audioman58
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| Received a Bill for State Tax on An Amp Bought in Canada Last Year Sales tax was paid when the unit was New, if used then you pay it’s insured value , for if a product is in need of repair when mailed it should be marked unit is not working in need of being rebuilt .you pay what it was insured for . If it didnot ... | |
| What is the #1 equipment want currently on your HiFi horizon??? My next speakers ? Good possibility Spatial Audio Labs X3 with VH audio Odam capacitor upgrade A Great open baffle speaker with powered Bass. | |
| Class D amps seem poised to take over. Then what? I have had some good class D ,I still feel a very good class A, AB sounds more fluid .I hav3 a Coda CSIB integrated and it has much more. Control ,and depth of performance IMO. Spotted 3,000kva transformer ,and over 80k uf in capacitance runs in... | |
| Buying used: how old is too old? Capacitors are the biggest thing when a speaker is over 10 years old the capacitors dry out and you can replace with far superior xover parts I have been doing for 20 years now .even $$ speakers skimp unless spending big bucks , even then I had t... | |
| Underwood Hifi / Underwood Wally... His new line of Audio GD ,this new totally upgraded line up especially digital for spring 2021 the mk2 line is special only R2R dacs.I bought the R8- MK2 with only 1/2 way runin already beat several products that were more money I own,or owned an... | |
| First tube preamp recommendations (under $5k) The vast majority of Audiophiles donot know what’s inside or the parts quality,did you know on average only 25% of your amp,or preamp cost $ is all that goes into your commercial brand ? The rest overhead and markup , that's why many have their eq... | |
| Need a DAC Recommendation. Check out this R2R dac for $1195, it’s Very natural sounding https://headphone.guru/audio-gd-r2r-1-fpga-pcm-dsd-dac-done-right/ | |
| Isoacoustics overweight 5-10 lbs won’t make much difference whatsoever, they are conservative for optimum efficiency ,they will be fine. | |
| Need a DAC Recommendation. If you could save just a few hundred more I have owned many very good dacs ,look up Underwood Wally his new line ,I am currently running in one I bought Audio GD R8 MK2 dac .it is a non oversampling dac and built like a Tank ,just compare with an... | |
| AudioGD R8 MAk2 dac update There are 5 workable setting ,and several blank ones for future firmware upgrades,more options ,in Europethey have a strong presence pretty new in North America . Now that Underwood Wally is the distributor and service center I think it will do we... | |
| If you own quality monitor speakers you want to read this new review Stand mounts are very good but cannot duplicate a live performance like A good 3 way speaker with a minimalist Xover .the open baffleSpatial audio labs X3 comes to mind with the superb Beymahorn loaded AMT tweeter- midrange,12 inch mid bass dr... | |
| New Topping D90SE DAC The new topping dual AKM D70S mqa great R2R like sound for $650 better then topping d90 mqa dac IMO ,good dacs if you can’t afford over a grand . | |
| How many of you are digital only systems? If you have the patience and space vinyl if setup right can have a special quality to it, nothing wrong with it ,I just feel very good digital is no longer the liability it once was ,and having several settings for tonal balance to match my taste ... | |
| Is usb reclocking necessary? If you have a 10 MHz hook up on your dac it for sure makes it better in every way it fleshes out more in the recordings. | |
| How many of you are digital only systems? I have been all Digital before it was superior to analog ,by using Vacuum tubes in the chain ,Jitter was the big thing back then.turntables to many are still good and nostalgia ,to me a pain in the Ass. With SS drives and Femto clocks and big powe... |