cundare2
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| Hegel comparison Looks like my PS Audio DAC deal fell through, and TBH I’m not broken-hearted NOT to be buying a DAC based on, what, a five-year-old design? So now the question remains whether to pick up a 590 and an outboard DAC and/or streamer -- or just spend ... | |
| Do You Buy Speakers Without Hearing Them? I feel your pain. I'm an American living on a Pacific island. The nearest hifi showroom is 3000 miles away. So for decades, I've had to buy every speaker system, audio component, even cables, without the benefit of auditioning them first. I re... | |
| Hegel comparison @kennyc Yeah, I’ve heard consistently that the 600 DAC is a big upgrade. Not sure if it’s worth the $4-5000 price difference between a used 590 & a new 600, though. E.g., I may be able to pick up a like-new PS Audio DirectWave (the first mo... | |
| Hegel comparison Sigh -- that's 500Mbps (WiFi 5 or 6), not 500Gbps. We can dream... | |
| Hegel comparison Yeah, but by then my question will have morphed into: "How does the H600 compare to the H620?" 😉 But seriously, let’s say that I do go for a used $5500-7000 H590 plus outboard DAC. I’ve always like the HiFi Rose front-end, but, correct me if you ... | |
| Hegel comparison All these comments are very helpful -- thanks! It seems like the decision is mutating into 590 v. 600. I've heard nothing better than lukewarm comments about the 590's DAC, so maybe the decision is "590+outboard DAC" or 600... | |
| Hegel comparison @stuartk and @soix Thanks so much for the quick response. I'll check out those links. Is this the same Stu that was selling an H590 a few months ago? | |
| ....and just when you thought you could Finally afford that pair of MBLs'..... @asvjerry Well, that certainly clears things up!! 😉 | |
| ....and just when you thought you could Finally afford that pair of MBLs'..... >Admittedly I can't understand the OP. @prof I thought I was the only one! | |
| Your Not-So-Obvious Best Fidelity LPs @simonmoon Wow, very interesting -- that explains a lot. Thanks for the information. | |
| Upgraded my cables and they transformed my system!!! @chocaholic: "I’m smart" is not a rebuttal. I do appreciate your thoughtful postscript, but keep in mind that your comments, despite your intent, sure do come across as condescending with a heaping helping of hubris. I mean, "inexperienced"?? Hol... | |
| Upgraded my cables and they transformed my system!!! >Respectfully….confirmation bias is a powerful aphrodisiac. Enjoy your improved system. What matters is how you feel about what you’re hearing. Nothing more. I always chuckle at comments like this, whether they’re made about about the audibili... | |
| Your Not-So-Obvious Best Fidelity LPs @simonmoon Thanks for remindng us about the Nonesuch label. Although not sonically consistent throughout its catalog, when those guys got it right, they produced recordings that still stand up to many of today's best. And the fact that the NS cat... | |
| Eliminated my preamp with amazing results Not just an argument for the digital world. Many years ago, I invested in a PS Audio 4.5/4.26 preamp, which had a "straightwire" function that disabled all amplification other than the phono stage. Essentially, it became a switching volume control... | |
| Purchase on Audiogon arrived not as described Sometimes it's just inexperience, sometimes malicious intent. Hard to say. I recently started a transaction to buy a $5-6000 amplifier. The seller was a nice guy, but quoted a shipping cost that I verified was way too high. I told him I'd pref... |