benzman
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| 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 ... | |
| Audience FrontRow USB - I’m puzzled I was big fan of Audience, full loom of the AU24 series thru the SX. Found the SX not as full bodied as I liked. Absolutely the finest company I have ever dealt with. Glad to hear you like your Steath. I have the Select T with the tunable coll... | |
| DAC for Aurender N200 @hickamore I think that’s the way to go. My best set up was a Rogue RP7 w/upgraded tubes and a pair of top of the line Odyssey Kismet monos. Only had one source so figured it was overkill . sold everything and bought a Coda CSiB integrated. A v... | |
| DAC for Aurender N200 I have never heard of any Sabre based Dac described as warm. What is the rest of your system? Don’t sleep on the T&A Dac 200. Find one pre owned and check it out. Easy to listen to yet all the detail/resolution/transparency you need. Whole no... | |
| Experience up-leveling streaming with USB cables? Enjoying Stealth cable Select T . Tunable collar. Upgraded from a WW Platinum 7. Nice bump. | |
| My New Favorite. Digital cables Had a Tubulus Concentus clock cable. Great cable. Would work great with a system that needs a little extra shine. | |
| DDC Recomendations Laiv Harmony coming out with what you are looking for. Check Vinshine for pre-order info. | |
| Borresen X1 & X2 https://audiogroupdenmark.com/product/boerresen-x3/ I have had a pair for little over 30 days. I like them but everyone is different. |