audioman58
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| Best dac under $1k Apos Audio sells the Topping D70S ,$650 + $13 for expedited shipping my friend s came in last week. | |
| Why do people say low power amps should be good for bookshelf speakers? That is too broad a statement my Elac Vela 403 speakers are 87 db efficient and are a 4 ohm load they need a little extra power to get them working optimal.the-true efficiency of speaker,not just rated ,many companies fudge the actual efficie... | |
| Best Bang for your Buck DAC ? The Topping D70S is a Giant killer ,and to make it better still buy a small synergistic orange fuse 500 Ma, slow blow with the writing facing down ,direction of the electrical flow https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bvVxHdLt9Jo&t=362s | |
| Tube Flavor For one buy NOS vintages tubes night and day better built then tubes from China and Russia,small tubes ,NOS tubes can get pricy. go to Brent Jesse recordings , he has a rough breakdown of their sonics. If you need help on sonics of a specific size... | |
| Why are Ayon tube amps not mentioned very often? Verygood products I have bought 2 of themMany don’t know they use world class Lundahl transformers, and chokes, and the only true microprocessor controlled tube biasing that monitors each individual output tube for optimum voltage ,when a tube do... | |
| 13th Note HiFi Review of Network Streamers The u1 is $6k my friend bought used at $4k it sounds great the U1 mini is a great buy ,and add a S booster linear PS it’s better still for $450 Mike at audio Archon installs them and backs them as part of the mfg warranty . | |
| 13th Note HiFi Review of Network Streamers Lumin u1 , and u1 mini priced $4 k, and $2 kandhave great interface for library organization similar to RoonIf you don’t need all the footnotes for each song or album. | |
| 13th Note HiFi Review of Network Streamers That’s fine for lower grade products , there are a Ton far better small green computer I don’t rate that as good ,good low budget . | |
| An Objective Review of the Tekton Double Impact Speakers I totally agree I have heard the top 3 Tekton designs Eric is a very weak minded designer and without question the drivers are low quality the Xover even worse , having electrolytic in the Xover is a big red flag a noise bucket I would never buy a... | |
| One man's quest............. To each their own ,I feel good digital is a much better investment and has many advantages .i was heavy into vinyl ,now to me Waay to much work ,for little to no gain. | |
| Watt Gives? Not true at All ,it depends on the designer .I Have Coda electronics .they are old school massive power supply , potted transformers much quieter then open ,Coda 3KVA transformer,and over 80k Uf capacitance ,that’s just their mid grade most amps... | |
| Your favorite OCC speaker cable Wireworld Eclipse has several models ,and patentedlowest dielectric and ,very important No brass connectors like most ,Silver over Solid Copper . | |
| Anyone familiar with Canare 4s11 speaker wire sound and break in time I had that before I just let it run for a week 175 hours.if you truly want to enhance your whole system clean all contacts off with isopropyl alcohol, then a great new contact enhancer Which too Rick Schultz of High Fidelity Audio cables 2 years ... | |
| Focal Kanta NO.3 Speakers Spending More Doesn't Matter ! Checkout the Spatial Audio, X3, and X5 Open baffle speakers they compete very well with speakers selling at at least 2x their price ,and a great minimalist 1st order Xover , 2 capacitors, 1 inductor with the VH audio Odam capacitor upgrade is spe... | |
| My Last CD player To truly get top digital you need to spent a minimum of around $6k with usb cable and dac ,. I have owned sub $4 k dacs they are respectable but to go to the next level like denafrips terminator ,+holosprings May dac they are all in the $5 k range... |