benzman
Responses from benzman
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? All I can tell you is that the Laiv Ganm are much better that the first versions of the AGD Tempo de Gan. | |
| Need Opinions for Streamer/DAC [One Box - Not Separates] Budget Approx. $ 5,000 Couple of used DMS 700 available, you know where to look. I owned both the 600 and 650 models. Beautifully built with every feature you could imagine. Smooth and always listenable. Maybe not the utmost in resolution and slam ( That’s going to cos... | |
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? I am in Metro Detroit if anybody would like to come buy and listen to the Laiv Ganm. Hard to come by an audition with no US dealers and no free trial. | |
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? It’s kinda tough to compare as I am running the Laiv Ganm directly from my T&A Dac 200, where my Coda CSiB is naturally an integrated. The Ganm’s are extremely fast with great tone and are extremely transparent . Not as beefy as the Coda but ... | |
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? I am breaking in a pair of Laiv Ganm and they are pretty awesome | |
| Thoughts on Iconoclast interconnects? I have the XLR version of your cable and love it. You may want to try Silversmith newer IC. His speaker cables are unbeatable for the price and would think his IC would be the same. Sure Jeff will give you a trial. | |
| Amps.. Is Odyssey worth it? I had Klaus’s top of the line Kismets mated with Rogue RP 7. Sold them and wish that I didn’t. Currently have a Coda CSiB but certainly doesn’t have the magic that my prior set up had. I have had a Candela pre and a few other Khartago configs. I... | |
| Anybody having trouble getting near-your-asking-price for used gear ? (Plz. no hype) Brand name cabling is still a pretty easy sell at 50% of new. I sold a bunch of tweaks …footers and vibration stuff at 50% in a few days. Loudspeakers seem to be the toughest. Couldnt get 40% for mint condition still current model Personas. Ended... | |
| Dynamic Duo: T+A DAC 200 and Lumin U2 (not the mini) Been loving my DAC 200 for over a year now. EtherRegen>Antipodes Ex>SoTM > Stealth USB select T> DAC 200. Really have been looking at the Lumin for its up scaling abilities. Playing with the 256 Upscaling in Roon has been ok but not... | |
| comparison between Teac 701t transport vs esoteric p-70 model or alike? I had a 701t for a trial and it easily bested the Oppo’s I had previously. Only returned it because not sure I was going to use it that much as my streaming set up is pretty solid. Nice unit though. Music Direct will give you a 60 day trial or 10... | |
| Amp suggestion for Merlin TSM speakers A buddy of mine recently passed away and we are liquidating his audio system. Bobby’s last Black magic VSM MXM with master Bam and an Ars Sonum Filarmonia integrated as recommended by Bobby. For a medium sized room this is a great combo. Liquidat... | |
| Mixing Tidal and local files for saved playlist in Mconnect I do not believe that can be done. That’s why Roon is so popular. I think Mconnect sounds good just limitations as you are mentioning. | |
| Mutec Ref 10 Nano and MC 3 USB The OCK 2 sounds much better than a stock Mutec Nano. Really need to spend another 1k on PS and cabling to get the Nano to perform. Although I have never heard one but going from experience I would give the LHY OCK 2S a shot before the Mutec Nano.... | |
| Experience up-leveling streaming with USB cables? @antigrunge2 I was looking at the UIP as a somewhat affordable upgrade. Just wondering if it would improve the USB implementation between my T&A Dac 200 and Melco N1a h60 server/streamer. Returns to China / HK really not an option. I enjoye... | |
| Why I Sold My Aurender N200 You’re kinda of comparing apples and oranges when comparing a network card which is Ethernet based and a dedicated streamer that is USB based to the Dac. I had a Bricasti M3 w/network card and switched to a Melco server/streamer. The Network card ... |