audioman58
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| Worth pursuing analog sound from digital? Yes absolutely Lampizator new Amber3 dac has a lot of trickle down technologies from their top Pacific dac for under $3k a Steal it beats most dacs at 2 x the monies in many areas and very very engaging and very natural sounding . | |
| Integrated amp Depending on budget the s Gryphon Diablo Top if the heapPass labs integrated 250.8, or 150.8 $6800, $9500 Coda ,an ex engineer at Threshold, and worked with Nelson Pass excellent integrated for around $5kif you only have $2500 Peachtree nova 300th... | |
| What Class D amps will drive a 2 ohm load Peachtree Audio Nova 220-SE ,300,500 wpc used on big Maggi Speakers. | |
| A moderate priced dac A excellent natural sounding dac Audio mirror, and has a Lot of options.$1500 and up is very good especially for a vacuum tubedac and madein U.S.A. | |
| Another new DAC: Audio Mirror Ron Bagel ,or name is not that credible as a reviewer music hall is junk compared. Actually Vlad is just coming out with a Sig serieswith the best Duelund cast caps,naked Vishay on the usb furutech iec,Copper Silver rca better wiring under $2300 w... | |
| Is integrated the future for 2 channel audiophiles? In some ways integrated if done correctly with the highest quality build can be as good if not better, less interconnects, less power cords , less wire more system synergy . The Gryphon Diablo is a perfect example of this . | |
| Lumin D2 DAC - worth it to upgrade? I heard a d-2 with the Superb Mojo Audio Linear power supply best linear supply I have heard and better then Anything Lumin makes and sounded better then a T2 . The Mojo power supply weighs over 10 pounds.personally the Wolfson dacs are warmer w... | |
| Tammy Holt ......She's what holds it all together.......Never gives up Tammy is the most informed person at Audiogon.i only ask for her to get things done correctly. | |
| Vault 2 Blue vault good for a $1000 but not Thst great sounding ss6 vs the Lumin D2 or Aurelic . Depending if $1k is your max budget | |
| Under $3K streaming dac suggestions, Roon Ready? The Lumin D-2 is notjudt a streamer it also can be a music library server with a external hard drive , run Roon or the Lumin app many options there. | |
| Under $3K streaming dac suggestions, Roon Ready? I have heard the new Auralic g1 ,and the Lumen d-2 with new Sboostermk-2 power supply and imo the Lumin by far ismorerich and more natural sounding more prat. I had to mentionthe Sbooster mk-2 power supply forprice wise with power supply they both... | |
| How much discount typically for a new MC275 to expect from a dealer? 15% is about max I have found ,if buying 2 or more pieces a bit more .from my McIntosh experience in the past. You have to spend time shopping around . | |
| Any comments on Synergistic Research Atmosphere I just noticed a reference to the High zfidekity cables ct-1 which has not been made for well over a year ,Thst is why I mentioned Any of their CT-2 line it is is night and day better then their original design going back from 2012 they learned ... | |
| Any comments on Synergistic Research Atmosphere For Digital not true at all ,for Digital the High Fidelity Audio 1.5m Spdif is $1100cable Clearly beat the atmosphere Reference usb cable which are similar in price.their interconnects compared again these magnetic technologies truly dramatically ... | |
| Conrad Johnson Premier 140 fuse is blown What kind of fuse ? Please remember a stock steel bus fuse can vary up to 15% in value , precision fuses like Hifi tuning Supreme Synergistic are within 1% and can blow quicker, it happened to me several times ,I go one small step up in size wi... |