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| Perfectwave PWD MKII, Benchmark DAC2, Wyred DAC2 Interestingly, these are the three DACs that have spent time in my system! The Benchmark (Mk. 1, HDR) was detailed and accurate and rock-solid in the bottom end, but after a week its pedigree as a mixing tool came through as an icy clinicality and... | |
| TUBE AMP LOVERS - What SS amp makes you smile??? I'm a tube guy for sure, and Ayre is one of the only solid-state brands I've heard at shows that consistently pleases my ears. | |
| Greenville SC / Hendersonville-Asheville NC areas Late Notice: Zephyr and I pulled together a session this evening at my place in Greenville. All are welcome; email coach _ rusty @ msn.com (without spaces) for details. | |
| Greenville SC / Hendersonville-Asheville NC areas Alas, Mark! Fresh output tubes in the SP3 are singing. | |
| Greenville SC / Hendersonville-Asheville NC areas I've got the house free this Saturday afternoon and evening (13th) if anybody's up for a listinin' shindig. Let me know. | |
| Solar/cellular shades -acoustical treatment I don't have data, but on the large windows that encompass one of my first reflections, cellular shades certainly tamed slap-echo in my room. With a deep windowsill, I was able to set them 4-5" away from the glass to get an even broader spectrum o... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Rebbi, I'll augment Veroman's input: at RMAF I was stunned by the tonality and frequency extension of Audio Nirvana's single-driver setup, which showcased their 12" cone and an EL34 push/pull if I recall correctly. | |
| Greenville SC / Hendersonville-Asheville NC areas Come see us in Greenville, Scott. It's a pretty good time. :-) | |
| Tidal vs. Spotify Gator: totally. I'll use Pandora when I want background music that I don't have to select.Just wanted to point out how spoiled and complain-y we are (me included) when we just can't be bothered to pick out an album to play, after we've been provid... | |
| Tidal vs. Spotify But, Cerrot, it's so _inconvenient_ to have to _think_ of the name of the artist or album I want to hear. ;-) | |
| PS Audio Perfect Wave MK II vs. McIntosh D100 No experience with the McIntosh. But I've had my PWDMKII for a year and a half, and am very happy with my front end. There's not much buzz on the PWD these days since the release of the Directstream, but I consider it a mighty fine piece of kit. | |
| Tidal vs. Spotify Still in love with Tidal here. And while the suggestions, artist radio, and interface of Spotify are super-convenient, imagine going back five years in time with the following offer:Them: We'll give you CD-quality access to 85% of the recorded alb... | |
| Maker Audio NL14 and NL14+... After last night's great listening session, Zephyr, I'd agree completely. Compared to the NL12.1 you now have a more liquid and enveloping sound. You still have breathtaking levels of detail retrieval, but with a more liquid and enveloping and inv... | |
| Tidal ickstream outage I, too did the uninstall/install, and I also wondered if it didn't somehow sound better than before! Huge appreciation to the ickstream programmers who are doing this work for free. | |
| Can't get Acoustic Zen Adagios to sound smooth Jim, I'll bet those Adagios could sing a different tune if you can drive them with a tubed output section. I'd try a new amp before I ditched the transducers. |