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| Would u give up usher mini dancer 2 for b&w 802's As a previous Usher dealer, I would not change the Dancer's for the 802, The Dancer's are very, very, good speakers.I would give them up for the new Janszen ZA 2.1 electrostatic hybrids, I have been doing this professionally for over 25 years, and... | |
| Solid State Amp repair in NYC area? First what amp do you have? Then the next question is does it make sense to repair it?Stereo Exchange is a retail shop they don't do repairs. | |
| Electrocompanient EMP-2 vs. Oppo BDP-103 What you are paying for in the Elecrocompaniet is a very different high quality dac board which is what Electro is adding the dac board is a $2k dac, hence the difference in price is the superior case and analog board. | |
| Child-Proof Speakers I did the same thing when I had Watt Puppies with child gates,The only child proof speakers are electrostats as the drivers are protected by stators which are usually stamped from metal.The only issue then becomes the panels may look really attrac... | |
| Review Olive 06HD The Vega sound extraordinary and on HD tracks downloads the sound is truly like a master tape and will actually outperfrom most expensive high end analog rigs.I use J River and you can control J river from an Ipad with one of the control Apps, pie... | |
| Is a high priced Line Conditioner needed I have an audio store in my house, literally, and I went through the same thing.I ran dedicated lines not because I wanted to I had to old house. I then tried different brands of power conditioners till I found one that I really liked, long story ... | |
| Review Olive 06HD The issue of an all in one vs a well setup separate system is moot if the all in one doesn't work.The Auralic Vega is a much more advanced dac than the board built into the Olive, J River running on a touch panel is easy to use and you can even hi... | |
| Review Olive 06HD I am willing to bet my setup would far outperform the OLive and cost less to bootAuralic Vega $3,500.00 Wireworld Plaitnium USB $ 600.00Touch Panel Win 8 comp $ 400.00J River and J Play $ 175.00 $4,675.00 Not proprietary, no service issues and you... | |
| Best Speakers for 10' x 12' room? Hello Pulsar fans,We just got in the Source Technlogies Xl 1.7 $3,000 monitor made by the original designer of the Infinite Slope crossover technology, John Socelleto, he sold the rights to those designs to Joseph Audio when he decided to downsize... | |
| BRICASTI M1DAC DIRECT TO VAC PHI 300.1A OR...? A proper preamp is crucial to creating a realistic soundstage.Most Dac's with volume controls regulate volume by truncating bits which loses resolution and clarity.For those dacs that do analog volume regulation, 9 times out of 10 the volume contr... | |
| Best Speakers for 10' x 12' room? You must here the new Jantzen 2.1. They are absolutely amazing and will kill a pair of Duette 2 as well as the Dynadio, they are very compact floor standers, I am listening to them in a slightly larger room and they sound fantatic. They have a rem... | |
| Best digital converter $5k under To Chyro, I don't know Audioman, but in my shop I have some of the finest pieces of digtial in the world including, Chord, EMM Labs, Esoteric, Meiner, AMR, Naim, and many others.I have also been doing this for over 25 years, I have never head a pi... | |
| Best digital converter $5k under As one of the first Auralic dealers in the country I have to agree with you. This Dac offers remarkable performance for an affordable price point.I have compared it to many Dacs and you have to spend a least two to three times the Vega's asking pr... | |
| Building HT, 2 channel audio guy needs help Man you guys are clueless! There is no preamp/processor new or used that will sound as good as a tube preamp. The solution is so obvious, upgrade to a new or demo CJ preamp which has a home theater bybass and then you can add any surround sound de... | |
| DAC + Network Streaming The problem is the av reciever most of those units will not allow you to alter the streaming input. Here is what I mean in a Pioneer receiver you push a button called network and boom you have the network streaming functions, you can't go into the... |