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| Used DACs in the 10k range smodocatal, checked out your preamp. Looks impressive but we would still recommend adding a tube preamp to the Bryston.The Byston amplifiers are clean but very dry sounding, hence a tube preamp really makes them come alive.Here is the order of imp... | |
| Speaker upgrade question - Wilson vs Focal Sfseay, Wilson speakers the current iterations are sounding way better than previous generations, so really don't understand your comment.We are concerned that the OP's Mac gear will not sound optimum on the Wilson's which tend to sound a bit mor... | |
| Used DACs in the 10k range Sim,Based on your system first question which preamp are you using?One before I would even entertain getting a dac I would borrow a Innous Zenith and see how much better the Denefrips would sound when being fed an optomized signal.As other people ... | |
| Speaker upgrade question - Wilson vs Focal Brskie, that is true, in terms of Tidal. VImberg will be at more dealers and they are a separate franchise. We are talking with Wynn Audio to be the New York/NJ representative for Vimberg. We would then have Legacy, Paraigm, Kef, and Vimberg as ou... | |
| Anything wrong with PS Audio DirectStream DACs? Aolmrd,Please answer the questions raised, does DCS, Chord, MSB, Esoteric or other major leaders in the field of high end digital have constant "new and supposedly better sounding upgrades" happening every six months or so?Please refute the point ... | |
| Best integrated/power amplifier under $6000 Audiolabyrinth,Thank you for your post, we knew the K300i is special just didn't know that is better than the Luxman. The K300i is so musical and we love the new sound of Krell being so much more organic and flowing then their earlier productsIt i... | |
| Possible turntable upgrade.... DenjerThe best turntable we have found in 30 years of professional audio design and sales is the Merrill Wiliams Real 101.3https://www.realturntable.com/This table is a complete rethinking of the the problems in vinyl playback.A turntable is a vib... | |
| Anything wrong with PS Audio DirectStream DACs? Thank you Clearlink.Aolmrd and Cal, please wake up and stop drinking the Cool AId.As we mentioned earlier the leaders in producing the worlds best digital front ends almost never upgrade their firmware and if so it is not every six months that a "... | |
| Speaker upgrade question - Wilson vs Focal Mepstein, neither the WIlsons or the Focals' will 100% synergize with your Origins.We have been doing surround sound for over 30 years, if matching your origins is a priority, then the Wilsons will be a much closer sonic match, as their tweeter is... | |
| Speaker upgrade question - Wilson vs Focal Mepstein,The Wilsons will match better sonically with the Origins which also use a soft dome tweeter. However, for a match with home theater both speakers should work. The othe puzzlement is that these speakers are all diferent price points, the S... | |
| Anything wrong with PS Audio DirectStream DACs? Yes Caniebfrank,Lets looks at some companies using FPGA as part of their designs. It seems that almost every model of product that uses FPGA at some point comes out with new hardware to suppliant the older models. A FPGA means you can easily alter... | |
| Anything wrong with PS Audio DirectStream DACs? Ozzy you totally miss the essence of the conversation.Real innovation is accomplished by upgrading hardware if you have maximized your design then firmware upgrades in the case of PS is changing the flavor of the sound based on who knows what?Chan... | |
| Anything wrong with PS Audio DirectStream DACs? Ozzy chasing firmware is rather a sad indictment of a design.A mature design shouldn’t require or necessisate a constant every six month new magic firmware in order to upgrade the sound quality.Either you have a design figured out or you don’t.Com... | |
| New DAC has transformed my music collection. Shefwed, You just discovered that shopping by review is bull pucky. It is all about system matching. The Chord sound is extremely detailed, Exposure electronics classic British sound warm, punchy, more about flow and emotion than detail. So you ju... | |
| Naim N272 or the Vega G2..that is the question! Really apples and oranges. Naim is known for having a warm, punchy sound that is really different than most other companies. The NAC 272 is a real preamplifier with multiple ins and outs for analog and is of course a fully active analog preamplifi... |