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| Enjoying My New Focal Sopra No2's I heard the Sopra 2 speakers at Quintessence Audio in Morton Grove IL a couple of weeks ago. The day I was there they just received the Sopra 1 monitors which they were getting setup. From what I understand there are Sopra 3's coming around year e... | |
| Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC Congrats Ricred1, that's another great sounding DAC! The only reason I didn't consider it is that its USB input is limited to 96kHz and it doesn't support DSD or DXD rates. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt - If I may correct you on one point, the Rowland 625 (which I own) as well as the series II version are Class A/B output amplifier designs, which do not use an nCore module. The 625 and 725 are their top level amps using a Class A/B output st... | |
| Enjoying My New Focal Sopra No2's You have put together a very nice system - congratulations! Do you have a large listening room? I only ask since when I auditioned the Sopra 2 speakers it was in a pretty large dealer listening room, and one of the most impressive aspects I heard ... | |
| Sonus faber Amatis vs guarneries anybody opinions? I have listened to both and the sound quality of the mids and highs are indeed very similar. The Amati Futuras still image extremely well, so that's not really an issue. IF you have a good enough sub AND IF you can set it up properly to integrate ... | |
| Help me decide Revel or Focal I apologize if my comments on the Sopra 2s were taken as being negative, as that was not my intent. I really found them to be very impressive, but I found some other speakers more to my liking. There are few if any speakers that appeal to everyone... | |
| Audio Technica ART 9 From everything I've read the AT ART9 is actually superior to the Denon DL-S1. Of course it's very subjective by nature and YMMV. | |
| Enjoying My New Focal Sopra No2's Congrats on your new Sopra speakers! I auditioned them and found them to have a very impressive sound, with great dynamics, imaging, and detail. Definitely a great buy, although they may not be for everyone (what speakers are?) I prefer a speaker ... | |
| Verastarr amplifiers? Anyone ? Owners or Opinions Verastarr has a related company that performs equipment modifications: http://hotrodaudiomods.com/ I have no experience with them, just clarifying regarding the above posts. | |
| Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC The Bricasti M1 DAC was also again listed in Class A+ by Stereophile. Just sayin'. ;~) | |
| Pani ... New ART-9 up and running ... In the US LP Gear still has the ART9 available for $1,097. http://www.lpgear.com/product/ATART9.html | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt - I know there's quite a list of speakers you've tried and I may have missed your mention of them, but have you considered any Sonus faber speakers? I just heard their Guarneri Evolution monitors and was blown away by them. While there are ot... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD It is said that many listeners think they want a system with flat frequency response, until they hear one! My experience agrees with Agear's. | |
| Help me decide Revel or Focal Immediately after my audition of the Sopra 2 speakers I heard the Sonus faber Guarneri Evolution monitors connected to the exact same system. While they're admittedly more expensive and only a two way monitor, they completely outclassed the Sopras... | |
| Help me decide Revel or Focal I haven't heard the Revels but did audition the Sopra 2 speakers. I would describe their sound as being very impressive, with outstanding extension, dynamics and imaging. What I didn't like was that I found them to be a bit analytical in their ove... |