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| TEAC UD-701 vs NT-505 vs ? I have an NT-505 with the AKM chip before they had to switch to Sabre due to the AKM factory fire. I haven't heard the new 505 but would love to hear both the new 505 and the 701. Music Direct offers a 60 day trial but they're backordered. My loc... | |
| Audio Research I/50 A local dealer let me take one home for a few days. I thought it was great, especially for the price. I wanted to order one but there's a 2 month+ wait and I have a Leben on order that I have a 5 month wait for. I was using the ARC as a tempora... | |
| Songs to show off speakers Qobuz has a whole section of Hi-Fi Audio Partners playlists. Companies like B&W, Devore, Joseph, Stereophile, etc. I count about 100 playlists. There's definitely something for everyone. | |
| Share MYSTICAL, HAUNTING songs Robohands - Shapes (most of album) | |
| Here's hoping that everyone at Boulder Amps is ok They posted yesterday on their Facebook page that the fire got about a mile from the factory. Everyone who works there and their homes were ok. What a crazy, unexpected thing to happen in the middle of winter. | |
| MHDT Orchid or Lampizator Amber 3? @madsry I prefer the Amperex 6DJ8 tubes in my MHDT Balanced Pagoda over the stock (GE maybe?) 369 tubes and some sort of Tesla (I'm not at home to see which kind). The Amperex obviously requires adapters to work. I haven't tried any other tubes be... | |
| Magico A5, Wilson SabrinaX, or PS Audio FR30? I haven't heard either but I do know Wilson pretty well, and while I'm sure the X are very very good I find it hard to believe they are $29K good. I thought the original Sabrina was... not my cup of tea. I believe they are $18k. Next step up is... | |
| Why no love for Apple Music? One main reason I can think of is Qobuz and Tidal had lossless streaming first and people see no reason to change now. Also, many use Roon and only Qobuz and Tidal integrate. Psychologically, Apple is a technology/marketing company while the other... | |
| Better Sounding Systems, Objectivists or Subjectivists? How does the music make you feel and is it inline with how you wanted to feel at the time? Rather than listening for being able to hear this breath or that cymbal hit, how does it feel when you listen? That will tell you what sounds best. If it me... | |
| Down To The Crunch Kii's are more detailed to me than the D&D. I've trialed both in my house. The controller makes the Kii easier to use but still not easy. D&D is just becoming Roon ready so you only need an ethernet cable and some app (previous they had no... | |
| Passive vs Active...Again! As @djones51 said, Dutch & Dutch or Kii. I've had them both in my house. The D&D are much better looking in my opinion and could live with either. For under $15k you have a whole system. Ethernet into the speaker and, with the new firmwar... | |
| 750$ Intel NUC vs $6000 Aurender N200: I don't hear the difference If you don't hear a difference then there's no difference to you. I wouldn't care about others opinions if I were you. I've tried streamers from about $4500 and down and heard no difference. Buy a streamer based on features (do you need AES, USB, ... | |
| Bruno Strikes Again. Purifi 1ET7040SA VTV Amplifier. @yyzsantabarbara Have you tried Cherry Amps? I have heard them (not sure which one but I know it was a newer model) on some JTR speakers and the bass was insane without the amp even hinting at trying. I've truly never heard bass like that outside ... | |
| Preamp shootout: Linear tube audio, Modwright, etc. Primaluna Evo 400, Backert Labs Rhumba 1.3, Rogue RP7 for tubes. Any Ayre preamp for solid state. Those are ones I've tried in that price range. The Primaluna was the most "open" of them all. Depending on what I'm listening to, what time of day/n... | |
| Not Sure If This Is OK Here, But Here Goes I believe PayPal has something in place that you have to ship to the/an address on their PayPal account or it's not covered. I may be totally wrong but I won't ship anywhere except the PayPal address. |