chauncey

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New DAC! Meitner MA3, Denafrips Terminator Plus, Holo May KTE, Mola Mola Tambaqui
I like the modular inputs on the MSB Discrete DAC.    
TechDAS Air Force III original vs Air Force III Premium & S
LOL I know and at this price range and made in Japan you can see why I'm concerned!    
Used TechDAS Air Force III vs New Feickert Firebird with Kuzma Safir 9 vs SME 20 MK 2
I've heard a Feickert with the 4Point arm but the rest of the system wasn't great.  Not sure how you really compare a turntable unless you also know the cartridge, phono...speakers...etc. I'm about 2 hours away from any HiFi shop for borrowing any... 
Audioquest source AC Hurricane vs FireBird
I've got high-current Dragon on my amplifier.  Just wasn't sure if the Dragon is needed for the source equipment?  
Audioquest Dragon ZERO vs Transparent Opus
What if I could get the Dragons at more than half the cost of the Opus?  
USD vs Yen who is cashing in! TechDAS
What are the costs of TechDAS tables in Japan?  
Reel to Reel Machine for 15 ips playback
@mikelavigne What kind of budget would you expect to find a used ATR-102 both in good to excellent condition?  Also does AK have a website for his hot rodded units?  What kind of budget should I expect to spend on a hot rodded unit?      
Reel to Reel Machine for 15 ips playback
Discogs says 2 track stereo    
Reel to Reel Machine for 15 ips playback
The ones I bought are the Analog Productions Ultra Tape 1/4 inch 15 ips.  
Reel to Reel Machine for 15 ips playback
I see some Otari MTR10 1/4" for sale on craigslist in Denver.  Not sure if this would work in the home environment?  $3500  
Reel to Reel Machine for 15 ips playback
Thank you both for your help and recommendations.   I'm really just starting to think about this so I haven't thought of a budget.  I've bought a few tapes from Acoustic Sounds as I do like the idea of the tape format and was worried about the bu... 
R2R SACD Player?
Just like the idea of using the holo May or Denafrips DAC so I can use digital files plus use a SACD transport to send to the DAC.  I didn't know that the HDMI I2S was becoming a standard or at least something that multiple different brands were u... 
R2R SACD Player?
I saw on oppomod dot com that you can get I2S output which can be send to a holo audio KTE May DAC or Denafrips.   Has anyone tried to us the PS Audio CD Transport with the holo audio may dac?  or Denafrips?      
Sony PCM-D100 vs 3Dio vs Neumann for Recording Difference in system changes
Got my PCM-D100.  Very interesting to hear how much clearer the recordings are when it records to DSD format versus LPCM.    
SME Model 15 MK2 vs Feickert Blackbird or Firebird or Sota Millennia Eclipse
Should I just buck up and get the TechDAS Air Force V Premium!