs SB 3000 i bought the SB 4000. It was just more powerful and ease in the Baer more articulate , notnight and day , but enough to sell the sb 3000 i had my brothers Svs ultra 16... | |
| Denafrips Ares II - Why did you sell? I sold mine to buy a Pontus, then a Terminator 2 they get progressively better as you move up the line ,the pontus just better in every area , The T-2 in a whole different league . | |
| Your sub experience: Easy or hard? In over 90% of Loudspeakers a good sub or 2 is always much more articulate. and go much lower in Bass. I have the SVS4000SB subs , even one is a substantial upgrade and sound fast tunefull and defined Sealed Bass is faster and more tunefull to be... | |
| SVS sub owners, Past and Present Hello I have gone up the ladder from the $499 before the new Great app, to the very respectable 3000sb , then after hearing ,having the 4000-SB in m6 home , my brother owns the Ultra 16s , the 400 SB is a smaller version the sb16 is just too Bi... | |
| Cardas Clear Reflection advice needed Even if I liked them in your system it may not be a match I preferred the Final touch audio xlr interconnects very natural sounding and Wire World Eclipse Awg9 gauge Speaker cables a very natural mstch which was $2 k for 1 pr of interconnec... | |
| Cardas Clear Reflection advice needed The top of the line Clear s very detailed and open ,it will cost you$3-4k as a system interconnects, and speaker cables . A lot too have to do with what your front end is and amplification . | |
| Cardas Clear Reflection advice needed In my new system the Wireworld Eclipse ,and eclipse platinum on digital xlr was a little more even balanced and better resolution . | |
| Disappointing short life of NOS preamp tube 7 years is a long time for any tubes , plus you don’t know how your amp company bias the voltage or run the Ma voltage , power tubes 3-4000 hours small tubes like Tele , Siemens are 10,000 even bendix, some ge 5 stars are tough military speck, ... |