bigkidz
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| I guess I have to sell my Tekton Enzos Interesting. When I switched my DAC from old NOS 226 DHT tubes to 101D DHT tubes and changed to a R2R discrete DAC set-up I told one customer that it was a 100% improvement. He did not believe me either so I took one to his home and within the fi... | |
| Opinion - Every audiophile should build at least 1 pair of speakers Yep now for a step up go and build a nice pair of field coil single driver speakers, get yourself a 1 to 2 watt pair of mono blocks and be done with it all! Might need to integrate a sub for the final piece!Happy Listening. | |
| Crazy to buy a 17 year old CD Player? Buying an older unit is fine if you get a rally good deal. I would see if the parts are still available or the mfg still supports the unit. Georgehifi is right about the R2R they do sound better IMO but a good DAC design can make things sound sp... | |
| A vote for the little guy suppliers Stringreen - I know your pain but what you needed to understand is that the products were designed with flaws. Melos the large amps could not take the heat as other manufacturers also did this. Counterpoint was well designed but also with flaws,... | |
| Lesson Learned In my case, I repair audio components and do modifications. I get to see how things are made, and what their potential is after modification and I get to hear so many different components in my system. While I agree that you have to hear somethi... | |
| How much does DAC ‘Reality’ cost in 2017? Not sure what the real question is here. Cost of materials? Depends on the chassis, caps, resistors, DAC chip or R2R, etc. A good R2R board can run $300. V- caps add another $300, power supply caps add $150, transformer $150, tubes, no tubes?,... | |
| Directionality of wire Here is my experience. I was not convinced of this either until I used a cheap IC that came with old Adcom components as a digital cable when I sold all of mine years ago. I needed to hook up a DAC and used the Adcom clear IC with plastic molded... | |
| Conrad Johnson--does anyone use this brand anymore? Yes I have an MV-51 tube power amp but it is not a point-to-point wired with a few cap upgrades and it does sound really good. No so good in stock form though.Happy Listening. | |
| Weakest link ricred1, again imo the DAC. In my own experience having build a DAC that I consider very special as well as others who have been in the industry for many years, dealers, store owners, people who have spent more money trying so many different comp... | |
| Weakest link Again IMO only I build components, DAC (DHT), preamp DHT, amp and speakers. I have built and repaired almost every major brand over the past 20 years. The power supplies to my DAC & preamp are 35 lbs., and use high quality parts. So based ... | |
| Mark Knopfler's Guitar Collection Yep he is a very good guitar player for his style. I really enjoy his playing. For me I am more of a Danny Gatton person. Particularly his 1993 Cruisin" Deuces recording. That really floored me. Also Al DiMeola who has mastered several styles... | |
| I need a new DAC! Advice/Recommendations? buy any dac that has some room inside and send it to me for upgrades. An old musical fidelity would work fine. All the above recommendations are fine if you want your sound to be the same old thing. If you want something better, you know where ... | |
| Suggestions on Better Server Setup than Mac Mini Just build your own.Happy Listening. | |
| What two components together would sound the best from this list: Theta Miles - that's an old one.Find a CEC and it will make beautiful music to your ears!Happy Listening. | |
| Mark Levinson has odd choice for cap upgrades in one of their service bulletins. Why? Sheesh is RIGHT E! |