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| Best amp to drive Wilson Yvette’s Op when you say headroom what does that mean exactly, are you clipping the amp? Or are you looking for a more lively sound?The Pass amplifiers are a little dark sounding so depending on your setup you may be looking for a more exciting sound then ... | |
| bookshelf speakers to replace my Maggies Other speakers you should consider the Jantzen Valencia monitors, the Quad Z series uses a fantastic ribbon tweeter and are very inexpensive $2,500.00 for the Z2 monitor. You may also want to check out the Scansonic line and the higher end Elac mo... | |
| Lumin X1 latest Review like we have been saying The Wolfson dac chips are not that old and can do DSD they just cant do the highest sampling rates hence the ESS chips in the T2 and X1. The fact that the D2 still sounds fantastic is proof positive that the Lumin engineers really do know their st... | |
| Lumin X1 latest Review like we have been saying Lalik do your own research, Lumin was one of the first companies to launch a dedicated high end streamer in 2012 with the original A1. The A1 continued to garner international press with rave reviews from all who heard it. If you continue forward ... | |
| Lumin X1 latest Review like we have been saying Kren we have never done a shootout between these two, however, all the reviews on the NT 505 find it a good sounding dac but none of the reviews on the piece we have ever seen, have said that the NT 505 is a giant killer, it is on the recommended ... | |
| Streamer + DAC or streamer/dac all in one? Gdnrbob, the Blue Sound Node is really a great starter dac/streamer it is not a great dac nor a great streamer it is a good piece for its price range.The higher end dac/streamers are a huge step up in performance over the Node, these units are goi... | |
| bookshelf speakers to replace my Maggies You may want to consider the Legacy Calibre it is a bit more expensive but it does not sound like a mini monitor it has real bass and throws a gigantic sound stage. The Calibre use a large custom Heil AMT tweeter so in the top end it is delicate a... | |
| Streamer + DAC or streamer/dac all in one? Rs507 the best bang for your buck will be a streamer/dac.You have a lot of advantages in such a design and only one possible disadvantage, that disadvantage being you may pay for a dac that you won't use if you upgrade later.A steaming Dac require... | |
| Lumin X1 latest Review like we have been saying Kren we were Esoteric dealers for years, the NT 505 is considered a competitor to the Lumin D2 and some people may prefer one or the other but these two units are of a similar level of sound quality.As per the Lumin T2 it is dramatically better so... | |
| Star Technologies, Sistrum Stands and Audio Points - are they still in busienss ? Yes they are | |
| Paradigm Persona 5F We have a ton of experience with the Persona line. They are spectacular loudspeakers but you must match them carefully with the right gear the Beryillium drivers are super transparent.They do well with warmer electronics and more damped rooms the ... | |
| Help my Innuos Zenmini streamer is only half working. Yes you open up the Innous control program and under system there is a tab to do a factory reset. | |
| Lumin X1 latest Review like we have been saying The Lumin T2 to T+A DAC 8 comparison is both a more illuminating one as the Lumin T2 can be run by itself although will still sound better through a server, while the Dac 8 requires a server, than the Lumin T2 is acutally the better deal. We will ... | |
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| Lumin X1 latest Review like we have been saying The reality is that an X1 is an aspirational product, it is among the best pieces of digital in the world and actually compares with many much more expensive front ends. The price of gear is no different than any performance item is a $30k watch a... |