audioman58
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| Holographic DAC With Air And Decay I am a member of aBig Audio club , I Sell Denafrips R2R dacs and products ,I hear most everythung out there ,that’s why I took on this line excellent sonics and value. this New Pontus Gen-15 dac. Retails for only $2k and built better then Any... | |
| Bluesound mode not really cutting it You have to realize a $600 streamer is maybe $150 from China you can’t expect much , innuos has a nice little one $1500 retail , then upgrade power supply later to a LPS . | |
| New Speakers under consideration - but I’m afraid Not true , I am semi retired and go to many Audio meets in the north east the mk4 is much better in several areas drivers improved in several areas and Xover for sure much better I have heard them side by side My good friend sells B&W a... | |
| ??? How Much Would You Spend ??? I feel the front end is as important as the Loudspeakers if not more for if you don’t get all your information right from the start you cannot make it up downstream . Speakers by nature are normally more expensive 30% for speakers 25% front ... | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? A MacBook has many computing processes going on in the back ground where a streamer just has 1 process your music , also it has no fan even streamers though in more then 65% the power supplies are not that good meaning not high quality linear ... | |
| Audiophile Surge Suppressor (and nothing else) Brick wall , they used to be class B in stereophile recommended components. | |
| Magico speakers too clinical and fatiguing? The key is matching your equipment tothe speakers maybe a dac with more body or a. Tube amp,or preamp ,even cables there are many options or just buy a different speaker. There are lots of ways to contour your audio system. | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? Streamers or computers absolutely benefit from a DDC or reclocker USB to DDC input., for even with a small LPS power supply from a streamer ,it’s not as good as even a basic $550 DDC , the better ones even have Oven clocks ,which are better then i... | |
| Help needed with new integrated amp. audio Science Review are bafoons, Never listen to these guys they base 90% of their results on measurements ,not the 👂 Ear, if this were true. Vacuum tube measure horribly vs a Decent Solid state amp , but it’s the even harmonics of a Vacuum Tub... | |
| Power cord upgrade That depends on the Tornado model, if you used the HC I can see that just too big for the application , I spoke with AQ engineers the geometries are different for the far less demanding Source products like Dac Streamers ,DDC Reclockers ,preamps ... | |
| Denafrips Terminator II 12th anniversary VS. Terminator PLUS 12th anniversary I am a Denafrips online Dealers , the New Terminator Gen-15 is the Terminator 12+ ,as well as the New Pontus 15 is = to the Venus 12th the Venus is discontinued a new Venus 15 coming out next month the Terminator is Identical even on the mos... | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? You can use a computer but a good streamer with a dedicated LPS power supply ,and upgrade the signal using a ddc or reclocker ,this too applies to streamers it takes the digital signal ,holds it in a buffer then uses a much higher grade clock and... | |
| Power cord upgrade AQ Tornado source is perfect for that a bit more money but better suited the the HC version. | |
| 15 amp circuit VS. 20 amp Circuit And for sure a heavy Copper gold outlet Pangea $99 super heavy duty grips power cords very well | |
| 15 amp circuit VS. 20 amp Circuit When not just put in dedicated 20 amp outlets bigger 10 or 12 awg Copper wiring I used awg 10 using a 4 wire setup my audiophile friend showed me . hot ,neutral , common ground ,and a isolated insulated ground on its own buzz bar and groundin... |