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| PS Audio Direct Stream MK2 DAC I would never buy anything with a 60hz hum totally a poor design . | |
| PS Audio Direct Stream MK2 DAC I would never buy anything with a 60hz hum totally a poor design . | |
| Synergistic Research Master Fuse £565 I will wait for the hype to settle ,I own their fuses ,in truth I find the Audiomagic M1 fuse to be better then theSynergistic purple especially image density and bass. these new synergistic from comparisons it sounds like a more open airy sounds... | |
| "Audiophile" Power Cables: The Greatest Audio Conspiracy Theory of All Time? Rule of thumb ,the garbage power cord the equipment comes with ,is not a friend to your equipment , even a Pangea sig mk2 power cord from audio advisor is night and day better sounding for many reasons starting with the connectors, land using... | |
| Banchmark DAC3B vs. Denafrips Pontus II (12th Aniv.) I have heard them together ,the star not mentioned is the Gustard R2R26;dac which is better then the both especially in bass and dynamics the way the circuit layout is it takes a 2.5amp slow blow fuse you put in a respectable power cord which ap... | |
| Which DAC Filter - Fast or Slow? Much depends on your amplifiers Sonic signature as well as speakers if you have say a neutral highly detailed beryllium tweeter ,then the fast filter can be too much of a good thing . I had a bit ofthis issue , I used different sonic signature f... | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time Bhagal you don’t know talent Period. The late great Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins Roy Clark, John Denver, Chet Atkins Charlie Pride, just to name a few not including country Rock which is another total Great category. country music is all... | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time Not even close , Rap crap 💩 is the most untalented crewgojng back in the 60s, 70s Motown was excellent and back then you had to be able to sing,songwriter and play an instrument , no gimmicks , just talent !! | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time Not even close , Rap crap 💩 is the most untalented crewgojng back in the 60s, 70s Motown was excellent and back then you had to be able to sing,songwriter and play an instrument , no gimmicks , just talent !! | |
| Sensitivity 86 v 90 Yes it is a issue if you are pushing the volume now ,then you will be running the amplifier into its highest distortion which can damage yours speakers as well as your amp, find a speaker around 90 db there are plenty of them out there Even if y... | |
| Speaker Cable Recommendations - Under 2k Wireworld Eclipse excellent cable,value ,the speaker cable is awg-9 the conductors all Litz individual conductors 6-9s Copper ,patented opsilex dielectric and silver over Copper connectors , which too is very important underwood Wally -excellen... | |
| Upgrade to McIntosh McIntosh has been having their hybrids made in China and then reinspected in the U.S and some amps That Don’t have the autoformers . It’s now more about business and $$ profit the original owners were Audiophiles now I believe S Korea owned . | |
| Upgrade to McIntosh There are many better quality products then McIntosh. I used to sell them before they sold out to a Asian company and some of their products now made in China which is sad . nice looking meters though . It’s whst inside for parts quality that ... | |
| How much does a DAC do the more expensive it is? There are exceptions to the rule many R2R dacs have a very natural character, tube dacs have their own complementing character . Each company has their own way and different design . the more expensive dacs many times have more high quality fil... | |
| Tube DACs Why ? Tube dacs can sound very good but there are far more SS dacs that are better in several areas for under$7 k World class T&A 200 dac that is next on my list it is exceptional and I have heard many dacs at 2x the cost not as good. |