audioman58
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| 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... | |
| Wholesale prices Dealer markup can be as high as $55% li was a dealer op for 10 years l if you are a international distributor you get an extra 10%on average 45% ,that too depending on the company. | |
| eBay / PayPal: Beware - enough is never enough. PayPal screwed meseveral times,No more.2 years ago I sold a preamp for $4k he wanted 2 day shipping and extra packing UPS packed it cost over $360 it was shipped , after it was shipped he decided he wanted something else and refused UPS 3 times a... | |
| What is your favorite album cover? King Crimson - in the court of the crimson kingNazareth- Hair of the dog. | |
| eBay / PayPal: Beware - enough is never enough. Switch to stripe like I did , once you have done a transaction ,or two you are good . Ebay are thief’s . | |
| Amazon HD Lower Price I didnot care for Amazon , it doesnot sound as good os tidal,or QObuz until it sounds better then the above I wouldnot bother with them . |