cal3713
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| Dreaming of a DIY 8W Class A amp designed by Nelson Pass? As should be clear from my previous post, my foray into DIY was super successful. Any bias that people have is definitely misplaced. I replaced a $4000 300b SET for $1200 and got better sound. I would have bought an F4, but couldn't find one us... | |
| Dreaming of a DIY 8W Class A amp designed by Nelson Pass? I built an F4 from diyaudio and it changed my life. Just finished the DIY version of the SIT3 and it is beautiful. I've got two monoblocks that each have an F4 and SIT3 in them... roughly $6400 worth of amplifiers that I built for $2000, and the... | |
| Hornshoppe "the Truth" preamp - any opinions? Indeed. They don't call them systems for nothing. So crazy how everything interacts. | |
| Supratek or Don Sachs - which way to go? @audio123 Really looking forward to hearing the conclusion of the preamp comparison... please do post the update. | |
| Hornshoppe "the Truth" preamp - any opinions? @grannyring I was actually referencing the Clayton. I had a Truth preamp, but for whatever reason didn't end up liking it all that much. Didn't really do anything wrong, but it wasn't the revelation it appears to be in other systems. I ended up ... | |
| Supratek or Don Sachs - which way to go? @audio123 I bought a pair of the Shuguang WE6SN7 Plus tubes for my DS pre. They are very clear and nicely extended. Unfortunately I'm always trying to tame my accuton tweeters and they made me grate my teeth a bit. I'm currently running Raytheo... | |
| Hornshoppe "the Truth" preamp - any opinions? @grannyring Thanks for the update. Wish we could all just share gear, I want to hear everything. Damn distances. | |
| Can a dac really be future proof? I'm with @onhwy61 You can always choose to go with an old chip that's already "outdated", then no concerns at all about being left in the dust. I use and Audio Mirror Tubadour III SE and it is much better than the PSA Directstream I was using pre... | |
| Coincident Frankenstein mk.2 amps Congrats @tswisla Looking forward to hearing the report. I loved my Frankenstein & Super Eclipse III pairing... I wish my Coincident's PREs were as good of a match so I didn't have to sell those amps. It's too bad Isreal moved on from the Ec... | |
| Hornshoppe "the Truth" preamp - any opinions? @grannyring Hi Bill, what amp are you pairing the Truth with these days? Curious where you're headed post Lyngdorf... | |
| $1300-1500 DAC I chose the Tubadour because it had an I2S input and I view that as the single best way to get music into a DAC. Bought a Magna Mano streamer to accomplish that goal and love the combination.P.S. I really wish I could test these vs. two big boys... | |
| $1300-1500 DAC I have the Audio Mirror Tubadour III SE and love it. In an ideal world I would have done a shootout between it, the Orchid, and Jolida's Black Glass FX Tube DAC DSD. The AM has been loved by everyone who tried it here... https://forum.audiogon.c... | |
| Audirvana problem That program and their (lack of) support is so frustrating. I tried unsuccessfully to install it on two separate windows machines and there was no help to be found. Kind of surprising for a piece of software that really wants your money... | |
| The imperfect amp: Pass or Ayre? @almarg & @atmasphere Just to repeat, thanks so much for posting. It's so good when education is made part of this site where so much is just opinion.@erik_squires And depending on what design you're focused on, Pass doesn't just make some of... | |
| You've tried other amps and ended with Pass, please discuss @richdirector Nelson pass uses tannoys. You'll find various discussions of them if you search... And you can probably get some good discussion of pass amp recommendations by posting over at the pass labs forum on diyaudio and asking what might be ... |