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| New amps @tony1954 Best response yet! | |
| New amps As a dealer who has had to swap equipment often, yes, repositioning the speakers after an amp change (or other component or cable change) may help to improve your overall system performance. This is because no item is linear. Every change shifts t... | |
| T+A Dac 200 HDMI issues While I cannot comment on the multi-channel issues you are having, the two-channel DSD issues you are experiencing are not surprising. As others have mentioned, the only way to output DSD from a SACD source to a DAC is 1) if you use the same brand... | |
| 2023 AXPONA Show Report @rsf507 Fair point. You're right, a bit of digging and seems those Ktema speakers have been around for 12 years, one of FS' last creations. Thank you for correcting me. I think it's the first time I've come across them. Agree they were wonderful, ... | |
| 2023 AXPONA Show Report @dayglow My pleasure. If anything I’ve learned in this hobby is that as objective as measurements can be, audiophiles want to be moved by what they hear. That movement is emotional, and what they hear is purely subjective. As a dealer and guide, I... | |
| T+A Dac 200 HDMI issues I’ve made the T+A North America team aware of this thread and they confirmed they will be looking into this. If you purchased the DAC new, I suggest asking your dealer first in the future as these types of issues may be so specific to the pairing ... | |
| New Model Alert = Aurender AP20 Integrated amplifier. @hgeifman The Aurender AP20’s Class D implementation is inclusive of tech from Purifi Eigentakt. | |
| 2023 AXPONA Show Report @dayglow Your comment made me realize that yes, the majority of my coverage was from the lower level floors in larger rooms. I did also visit every floor and listened in dozens of rooms. There were some notable rooms there, like the Constellation/... | |
| 2023 AXPONA Show Report @bubba12 i did listen to the Dyn / Octave room and thought it was pretty good. Nothing really stuck out at me but nothing about it was bad, either. It was definitely pleasing, but nothing too exciting. With the FR 30, it didn’t sound bad overall,... | |
| 2023 AXPONA Show Report I’m a bit late to the party but I recently posted some photos and commentary of what I thought were the most notable rooms and wanted to share: https://blisshifi.com/axpona-2023-gear-report/ Would love to hear others’ thoughts on my findings as ... | |
| Digital And Analogue Cables @ghasley Nicely said! And many times the audible differences in those interfaces are due to differences (improvements and fallacies in signal preservation, impedance, shielding, and grounding) in cable designs (e.g. one Coax can sound vastly diffe... | |
| Digital And Analogue Cables @ghasley I appreciate your respect, and no offense is taken. I’ll be the first to admit that I myself still have much to learn about the engineering side of audio. I am at least lucky to consider myself curious and want to gain experience and expe... | |
| Digital And Analogue Cables @ghasley Digital cables are basically intended to transmit square waves of sorts, right, and not a full analog audio signal (despite whether you classify those signals as analog, they do not contain the analog representation of the music)? Yes, al... | |
| Digital And Analogue Cables @pegolea Digital cables transmit a digital, binary signal (0’s and 1’s) before a digital to analog converter (DAC) converts the signal into an analog signal. Generally different types of digital cables have required specifications to enable the e... | |
| What to try? One amp I’ve owned and don’t usually recommend to everyone is the VPI 299D, but it fits your search perfectly. It is more refined than other tube integrateds from Rogue or Primaluna and has a MM phono built in. It was designed in joint by Harry W... |