bigkidz
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| NJ Audio Society? I will be hosting the NJ Audio Society shortly in our Listening Room in Boonton NJ. PM me and I will host an evening or weekend for anyone interested. I am also having a few speaker manufacturers send speakers for our listening pleasure. | |
| Solid state amp to go with tube preamp; used ok; budget: $3k max We recently compared a number of SS amps. Hegel, Coda, BEL, etc. For pure musicality the BEL was way above the others. Class A design and it was bought for $450. Don't recall the exact model but for that kind of money is was excellent. Sweet ... | |
| Are Pre-Amps necessary? Passive preamps do offer resolution but after that, not much else in my experience especially with the BeSpoke passive preamp ($10K). It cannot compete with layering of the sound (vocals - instruments), no space between the instruments & voca... | |
| Tube or R-2R DAC for Tube System @hshifi - "I would say stick to chip based DACs with tube gear" Not sure how you came to that conclusion. Just finished a 4 hour listening session with tube Sabre 32 bit chip dac and a R2R DHT dac in an all tube system preamp and Class A mono b... | |
| If your down on your system… Not me. Just finished a 4 hour listening session. The system sounds better than any system I have ever heard. We are almost ready to open the listening room here in New Jersey.Happy Listening. | |
| Tube or R-2R DAC for Tube System We make both tube DACs. One with the Sabre 32 bit chip and the other with the R2R board. The Sabre uses a single 6SN7 with a single rectifier (GZ34 - 5R4, etc.) and the R2R is a 101D direct heated triode design. They have similar sound characte... | |
| Looking for new speakers for large audio room Here is a good list for you:KEF Blades - Gershman - Dynamakkit - Vivid - Estelon - Ascendo - GT Audio in New Jersey - Vandersteen the new model sevens mark IIs are coming out shortlyHappy Listening | |
| The two stages of audiophilia 1 understand what makes sound better2 buy equipment from a manufacturer who builds components that can reproduce the music better3 sit back and be wowed by the music reproduction of your systemHappy Listening. | |
| Monitor suggestions? Dynaudio Contour 20i will have to find a cheap used pair though or special 40 | |
| Audiophile Adventure Weekend in NJ Highlands/Water Gap I would be interested as a manufacturer repair facility. We are planning to open a listening room in northern NJ shortly.PM me if you would like. | |
| Where to listen hi end systems in Manhattan? I will be opening a listening room in northern New Jersey soon. PM me and I will send invites to whom is interested. | |
| NJ Audio Society? I am opening up a listening room in northern NJ soon. I will be sending invites to the NJ Audio Society shortly. Anyone and all are invited but I do need to get everyone of the invite list to control the amount of people. We will be having mult... | |
| Mod Squad "Line Drive Deluxe"... That unit was not really that good and there are much better I can make one for you if you wnatHappy Listening | |
| Looking for a few Local Audiophiles in Monmouth County to Listen to Music Interesting and timely - we are about to open a listening room in Morris County NJ. We will be inviting audio clubs and individuals to come an listen.The Listening Room will be open most days and nights.PM me and I will fill you in. | |
| Putting an end to the audio cable debate! Part 1 All this comes down to "high-end" and "price". Both of those mean nothing to me. A cable either makes a difference in ones system or it doesn't. That being said, I am not a cable junkie but recently heard a speaker cable that made more of an im... |