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Dreaming of a DIY 8W Class A amp designed by Nelson Pass?
Nice kit I built the bigger 25 watt class A - F6 you can mods them before you build I put dual dual piltron transformers or a bigger single, you can put Vishay naked resistors, in any area 1/2 watt or less which adds nice resolution use only 1% re... 
New Preamp arrived....
There are a bunch of tubes you can use, change out the stock fuses and put Stabilant 22 on the tube pins herbies tube dampers and good feet all will improve the resolution. 
Tubes or not
Just check out this new Lampizator Amber3 dac for under $3k it is a steal ,I sold my flagship PS audio dac that was 2x the price .https://www.headphone.guru/lampizator-amber-iii-hi-res-dac-review-by-enjoy-the-music-com/ 
Tubes or not
I have owned a lot of dacs and recently sold my very good $6k PS audio dac, for the Latest Tube dac from Lampizator the Amber-3. It is very natural and detailed ,just go to Enjoy the music.com .look it up the review was 5 stars across the board fo... 
Bit Disappointed in NAD
Nad customer service sucks, that shows they could care less about after the sale . I owned their top preamp dac and sold it .i would never buy their products again since their is so much more out there .  Why don’t you look at the just discontinue... 
A good taste of DSD--what is your experience?
I have let it bleed on DSD and I try down loading it .i had to convert it 24 176and was not too happy with the sound quality . Maybe buying from HD Trax   Their masters iwould be noticably better since they know proper editing l I will try a few ,... 
What are these speakers that came with my home worth?
I did a little checking these are at least 15 years old ,and no longer made, these have powered amplifiers . You will just have to see what the market will bear . The buyer most likely will have knowledge of this type of speaker already , and like... 
Hard Audio - Ceramic Speakers
Martens are a great example of well done ceramic drivers, with Accuton drivers they are very nuetral ,that is why the Cover parts are crucial. They use Mundorf Silver Gold oil caps which are better then most out there. 
What are these speakers that came with my home worth?
When new everything maybe around $15k for everything maybe $6 k on a good day . 
What are these speakers that came with my home worth?
Veladyne subs are pretty much out dated vs Svs,rel, or JL audiothe speaker system go on Audiogon blue book to get a idea which is pretty close roughly 40% of the retail if you are lucky for they are not in high demand or even made any more that I ... 
Broken hearted...magnepan and vandersteen
The new Spatial  audio labs  x5, and x3 have world class Beyma tweeter- midand excellent German dipole midrange, and powered sub in these great open baffle speakers in the $6k, $7500range they shoot Waay  above that and free delivery,and a 60 day ... 
How have I missed out for soooo long!!!!
Try hearing Top digital through a great vacuum tube dac.Lampizator recently came out with the new Amber-3 dac it has a bunch of trickle down technologies from their top $25k pacific dac for under $3k delivered enjoy the music.com recently reviewed... 
Broken hearted...magnepan and vandersteen
If you truly want to hear a true maggi it must have their great ribbon the the 3.7 or 20.1 and they like a lot of current . 
The one tweak most Focals need ...
Regarding the vast majority of speakers even at over $10 k many use capacitors which I consider substandard like Solen which are rated a 6 vs 15 for the worlds best Duelund cast caps for example. I upgrade my speakers always . If speaker company w... 
The one tweak most Focals need ...
If you going to do Xover caps  a clarity CSA would be minimum I have found best bang for a higher end cap the German Audyn true Copper Max caps . Parts connecxion just started selling them     I have used them in higher end builds, and recently pu...