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| What are your favorite songs or albums for illustrating a deep soundstage? Thank you for the excellent suggestions so far. I’m excited to try some of the new tracks late this evening. @bdp24 I am having a hard time finding that particular album on digital, but I am seeing a compilation that has many of the Planets track... | |
| "But it sounds better at night...." From my understanding, the reason music sounds better at night is not limited to the improvement in power but also due interaction with the Earth’s Schumann resonances and less EMI and RMI that is typically caused and excited by the power of the s... | |
| Hearing Aids in 2023 .. Questions @vonhelmholtz I’m not sure if they’re still available, but growing up I had fully analog hearing aids. My brother wore them and hung onto analog aids for as long as he possibly could. I’m on digital aids. I’ve worn Phonak aids for the last 15 year... | |
| Integrated Amp Phono Section @teeshot It’s a bit over your price range, but there is a T+A PA 3100 HV integrated with phono stage option listed used on USAudioMart right now. I am a T+A dealer but have no affiliation with the seller of this unit. All I can tell you is that it... | |
| The difference between Qoboz stream vs purchased songs @fredrik222 i have demonstrated this for myself and for many others who have come to listen or for whom I’ve brought equipment to in their system. To me, that’s all that matters and I have nothing more to prove. I am providing this guidance throug... | |
| The difference between Qoboz stream vs purchased songs Let me approach this another way. The OP is wondering if there is any benefit to owning the digital files of the music which may play locally over that of the sonic quality that comes from streaming Qobuz. @gkelly Yes, there is typically a differ... | |
| Class D ICEpower 1200as2 vs. Purifi 1ET7040SA amplifiers One other consideration is that the power section on the 1200as2 board has known to hum based on flaws on its design. When units exhibit this issue, the hum is low but can still be heard from a few feet away. It may be enough to slightly vibrate a... | |
| Class D ICEpower 1200as2 vs. Purifi 1ET7040SA amplifiers I own a Minerva PurePower SE for my office / desktop setup, which uses the 1200AS2. It was also in a second system prior used with a variety of speakers. I also own the T+A A 200 amplifier which uses the Purifi Eigentakt modules. Of the two, I fin... | |
| Who are your favorite custom amp builders for low powered triode amps? I’m a huge fan of Oliver Sayes out of Brooklyn. He makes incredibly affordable DHT designs, cloning and building off Korneff 45 and Yamamoto designs, amongst many others. He can source top notch transformers and components, either ones he may reco... | |
| Boressen speakers @ronboco Thank you as well! Unfortunately I have not had the pleasure of having Rockport in my system, though I have heard them at shows and dealers. I know of a few customers around the country that have th as well. They are another brand I would... | |
| New to Preamp - Preamp suggestion around 10k Honestly, I would stay away from the Cary SLP-05. It is a massive unit and too “tubey” sounding to the point that it loses the holography. It also doesn’t have a very low noise floor, which is very important for headphones. My pics would be: PS... | |
| Boressen speakers @arafiq Given your preferences, I would stay away from the X3. If your heart is set on going Borresen down the road, I would opt for a higher series like Z Cryo or 0 which are more refined and have more density to the tone. I would also agree th... | |
| Boressen speakers @steakster That comment absolutely made my day. Thank you! | |
| Boressen speakers @arafiq I missed the part where you said you have an Aavik amp. Which one are you using? I see it’s not listed on your profile. | |
| Boressen speakers @arafiq They are very, very different speakers tonally. I also have a lot of affinity for Joseph Audio and have heard all of his current speakers. I would say that Borresen is brutally more honest in the midrange. While I love the detail, tonal ba... |