cundare2
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| Rose Hifi Network Streamer RS150 2020matters: I had a HiFi Rose 250A in house and compared it to my own Oppo 105-Darby. The HFR DAC was clearly superior. It took only a minute to hear the difference. First thing to jump out at me was the 250A’s greater detail & transparency... | |
| Electronics for Harbeths -- $5-10K Sound Anchors, with Blu-tak. I think the trick with thin-walls is to do nothing that damps the cabinet resonances. A pet peeve: A Harbeth rep said to be sure to isolate the speakers from the stands with the Blu-tak that came with the speakers. Do... | |
| Add External DAC or Upgrade to a New Streamer / DAC? Postscript for blisshifi: Your first post here denigrates the HiFi Rose units b/c of build quality. Despite leaning toward a HiFi Rose purchase, I can't argue with that. I ultimately returned my open-box unit within its refund windoow b/c of a ... | |
| Add External DAC or Upgrade to a New Streamer / DAC? blisshifi: Thanks for the link. A little bit of useful information there. Despite the controversy here, I think a HiFi Rose streamer may be the best choice for me. But understand that my application differs from that of most other posters, who do... | |
| Best Class D GaNFET Amp Comparison. Who to invite? milpai: I’ll be purchasing an EX-8 2.0 shortly. Right now, I’m still working out which configuration to go with. By the way, I think Stereophile had a total of 4 reviews of the EX-8 -- Ken’s original, an Atkinson follow-up, a "shoot-out" with th... | |
| Add External DAC or Upgrade to a New Streamer / DAC? I too am considering either a HiFi Rose or an Eversolo, but only for the streamer portion. I would use an external DAC with either of these boxes. I had a borrowed RS250 inhouse for a few weeks and loved some things about its GUI, especially the... | |
| Best Class D GaNFET Amp Comparison. Who to invite? IMHO, anyone shopping for a Class D amp -- for all the reasons why Class D amps are generally superior to other amplification technologies, like power, heat, size, & weight -- I suggest that you don’t ignore non-D designs that offer the same a... | |
| Is there a way to switch one set of speakers between two sound systems? The reasons why my research is leading me to believe that my original idea wouldn't have been a good fit are: i) We’d be switching as many as several times a day. That’s a lot of wear and tear on connectors and cable if manually plugging & un... | |
| Electronics for Harbeths -- $5-10K Thanks arafiq! You’re right -- I’ve done a huge amount of research b/c, frankly, even if this wasn’t a whale of a purchase, the uncertainty of buying sight unseen and sound unheard has me being obsessively cautious. If I make a bad decision, it'... | |
| Electronics for Harbeths -- $5-10K arafiq: I didn’t mean to hurt anybody’s feelings. The biggest reason I went with Ayre is because SO MANY Harbeth owners recommended it as a perfect match sonically.. That recommendation came up again & again in postings here & elsewhere. (... | |
| Denon AVR-X4700H & Vandersteen 2Ce Signature III. I have a situation very similar to yours. I'm using a $2000 A/V receiver for multichannel sources and wanted to upgrade my front speakers with higher-quality electronics; primarily for handling stereo sources like LP, SACD, Tidal. I've spent two... | |
| Electronics for Harbeths -- $5-10K Final solution is starting to look like the Ayre EX-8. I’ve been doing a deep dive into so many options for over the last month. But now that the smoke is clearing it looks like this 24lb sliding Class A (sliding to AB, not D!) integrated checks e... | |
| Is there a way to switch one set of speakers between two sound systems? deep+333: Your last comment is right on the money. Unfortunately, I don't have that option. I can only buy without actually hearing beforehand, not even a showroom demo. FWIW, I'm learning that the Ayre EX-8 integrated may make all these questi... | |
| Is there a way to switch one set of speakers between two sound systems? boomerbillone: Yes, I used to be a hobbyinst, building, updating, & restoring tube gear & electrostatic speakers. But I'm afraid that I"m too old for that now. The last time I held a soldering iron, my hands were simply too shaky to work... | |
| Electronics for Harbeths -- $5-10K bassdude: Whoa, you're speaking my language! The H590 was definitely on my short list. It's only real drawback is that it weighs 50 pounds, but that alone wouldn't be a dealbreaker. And since the release of the H600, used units abound. Try to... |