audioman58
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| Toslink What dac would only have 1 option for connections ? You didnot mention that to see it’s build quality .I would say look for something else . All quality dacs I have tried ,or heard had multiple inputs. | |
| Streamer Selection - Thoughts Requested Please! Innous has a bunch of good streamers at many price points. | |
| Affordable SS that sound like Tubes Tubes don’t make it better ,you need to spend $3k used and up for say a 25wpc class A pass Labs which is more power then it sounds . it here is No good tube amps at $3k . Quality tube amps cost $$. No getting around it . Any quality tube amp h... | |
| Affordable SS that sound like Tubes I was responding to Sansui Alpha competing with todays much better parts technologies it cannot compete ,but it was a very good product in its day . | |
| Affordable SS that sound like Tubes This is not even in the ball Park to best of Anything ,but maybe on a budget. In its day 30 years ago I agree was very good ,but cannot match todays far superior capacitors , volume attenuators resistors by todays standards vs say a pass labs ,Ayr... | |
| Tube Integrated With Clarity Ayon isthe best built excellent sounding and use world class Lundahl transformers and chokes ,and a very nice machined case , not cheap sheet metal like most , it is microprocessor controlled which monitors each individual power tube which tub... | |
| Flat frequency response Any quality company around $1k and up will do computer simulation and frequency phase plots and account for peaks in the Xover . thsts another area ,having owned a Audio store for a decade and being a die hard Audiophile that’s one area 95% of ... | |
| Midrange Increasingly Harsh With tubes it all depends on how many hours you have on them ,if used often it may be well overdo for tubes to be replaced , and if you have these new modern tube even more so ,I buy only NOS tubes night and day better quality on many levels ,and ... | |
| Midrange Increasingly Harsh There’s your answer , I recently finished upgrading a pair of older Klipsch the capacitors get dryed out and start loosing their harmonics it just gets worse I replace the resistor so with much better quality then the old cement typeresisto... | |
| Why Can't Modern Tube Manufacturers Make a Proper Tube? They can western electric, emmisions labs, Tak from Japan all power tubes. To make them with top tungsten and tight vaccum it is more $$. That’s why they are made in China or Russia. | |
| I have perfected my network for the nth time I have found fiber optic took the life out ofthe music ifirst bought the latest motorola 8702 modem router combo , then bought from linearTube Audio , their LApS power supply to the router, which came with a excellentDC cable ,this is be far th... | |
| Nuclues plus bricked The innous is a very good solution ,you can get from 2-4 T of SS drive Many like their interface and don’t use Roon , but like myself used to it and on the back end It has HQ player built in if you have a big HD and fast processor , I am just ... | |
| Need a new Class AB SS integrated...$2-3k due to hurricane Another very good option Schiit audio mono blocks and freya + preamp for around $4k well worth the extra ,and through PayPal you can buy in multiple payments if you don’t have it on your credit card. | |
| Need a new Class AB SS integrated...$2-3k due to hurricane Parasound makes a pretty decent one for under $3k perrotta consulting , gives decent pricing and Anthony is a very good dealer. | |
| What is the science behind audiophile fuses? It’s pretty easy a buzz 🐝 fuse is a steel zinc combo around 17 on the metals conductivity index. Copper , silver are in the 63 , look up metal conductivity index . some are using super conductive treatments, That help like Graphene. they do mak... |