bill_k
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| Piega loudspeakers I've owned a few pair of Piega speakers over the years, the last and best were the C10 Ltd with their coaxial midrange tweeter. Everyone refers to them as ribbon drivers, but they're not true suspended ribbons. They're a planar magnetic design sim... | |
| Convincing your local dealer to let you try speakers at home Many audio stores allow in home auditions of their demo gear, both used and new. While it may be only extended to existing customers with an established relationship, some allow it for any serious buyer with a credit card used for security. Many s... | |
| Why Don't you hear more about Audio Physics Speakers?? Vana Ltd. is no longer the US distributor for Audio Physic speakers. According the the AP website it shows: "USA - We are looking for a new distribution in this area" but then under Canada und USA they list Tri-Cell Enterprises Inc. | |
| Luxman Preamps The "Line Straight" setting on Luxman preamps simply bypasses the tone controls and loudness settings. It does not make them all sound the same, there are big differences in the quality of the preamps in their integrated vs. their separates. I've ... | |
| Denafrips Terminator+ 12th - Clock Out LED on - Operation Help. If you don't find a related setting in the manual possibly to disable the CLOCK OUT, an email to Alvin at Vinshine Audio (assuming that's where you purchased the T+ 12th) should get you the answer you're looking for. | |
| Search for Linn Record albums but none are displayed When I access Qobuz via their website and search "Label" for "Linn Records" it displays a huge number of their albums. Maybe the problem is with the Aurender app. | |
| AKM makes the best DACs @abraxalito - Taobao link above seems to be invalid. | |
| Well mastered Compact Disks Many CDs on the GRP label are very well produced and recorded, one in particular is Dave Grusin's "Homage to Duke". Performers include Clark Terry on trumpet and "mumbles", Tom Scott, Eddie Daniels, Brian Bromberg, Harvey Mason. Unusually well rec... | |
| Shipping Magnepan 3.7i Old Dominion Freight http://www.odfl.com/ is the company Magnepan uses and recommends, and they may have special rates for their speakers since they're large but relatively flat. They're generally shipped palleted but they could likely advise acco... | |
| Mola Mola Tambaqui or Denafrips Terminator Plus? The Denafrips Terminator was recently upgraded to 12th Anniversary Editions, for both Terminator II and Plus versions: https://www.vinshineaudio.com/12th?currency=USD | |
| Gustard R26 @westcoastaudiophile - Haven't had the opportunity to audition the K-01XD (CD/SACD/DAC version) or N-01XD (Network DAC) yet myself, but have heard from several sources I trust as well as reviews that they're exceptional. Word is that the new XD DA... | |
| Gustard R26 @westcoastaudiophile - Glad you're enjoying the Esoteric XD series. One point of correction though is that they are not using an R2R DAC design, according to their website the proprietary XD DACs are a discrete design using ESOTERIC’s exclusive De... | |
| Best DACs under $7,000.00 For those interested in the Denafrips Terminators, they recently released 12th Anniversary Editions of the II and Plus which replace previous versions. https://www.vinshineaudio.com/12th | |
| What is the Best Sounding Stand Mount Speaker in the world? ... that's because there is no one best sounding speaker, it's subjective and a matter of taste and system matching. | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @melm - Details of the custom build streamer that @sns referenced can be found in the comments of his system page: https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8606 |