cytocycle
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| Highest BUILD quality tube amps? Recommendation - Line Magnetic, Music Reference, Shindo, Lamm, Manley, and VTL (except I have seen excessive tube wear with VTL designs) I totally disagree about Rogue (transformers buzz and ground loop issues) I had problems with CJ (6months to g... | |
| Tidal app vs Roon. Wich one sounds better? @audiotroy , I don’t consider the Innuous Zenith to be computer.. The question was running an app on a computer. when I refer to computer audio I am referring to people building a pc/mac with crappy power supplies. I have heard the Innuous Zenith... | |
| Which Class D Amplifier? PS Audio, Ghent, Nord, Merrill or other??? @tweak1 which break in disc's are you using? ThanksChris | |
| Sloppy, muted bass response on Hegel h190 The Sonos Dacs are not very good, you won't get outstanding results out of it. Get a Bluesound or Auralic Aeries. Have you tried re-positioning your speakers? pull them away from the wall more | |
| Need advice for a beginner. Add the McIntosh tube preamp that has Dac built in, and connect the bluesound to it, and set up the HT passthrough on the McIntosh. Unless you had a high-end HT processor like a Theta Casablanca III HD/IV with Extreme 2 Dacs which has an outstandi... | |
| Need Advice & Need It Fast Harbeths need Current, not Power. Tube amps deliver solid current, and those KT88/6550 type tubes have way more bass control than EL34. Triode or Set adds warmth. My Rockports drop to 1.73ohm at 80hz, and my 22 watt Line Magnetic Class A SET tube ... | |
| Help - I've Got the Dreaded Transformer Growl.... If you do for a Filtering Power conditioner I found my Transparent Reference PIMM 2 eliminated the transformer hum in one of my amps that you could hear in the next room. My Shunyata V-ray didn't remove the Hum. Try a DC blocker first it sounds ... | |
| Which Class D Amplifier? PS Audio, Ghent, Nord, Merrill or other??? my experience in owning= Lamm ML2.1 M2.1 M1.1 ARC D400Mk2 Music Reference RM9mk2, RM200, Theta Citadel 1.0 &1.5, Rowland 501, ATI mosfet amps, Line Magnetic, Auralic Merak, Classe 400 etc.. I have never cared for latest Mark Levinson, Classe o... | |
| Tidal app vs Roon. Wich one sounds better? The Auralic Vega G1 will always sound better than any computer based audio output. | |
| Difference in sound between day and night. Help! Class D amps are very susceptible to AC quality, call your amp manufacturer for a recommended synergy. I had a transformer hum on one of my monoblocks on a Saturday afternoon and then switched my amps off my Shunyata Vray, to my Transparent Refer... | |
| Tube amplifier suggestion for 101 dB speakers I can also recommend the Line Magnetic 518 integrated also. | |
| Refurbished Bluesound Vault 2 the Vault doesn't have wifi, the Nodes do | |
| Bryston 4B3 vs Mac MC462 vs Pass Labs X250.8, OR... GRYPHON Diablo 300? Keep in mind the MC462 makes 450watts into 2,4,8ohm, the Gryphon can output 950watts into 2ohm so with your more 4ohm ish speaker the Gryphon might have more control plus their Class A/AB biasing delivers tons of current. Because in my experience ... | |
| Manley Chinook or Any comparable Preamp? if you don't want to deal with tubes and are looking for something stone quiet, the Parasound 3 Jr is a bargain. if you want to tube roll Chinook, and buy from Kevin at Upscale | |
| Best used integrated for under $5000 I have Rockport Aviors and my friend let me borrow his Devialet 140 expert pro with SAM profile.. it was amazing and so was the phonostage... plus not having to have streamers etc... I need to simplify my man cave living room of huge monoblock an... |