audioman58
Responses from audioman58
| Accuphase E380 or E4000 integrated amp important from Japan Typo imported from Japan | |
| new to streaming- help! An external day of Quality is key , for 1 get rid of the wallwart power supplies to the router ,most are modem- router combos ,war wart power supplies Horribke noise makers buy a linear power supply, then a Ethernet bridge LHY-SW8 sell very good... | |
| Rumors of CD Demise Exagerated? New Hegel By a country mile streaming is the way to go , Non Wifi the key is addressing everythjng from the start , I cannot believe anyone still has a separate modem-router that’s horrible , buy a new combo like the Motorola 8702 which has docsis 3.1 ... | |
| Rel t9x or Rythmik F12G The Svs sb-3000# are very well built and have tight bass and a great app to control and $100off on a pair. Free shipping 5 year warranty and I think a 45 day review period. | |
| Streamer with decent app Innous is very good. | |
| Real or Surreal. Do you throw accuracy out the window for "better" sound? Many times too a. Different mastering of a recording can be edited with more upper extension ,and ruin the balance. | |
| Real or Surreal. Do you throw accuracy out the window for "better" sound? Being in Audio 40+ years and owning a audio store synergy is very important if using a turntable changing to a different balance cartridge, and or audio cables would change that sometimes if using silver cabling in some brands can be too extre... | |
| Testing Ethernet switch That is a foolish comparison you need respectable components throughout , my brother owns the $3k Innous Ethernet switch by far a Big improvement built from the ground up, for most people this SW8 Ethernet switch makes areal world difference ... | |
| New R2R DAC In our audio club I have most everything outthere and all popular R2R dacs the T+A200 sounds very R2R with better everything at $7k, myself and many others find it meets or beats anything even at $15k. | |
| Tube Preamps Should Have This Feature Passive mode is by far the worst for an active gain stage ,you are using the power supplies and soundstage imaging and dynamics are better. The $1k Schiit Freya + is very good for the money, but not in the league of a Aesthetix , or Linear ... | |
| Tube Preamps Should Have This Feature Passive mode is by far the worst for an active gain stage ,you are using the power supplies and soundstage imaging and dynamics are better. The $1k Schiit Freya + is very good for the money, but not in the league of a Aesthetix , or Linear ... | |
| USB Cable First of all you said nothing about the quality of your system ,or dac being an ex Audio dealer how can I recommend anything without needed information. To budget to match your system cables can go over $2k. , stock Ethernet ,cables and usb l... | |
| Upgrading my streaming/digital system- what would make the most sense? I have spent 3-4 years experimenting , Fiberoptic sucks some life out of the music these are keys buy a modem- router combo ,I bought the latest Motorola 8702 that has docsis 3.1 especially if you have separates get rid of the wall wart crap p... | |
| Class D amplifiers. What's the future look like? There are class D designs using Gan transistors and custom analog and digital sections with top power supplies some $20-$30k Avik, Merrill audio I think even Mark Levenson , Roland Research all have very good products ,these are a cut above... | |
| Specific i2s cable for use with Sonnet Morpheus DAC & 3rd party DDC A very safe bet and very good for around $300 the top Wireworld I2S cable. |