audioman58
Responses from audioman58
| Recommend A New DAC Between $1000 and $2000 I tweak everything I own for Decades to get the most out of it the New Gustard R2R26 is a excellent dac , theway the circuitry is situated a very good fuse makes a very big difference in this dac I own both the pontus 2 and theGustard , th... | |
| Previous Ownership...does it matter to you? Just like a used car, as long as it works well ,and as described ,why not you save over 50% then if buying new . | |
| Getting back in the game Things have come a Loong way in 10 years ,streaming QObuz and Roon is very good ,but requires some $$ to get high quality sound . | |
| Made in USA Pass labs, Coda , Ayre, Upper McIntosh , Boulder Magico, YG acoustics ,Wilson Audio, Rockport audio ,that’s just a sample | |
| What sound diff. can I expect from PrimaLuna EVO 400 pre and power amps VS an EVO400 int. The 400 Evo I would-not recommend ,you loose a lot of resolution in the volume pot if it’s a round silver $20 alps type , several several tech friends build preamps from scratch ,that is the 1st thing they discourage what good is have a well b... | |
| Future DACs with Fibre Optical The best way I have found ,is 1 buy a state of the art modem-router having docsis 3.1 much faster,bigger buffer then older 3.0, and wifi 6, little green computer for cheaper LPS for router, and upgrade the Dc cable ,upgrade fuse these all made a n... | |
| A public service announcement I am married ,meaning I have to think long game ,strategic ways to funnel extra revenue to each end game piece on my radar. Speakers are the most $20+k electronics another $20k+. 2023-24 that’s my goal to complete it. pits funny I needed a ne... | |
| Ideon DAC's The ideon dac is very good I did not know they made a combo dac streamer , and not knowing your budget that's why I mentioned separates That = around #$3k they build good quality . Please advise if Ideon makes a Dac-Streamer combo they are we... | |
| Ideon DAC's I don’t advise that, what is your max budget ? if you buy Roon streamer , then when you can buy a decent Seperate linear power supply like the. Linear Tube Audio LPS that’s a huge step in sonics and dedicated power supply ,you can buy one step at... | |
| Really Inexpensive Systems That Sounded Great? Nothing , at that price point , I just built a second audio system for the Mrs. it has a Parasound A23+ amplifier shop,around I got a open box $1400, AudioGD demo model $1k very under the radar, the very much reviewed Gustard R26, better the... | |
| Linear Tube Audio- Little Known Great- Linear Power Supply IHave been testing many LPS and equipment through our audio club for years this is by far the best engineered LPS I have heard under $1k. It runs warm never hot ,it has a vented cage ,if you look up my user name there are pictures of the inter... | |
| The Impossible Has Happened The T&A 200 dac I know well imo it’s the best sounding dac out there in the even at double the $6800 cost. | |
| Ozzy is done Black Sabbath the original heavy metal band , their 1st 5 albums was their classics imo.. I saw hem several times back in the 70s great ,1 show front row ,my ears were buzzing for 2 days ,with blue oyster cult ,and Alvin bishop. It’s sad to se... | |
| Analyzing DACs ASR is horrible most don’t know anything , measurements are only good for so much nothing to do with sound . I don’t like preamp is a dac separates are almost always better. | |
| Tube or solid state The highest classic way by far is a good SS amplifier ,and Vacuum tube preamp . please note: buying a good preamp with plenty of power supply power the biggest mistakes are and ones the biggest inside if you see a round silver volume pot or att... |