bill_k
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| New DACs High End Munich 2023 I simply stated that the HD30 was discontinued, not that it was obsolete or unsupported by Hegel. | |
| New DACs High End Munich 2023 Just an FYI, the Hegel HD30 DAC is discontinued and they currently have no other stand alone DAC in their product line. Hopefully that will change in time... | |
| Audio Mirror Tubadour IV vs Lampizator Amber 4 ASR will provide you with measurements, but nothing about sound quality. | |
| Streamer upgrade - best path forward According to a post from a dealer for HiFi Rose who has their upcoming RS130 on order, the expected US retail is $10K. | |
| Munich High End Show Report 2023 ! You'd think after all of these posts it would be apparent that there is no one "best" in any product category. It comes down to a subjective choice and we all have different preferences. There are endless product claims declaring theirs as the bes... | |
| Streamer/dac …. Organic/euphonic sound signature Do the above posters intend to use the word euphoric (characterized by or feeling intense excitement and happiness) or did they mean euphonic (pleasing or sweet sound)? | |
| You've run some pretty fancy MC's, but the _______ MM cartridge really impressed me @mijostyn - Might that have been the MMC 20CL? | |
| Anyone using the JPLAY app ? @bobby1945 - I'm able to access jplay.eu but it is marked as "Not Secure" in the Brave browser. Maybe you have some security software or your browser which is blocking the site. | |
| 2023 AXPONA Show Report Cost for an AXPONA one day pass was $25. | |
| Did the Old Receivers Sound Good? Back in the late 70s there was a race by the major electronics manufacturers (Pioneer, Kenwood, Sansui, etc.) to lower Total Harmonic Distortion or THD. Sales were often driven by these numbers and lower THD was a great way to generate interest in... | |
| lumin direct to "main in" section on Yamahas/Luxmans/Accuphase? Just make sure you have the Lumin's Leedh volume control activated (variable output) and start on the lowest level setting to be safe. Using a good preamp sounds better to many listeners, but there should be no problem in using the Lumin's variabl... | |
| Wilson benesch All drivers have some degree of natural rolloff which you can see if you look at their frequency response plots. With good engineering and computer simulation driver design engineers can tune the rolloff characteristics by varying different aspect... | |
| Wilson benesch A different perspective on crossover design... WB builds their drivers to have inherent output rolloff characteristics in order to minimize required crossover components. The requirement of only a single capacitor for the tweeter crossover and run... | |
| Warning for Revel lovers @audiowatchfreak - The Revel Salon 2 speakers are indeed an exceptional product that has stood the test of time. They're actually very nicely finished, not just thrown together by any means. Like with all high end audio products though they do hav... | |
| Streamers made in America? @spearl8 - That's only to access the Chinese version of their website. The company is based in the US with all design and manufacturing in the US. |