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| Wadia 151 - any good? Its good but the NAD C390DD is better - although more expensive. Check out my mate John Darko's review:http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2013/03/wadia-151powerdac-mini-amplifier-review/Know John well - not normally that fussed about reviewers - so... | |
| Speaker recommendations, budget $10-15K Dont really know the speakers on your list but in that price range I really like the Rockport Mira 2 - its list price is very slightly above $15k but I am pretty sure you can pick it up for $15k or less.For me it easily bests other well known spea... | |
| Speaker Choice Yea know what you mean about the B&W's - never understood why people go ga ga over them.I am not too fussed about Magico either although I would say they are better. Certainly worth a listen though if you can wrangle one.You don't say where yo... | |
| Is there a perfect speaker? There is no perfect speaker and most certainly the Magico is not - I know a few speakers like Rockport that eat it alive. The thing you have to understand about speakers like the Magico is the model they use with a large amount spent on marketing ... | |
| Is there a perfect speaker? Mate - regardless of what you spend there is no perfect speaker.Even if you spend a lot more than you are spending you will find the speaker art slowly but surely keeps progressing.I thought my speakers were the bees knees and better than any othe... | |
| Ultimate sub? Of commercial subs I haven't heard anything to beat the Martin Logan Depth I - I have one myself.That's commercial subs - I have found speaker manufactures, if you contact them, often can make you one specifically for whatever speaker you have. By... | |
| Diamond drivers They are not marketing hype in the sense they have genuinely lower distortion. They probably are in the sense of making an audible difference commensurate with the cost.A speaker maker I know (and he is not the only one) says the order of priority... | |
| Mundorf Silver/Gold in Oil Supreme Caps Any Good? Yes they are good - possibly the second best available - but easily and soundly bested by Duelund VSF Copper and Cast - but at a much greater cost.ThanksBill | |
| AIFF or FLAC? I use a Mac and Apple Lossless because it integrates with Itunes.Early on with Itunes I heard a difference between lossless and AIFF but on Audirvana I cant via casual listening. I suspect the reason is Audirvana decompresses into memory prior to ... | |
| Any impressions of CHORD or Mytek DACs? Check out the thread on SNA here in Australia where I am about the Chord DAC I recently got:http://www.stereo.net.au/forums/index.php?/topic/50743-chord-qutehd-dac-listening-impressions/ThanksBill | |
| Mundorf silver /oil /gold vs Duelund CAST Mundorf to get significantly better with more hours but Duelund is simply in a different league - exactly as you would expect from the price difference.My experience from listening to the speakers of a speaker maker I know is that Duelunds make a ... | |
| dc10audio use Duelund CAST capacitor ? Hi Again JeffreyI didn't want to give any links to the speakers I was talking about since I don't want any accusation of spruiking, schilling or anything like that. But they are Lenehan Audio on the Gold Coast in Australia and are close to where I... | |
| dc10audio use Duelund CAST capacitor ? Hi Irish65Thanks for your detailed write-up. Strange your experience with Silver is different to the maker I know. I don't really know why - maybe its the ribbon speaker wire he makes and uses internally - just a thought. He has tried their induct... | |
| dc10audio use Duelund CAST capacitor ? Each capacitor is hand built and sold in very small quantities.I have been very lucky and have been privy to capacitor comparisons done at a speaker maker I know. He has 4 levels in his speakers - Erse - Erse bypassed with Duelund VSF Copper - VSF... | |
| DEQX - TACT - QOL - Thoughts on these? Hi GeraldFirst if you are using active crossovers I am very confident a DEQX will outperform the crossovers you have. The only crossovers I have heard that can better a DEQX is a special crossover a speaker maker I know hit upon called the PRC cro... |