cosmic_charlie
Responses from cosmic_charlie
| Bricasti M3 vs. Holo Audio May vs. PS Audio DS @hgeifman I’m thinking about increasing my DAC budget. I see you looked at the MSB Discrete. I don’t think I would need any of the add-ons, which means it would be priced pretty close to the Bricasti M1. Have you compared those two by any ch... | |
| Bricasti M3 vs. Holo Audio May vs. PS Audio DS @hgeifman Yes, thanks, quite a bit of useful information. Still researching, but leaning toward Bricasti. As @mike_in_nc points out, the Holo Audio May does seem to be the latest reviewer’s darling—although it could well be the real deal. I do l... | |
| Dazed and confused about streamer upgrade @phaastm3Nice—that is definitely all in on the Boulder! Will look forward to your report! | |
| Dazed and confused about streamer upgrade Lots of good thoughts here, thanks for the responses. Is there any consensus on whether a stand alone DAC, say in the $3k range, will be better than the built in DAC in the MA 8900, or the Boulder 866, or both? In other words, how good are built... | |
| Integrated Amp upgrade path @hsw—Not hard at all. I set levels and crossovers in pairs, from the bottom row up. Crossover level is lowest for the bottom pair, second row a bit higher and third row is higher again. Levels follow the same pattern from low to high, but are c... | |
| Integrated Amp upgrade path Yes, MC was a typo. Really nothing about the Mac I don’t like—just have been very interested in Boulder.Had not given much thought to upgrading the front end—-kind of in the data is data camp, but admittedly without much knowledge. Will give tha... | |
| Subs for Treo CT Thanks, very helpful! |