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Has anybody bought or heard a Chinese knock off amplifier?
I bought a Reisong A10 to play with tubes. It sounds -really- good. Hand wired point to point.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu8VQ8nL7zchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCk12xzivp8 
Any advice? Parasound A21, Ayre V5xe, Benchmark AHB2, or Bryston 4B3?
Check out Hegel. They're coming up somewhat regularly on ebay and here for ~25 to 40% off list 
Upgrading to a Hegel H590
thanks! now I'm screwed.. gotta start looking at Harbeths... haven't heard them yet. I really like the revealing, clarity of my KEFs. My main concern is reviews of Harbeth talk about "warmth" and possibly less revealing. I don't know the right wor... 
Tidal MQA vs Qobuz hi-res
rosevarte, smallgreencomputers.com isn't responding for me. typo? 
Tidal MQA vs Qobuz hi-res
problem with Qobuz for me is the UI sucks for discovery, they're missing content that Tidal and spotify have and not alot of the content is Hi-Res.I haven't used Roon yet, but I wonder when connected to Tidal and Qobuz if it's smart enough to grab... 
Upgrading to a Hegel H590
duely noted. The Hegel is supposedly great with pretty much any speakers, based on all the reviews. I've always liked Harbeths from afar... 
Tidal MQA vs Qobuz hi-res
yeah if the Bryston is signed into tidal/qobuz and streaming without you needing to keep your phone or computer connected, then you're "handing off" the streaming to it. 
Tidal MQA vs Qobuz hi-res
Any thoughts on power conditioners? 
Tidal MQA vs Qobuz hi-res
goofyfoot, I have a Hegel H590 with streaming built in. At least -some- streaming. You can do Spotify connect, airplay, etc. But you can't hand off Tidal or Qobuz to it. For that, you need something streaming those services into one of it's digita... 
Tidal MQA vs Qobuz hi-res
How do you discover music on qobuz? I like spotify and tidal artist and track "radio stations". Basically "play more stuff like this". Looks like qobuz has curated playlists. Ie, there're "artist" playlists which is just a bunch of stuff from that... 
Upgrading to a Hegel H590
excellent :) 
Tidal MQA vs Qobuz hi-res
Yeah the highs are lossy with MQA