audioman58
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| Digital isolation between Ethernet hub and streamer Carlsbad2 instead of knocking it out of ignorance try it before making a comment you know -0 about it yet you have a opinion . Myself and many seasoned Audiophiles have found it to work as well as several awards for $265 very little risk. Ito... | |
| Better DAC or better Streamer The dac100% for a streamer is just bringing the signal in the Dac or sourse most important part of the audio chain . the higher quality the better ,this is the end point where the signal goes down stream to all other components before reaching... | |
| What were your favorite gear additions in 2024? LSA MicroZotl preamplifier is a true Audiophile bargain the Innuos Zenith MK-3 does everything I could want from ripping to SS storage great interface that has a nice natural balance 3- LPS power supplies and designed vibration isolation , Foca... | |
| Denafrips Terminator II 12th anniversary VS. Terminator PLUS 12th anniversary The New Terminator 15 plus+ is better but I hav3 not seen the details therefore I don’t know exactly the details yet ,for $600: more in Parts quality I will find out soon . | |
| Denafrips Terminator II 12th anniversary VS. Terminator PLUS 12th anniversary Just today Denafrips announced a Terminator 15+ coming out by mid January $8k retail with their $500 off I provide my own discount . I am the sales rep and find out the same day as the adverts ,communications Surprise !! | |
| Am I crazy to upgrade? Save your $$ on the Tekton good at first hesr but drastingly missing the detail that the B&W speakers have , and buy much better amps ,Emotiva good for the money but for sure BP not even midfi Highend , buy a coda 5.5 or #8 grest values an... | |
| Solid state amp that tube fan can be happy with? Coda 5.5 Pure class A amplifier 50 wpc 8 ohms , 100 into 4 ohms and priced right $6500 retail call Mike audio archon for a fair deal | |
| Denafrips Terminator II 12th anniversary VS. Terminator PLUS 12th anniversary Yes the new engineers thought That from a engineering stand point last fall they upgraded to lower noise regulators ,better tolerances in certain capacitors in key areas and higher performance clocks ,especially the oven controlled clocks, by doi... | |
| Streamer Recommendations I love my Innuos Zenith MK-3. It has a great interface it for sure sounds better then Roon if you want to rip any cd it has a excellent Teac drive a Solidstate drive under that and it has 3 independant Linear Power Supplies, the whole chassi... | |
| Preamp issue You should have consulted me as the Denafrips sales rep the New Pontus 15 are what was the Venus 12 with upgrades for $1300 less then last year , look at the Venus now in a Bigger case 42 lbs- now the Terminator !! Not trying to be pushy but a... | |
| Linear power supply for Weiss DAC 204 Linear Tube Audio by far the best build and price best LPS under #1200 you can find on Audiogon $700 when on sale or their website $750 | |
| Single ended speaker cables or Shot gun config? Audiophile1 I never said Bass was not important ,just not as critical to the ear more forgiving ,the ear is most sensitive to the highs and 75% of music goes through the most critical Midrange.thats where more $$ goes into the speaker cable I o... | |
| Convert Martin Logan 11A Impressions from RCA to XLR (Unbalanced to Balanced) I can tell you when I owned them we upgraded several capacitors in there which was a nice improvement and being on the very bottom not to hard ,room is a bit limited though the resistors were bigger on most then 20 watt so had to be left alone . | |
| Single ended speaker cables or Shot gun config? The bsss is not as critical o the ear as the mids and highs use like a Kimber 8 or 12 TC or a Wireworld equanox for bass both are Litz cables the wire world a bit better. and the better for the top mids and highs . | |
| Which DAC - Streamer or Preamp? The front end imo is the front end since all music starts there good or bad buy a much better dac, your Eversolo use as just a streamer ,this makes perfect sense ,in sonics ,thedac in the Eversolo not That good for sround $2k or under you can g... |