calvinj
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| Is it important to long demo or own HIGH END gear to have a fair accurate view about it? @jafant i tried the soulution 746 pulium integrated combo. Both are great pieces. But as a combo very analogue sounding a bit on the cozy side. I just swapped the soulution out and I’m trying an esoteric N-01XD dac so far it’s a better match. Lit... | |
| Is it important to long demo or own HIGH END gear to have a fair accurate view about it? @mahgister i understand your point. But with that being said. I mean highly engineered equipment that sells at higher price points because of the alleged build quality and technology etc. | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend Anyone in the Dallas area. There will be an Audio Show on March 15-17 Hilton Market center. . I work with Infigo audio and I own the Method 4 Dac. It uses the Ess Sabre 9038 chipset. The inventor worked with the sister company Ressonessence. It’s... | |
| Best Used Speaker Under $4,000 w/ Respectable Lows Look if you can get your hands on a gato fm6. Do it. Used 4-5 grand retail 14k. It is a sister of the gamut high end stuff. It’s still my reference. I got 50k of Amos and dacs on it and it’s still shining. | |
| Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums? @koh_i_noor i left the platform because of the nastiness because I represent a brand i don’t wanna go off cause it hurts our Infigo brands so i watch it now. People who don’t know you talk super reckless. They say stuff that’s disrespectful. Like... | |
| Is it important to long demo or own HIGH END gear to have a fair accurate view about it? @jafant long time no talk to my friend. Well I’m letting the pilium integrated and soulution 746 cd player get some hours on each in my system before I start grading with each. Will listen for a week and then play with power cords a little on eac... | |
| Is it important to long demo or own HIGH END gear to have a fair accurate view about it? @tomic601 and @jafant we INFIGO will be partnering with Stenheim and Their Ref 2 or Ref 3at the Dallas Audio show in mid March . Should sound sublime. | |
| Is it important to long demo or own HIGH END gear to have a fair accurate view about it? @tomic601 yes. I would get the gear after the owner had it for 6 months of heavy listening. I would typically keep it for about 3 months 4 months at a time. Listening everyday after work and on weekends. Sometimes just letting it run at night. @ja... | |
| Is it important to long demo or own HIGH END gear to have a fair accurate view about it? @tomic601 turntables are a whole other monster. $$. I haven’t heard the number of turntables as opposed to digital. I have heard some turntables but not the really expensive ones. My turntable knowledge is limited | |
| Is it important to long demo or own HIGH END gear to have a fair accurate view about it? @tomic601 a few years ago during this journey the owner of a company o worked with swapped out gear 2 to 3 times a year which led to about 5 or 6 years of long extended 2 to 3 month demos with gear. I haven’t ears as many turntables as digital bu... | |
| Is it important to long demo or own HIGH END gear to have a fair accurate view about it? @onhwy61 i did it initially to learn the difference between them. Once I got really good equipment I wanted to see what the cables could do to affect sound. I wanted to know as much as possible about them. I’m kind of OCD when it comes to sound. I... | |
| Is it important to long demo or own HIGH END gear to have a fair accurate view about it? @jacobsdad2000 when I first started in the hobby I said I would never spend x amount of dollars. Well I’m spent x amount of over the last 2-3 years but I did so after I gained about 15 years of knowledge and experience. I didn’t choose on price. ... | |
| Is it important to long demo or own HIGH END gear to have a fair accurate view about it? @rooze I definitely understand your points. I can’t stand when someone who hasn’t heard something says definitely that it does noy sound different or can make a difference in your system. | |
| Is it important to long demo or own HIGH END gear to have a fair accurate view about it? I mispoke earlier. I haven’t heard all of the higher priced gear. I have heard most of it. Correction. | |
| Is it important to long demo or own HIGH END gear to have a fair accurate view about it? @knotscott exactly that’s why guys trying to do quick switching a/b comparisons are a joke. Long demos are needed. |