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| Everybody’s Top 5 - Vinyl David Bowie - Live at The Tower, PhiladelphiaR.E.M. - Life's Rich PagentRolling Stones - Stickey FingersCowboy Junkies - The Trinity SessionMassive Attack- Mezzanine*Honorable Mention: Bob Mould - Workbook & Free - Fire And Water | |
| What’s the best tube for a Sonic Frontiers SFL-1 preamp $500 is a steal for an SFL-1 - good for you. It’s a wonderful pre with the right tube to match your speakers and setup. Not really a JJ fan but I’m glad it’s working well for you. I never tried one in this pre. Not surprised by the Brimar but it’s... | |
| Recommendations for speakers that sound great at lower volume levels. +1 on the LS3/5a... had an 11ohm set of Rogers from the mid 80s and just loved them. Wish I still had them... playing a set of Equation "7" these days that are just incredible in my kit. Listen late night in a dead quiet room and paired with a Car... | |
| Rega DAC ? The Rega DAC is a terrific piece. I found it performed MUCH better than the built in DAC in the Node 2i (I don’t necessarily buy the MQA difference) and was more analog sounding acrosss its filter range albeit not any great differences one vs the ... | |
| Simaudio, MOON, Neo MiND In my opinion, Bernard is a good guy, no reason to feel otherwise but as representative of the Simaudio brand, he's trying to get me to spend significant money to upgrade to the MiND 2 platform; I get that. No doubt it's a worthwhile package for s... | |
| Simaudio, MOON, Neo MiND He will have the Simaudio techs change the internal transformer and bring it to NA spec for a couple hundred + shipping to & from MA to Montreal. We have common friends up there so he offered to do the switchover for the "right" price. I don't... | |
| Best Bang for your Buck DAC ? Would say shop for a used Rega DAC. Had one in my system for several years and thoroughly enjoyed it. Takes the sizzle out of the digital experience and is decidedly British in its presentation. Has several filter settings with the slightest of di... | |
| Line Magnetic 502ca I'm going to jump in on this resurrected thread... I recently picked up an LM-502ca. I pair it with a Node 2i, Manley Shrimp, Cary CAD808 & Equation 7 speakers in my main setup. Its replacing a Rega DACr and I'm using a coax cable to connect t... | |
| External DAC connection for Bluesound Node 2i (after "Another streaming newbie" thread) Been reading a bit about the Auralic Aries Mini - seems to be similar to theNode/Node 2 with no internal DAC. Anyone have experience with this piece? | |
| External DAC connection for Bluesound Node 2i (after "Another streaming newbie" thread) So I’m finally going to give the Node 2i a shot. I’ve been using a Line Magnetic 502CA DAC in both Tube and SS mode & like both presentations a great deal depending on the track and type of music it’s being fed. Going to try it with an Audienc... | |
| Best Bang for your Buck DAC ? Very happy with my Rega DACr... under a grand and maybe around $450ish for a good used piece. Fabulous build quality and plays great with any electronics I throw at it. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Early session tonight... big bowl of Pho, couple shrimp spring rolls, two (xl) cans Sapporo and straight into Walter Trout, "Livin' Every Day", Joe Bonamassa "Slo Gin" & now Terry Reid, "Superlungs" - prob been said here 100x but, imagine turn... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Anderson East "Alive in Tennessee" & The Black Crows "Shake Your Money Maker" - then just streamed "Shake Your Money Maker 30th Anniversary Deluxe" - very nicely done with a couple hidden gems. Jealous Guy being a favorite of mine and a fabulo... | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Former Sex Pistol, Steve Jones, "Mercy" & The Del Fuegos, "Boston, Mass" - boy the late 80s... what fun! | |
| If your were to assemble a vintage system ? Was just playing around with a perfect little vintage $1,500 rig... a much written about Musical Fidelity, A100 integrated, Canton, Karat 40 (3) way monitors; beautiful German build and a Music Hall, MMF 2.1 TT w/Adcom high output MC cart. Or, how... |