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| preamp for vandersteen Quatro What a great time at Audio Connection on Sat. Even Michael Lavorgna showed up from Audiostream. This DAC will be special. Needs to break in first, but the bones are there in spades and the headphone amp is one of the best and balanced I've ever h... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Guys, the show at Audio connections on Sat was a ton of fun. Michael from Audiostream showed up and we spoke most of the day (sorry Michael, lol). Alex from Ayre showed off the QX5 and Roon. First time for each for me. I really enjoyed Roon and ... | |
| What makes an expensive speaker expensive Ego? yes, for some. Most of my audio friends who can afford a speaker over 30k let's say, do it because they fall in love with the sound. They can afford them without even noticing the debit in their accounts. Audiophiles are of two groups usu... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Dave that's cool. It's all good. This thread has a life of its own anyways and we r waiting on Matt and a few of us who are waiting on new or upgrades DACs to discuss lol. | |
| Synchro-Mesh I agree. I just use it to hook up the rest of my digital to my sp/diff connection on my DAC as it doesn't have enough connections directly. I'll be selling it now that my new DAC has so many connections, but it does sound great bit perfect or no... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Dave, I get it, I really do, but when did I ever mention cables that cost that much? Also, this whole thread is about the BEST sounding redbook DAC not which 12k CD player is nice. As for detail, you have to have detail and it needs to be delive... | |
| preamp for vandersteen Quatro will you be at Johnny's for the QX5 demo with Alex Brinkmann from Ayre? I"m so excited about it as I need to hear this thing, lol. My Empirical Audio DAC was pretty darn great, lol. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Single box better??? No, not at all. My Empirical Audio and server sounded much better than any one box I've ever heard. I'll be very honest right now and I know I'm not the only one who feels this year, but I like the sound of the Empirical wi... | |
| Would a Synchromesh make a difference ? Old thread and no responses. Sorry bout that. Did you get one? I have used one with there different DACS and that's about to be four and it's killer. Best money spent on the video side of my system. Even the blue ray sounds so much better than... | |
| Synchro-Mesh Old thread, but I have been using one with three different DAC's now and it's killer. I don't even have the power updates, but man does this transform the video system. I also use it for my blue ray and it too makes the world of difference. | |
| preamp for vandersteen Quatro Just saw this. Conrad congrats on getting the Vandy's. Which pre did you go with? What is your system now? Personally I use the Ayre AX5/Twenty and have the QX5 on order. Can't wait to hear it next weekend at Audio Connection/Ayre Northeast pr... | |
| vandersteen Quatro or sonus faber elipsa Conrad's which speaker did you end up with? Would love to hear. thanks. | |
| Vandersteen Quatro CT Hifiman, I completely agree. I've heard most of the top speakers out there under 100k and I've heard a ton of the esoteric's too and yes the 7 mk 2 are still my favorites and it's not close. I'm still trying to sell my original Treo's to upgrade... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Who will be at Audio Connections in Verona, NJ next Saturday the 30th for the Northeast premier of the Ayre QX5/Twenty Digital front end/DAC? They will set it up with the Vandersteen 7 mk 2 and the Ayre ref gear. Everyone is invited. Johnny Ruta... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD The review on Audio Stream today is a must read folks. All about some of the posters here using optical runs, converters etc.... Had a great convo with Steve tonight and can't wait for some of you guys to start getting thoughts to keyboard on th... |