charles1dad
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| DAC Selection "Blow away" ? I realize mlapenta that's your opinion but it comes across as stale hyperbole. I honestly doubt that the Denafrips, AN or SW1X Audio Designs would be outperformed (or blown away) by the Chord Qutest DAC. Again, just an opinion. ... | |
| DAC Selection AN 5.1 DAC versus an upper tier upgraded SW1X DAC is only going to be a purely subjective determination. No doubt opinions will be all over the spectrum. Each brand offers such a broad range of choices and pathways. This is clearly a situation tha... | |
| Tekton DI Monitors Hello Eric,I appreciate your critique of the Tektons from the perspective of a speaker builder. Do you believe you could produce an equal or superior speaker for the 2000.00 USD retail price of the Impact monitor? I ask this with genuine curiosity... | |
| DAC Selection Hi John,If you were to upgrade to an Audio Note 3.1 DAC my guess is that you'll be thrilled. I believe that Audiogon member Jond has this model and loves it. Again I think both of these companies (AN and SWIX Audio Designs ) focus predominantly ... | |
| DAC Selection The Audio Note DACs have a near universal reputation for a natural sound quality as opposed to a hifi/electronic character. Supposedly the SW1X Audio Designs is cut from very similar cloth. A direct comparison would be interesting. In terms of phi... | |
| DAC Selection Hello nenon, The made in England SW1X Audio Designs DACs may interest you given your background and musical genre taste. It’s similar to the well regarded Audio Note DACs but with "perhaps" better part quality at a similar price point. It uses mul... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Jcarcopo, The Tekton Encores and Art Audio Diavolo pairing must be genuinely sublime. Congratulations on obtaining this level of sound quality in your home. I can tell that you appreciate what you have accomplished. Charles | |
| Klipsch Heresy 1 Compatibility question with Class D Amp Rocky1313,One thing has been settled, you’ve listen to the Herseys with your class D amplifier and enjoy what you hear, that’s good. These speakers are quite efficient and you’re probably using less than 1 watt of power 99%of the time. Headroom i... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Mig,Thank you. I'm sure Jonathan is going to enjoy hearing your Tekton Lore and Manley Parallel 300b amplifier pairing. What 300b are you currently using in this amplifier?Charles | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Hi mig,That’s my sense as well as to the probability of any significant changes at this juncture. You say that the Diavolo sounds like live music and Jonathan has written several times the Diavolo is the more emotionally involving amplifier. These... | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup Dentdog thanks for the explanation.Spirit, your "after midnight" sound (quality) 24/7 sums up the effect of balanced AC power just perfectly and couldn't be illustrated better 😊.Charles | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Hi David, Exactly why I’m trying to get a sense of what constitutes a meaningful change in the system following the Encore insertion. For example he already owned the mentioned 300b tubes as well as the Nord amplifier. These were used with the Dou... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts David,Does a complete cable loom change count as a major upgrade or just component changes? Want to be clear on the stipulations. Charles | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Jonathan, Got it 😊Charles | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Jonathan, You win the wager if you do what?You lose the wager if you do what?Charles |