brianmoriarty

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Primaluna Dialogue poremium, Rogue Cronus Magnum II or Jolida 801...who can advise me?
Jphanc54 is of course correct. At a certain point with this level of equipment It ultimately comes down to personal taste. What you like and what sounds good in your room etc. For me, a relative tube novice, the auto bias was a big deal also tube ... 
Primaluna Dialogue poremium, Rogue Cronus Magnum II or Jolida 801...who can advise me?
I bought my Prima Luna Dialogue Premium HP integrated from that very same shop in Nashua nh last year, audio video therapy. Great shop and great people. I auditioned the amp and really liked it. 2 things, 1. you can get a prima luna phono stage in... 
Primaluna amp with Sonus Faber?
Hi George, just read your last post. The graphs from Stereophile are revealing. I’ll admit I’m not the best at interpreting the all data. I do know my PL HP intergrated sounds great in my system. A HUGE upgrade from my NAD m3. As I recall didn’t t... 
Primaluna amp with Sonus Faber?
Will your dealer let you audition in your home? That’s how I ended up buying my PL HP integrated. 
I'm in Tidal now. Good choice!
Sorry to get off topic the sound quality of tidal is very good. 
I'm in Tidal now. Good choice!
If only they didn’t push the jz Crap so hard. Otherwise it’s great. 
Best DIY power cable. Why not make?
Ha I will. 
Nad M3 non repairable
..After taking the journey I have, my feeling is that an old style tube amplifiers and preamplifiers represent the safest investment when it comes to electronics. That’s exactly what I did. I abandoned digital ss amps and went all tube point to po... 
Best DIY power cable. Why not make?
Haha okay you got me. I’ll see if my dealer will let me audition a ...power cable. But I’ll be ready to believe anything if I hear the slightest difference. If not I’m going back to my coat hangers! 
Best DIY power cable. Why not make?
Soundstage, more relaxed or forward? More depth? What discernible atributes of the sound? I thought the only benefits would be noise floor. I’m speaking out of ignorance, I don’t know what the benefits would be. 
Best DIY power cable. Why not make?
 Would be the benefits? My amp is already dead quiet. 
best way to connect pc to dac
Define Jitter 
best way to connect pc to dac
You don’t get noise from a usb cable. You get 1s and 0s. Unless the noise is encoded it doesn’t get decoded.  Digital to digital works or doesn’t.  
Best DIY power cable. Why not make?
I’ve been making my own power cables for years using long crystal oxygen free aluminum shielded unobtainium with Ophidia oil tm.   The cost is astronomical however it sounds just as good as three pieces of electric taped coat hanger bare ended int... 
Nad M3 non repairable
My M3 had the exact same problem. Blown Power board, not repairable. Only it never made it to 10 years. It’s a beautiful piece. Huge heat sinks, velvety smooth volume control. 2x mono design, Extremely versitle crossover and sub out piece of garba...