danabunner
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| Vinylistas and Tubers - One and the same? Years ago I was in the vinyl & SS camp. Now I'm in the digital & tube camp, although I still own SS gear and use it occasionally. I left vinyl, possibly for good, about 15 years ago. To my ears the best digital is superior to vinyl. ... | |
| New Bluesound Node – First Impressions The Bluesound Node 2i used a Texas Instruments PCM5122 DAC chip. This is several years old and quite inexpensive, I believe sold in quantities at around $3 each. It is the same DAC chip as found on the Raspberry Pi iQAudio DAC+ board, which sell... | |
| Don't like vinyl I have a large assortment of tube and solidstate gear. Maybe 5 sets of speakers. Two turntables, multiple CD players & DACs. Hundreds of LPs and CDs, and two streaming subscriptions. The source I use least? Vinyl. Streaming is just so co... | |
| Can you live with your current speaker until you die? I purchased my Von Schweikert original VR-4s in 1997. Had them factory upgraded in 2002. I've rotated the speakers in my bedroom systems, but these have been in my main system for 21 years now. I have auditioned many other speakers (up to price ... | |
| Curious what people think is the best "value" high end speaker (~5K to 15K) FYI, Stereophile recently reviewed the Paradigm 5F towers. The reviewer compared them to his B&W 802D3s. He really liked the 5F, but had to adjust their toe-in to keep the highs from being a bit bright. Once that was done, he just raved abo... | |
| which 6sn7 gives the most air?? I have a pair of Von Schweikert VR-7 tower speakers. Their forte is a fantastic open, airy sound. I conducted a comparison of about 20 6SN7s and the surprise winner to my ears in terms of maximizing the open, natural sound of my speakers were W... | |
| $10K-15K short list? Caphill wrote: "And the new B&W 803 D3 ($17k/pair new) wouldn't be so bad either. the Wilson Sabrina and these speakers will pair well with McIntosh gears. ...The Sonus Faber and the B&W 800 Diamond series will also pair well with the ... | |
| What is your speaker ownership history since 1995? Since 1996Von Schweikert VR-4Von Schweikert VR-4 (above) upgraded to VR-7 I’ve listened to dozens of speakers along the way, some over $20,000/pr. While I really liked many of them,I still have not heard one for which I would trade my modified VR-... | |
| Very Bad purchase from upscale audio Acoustic Zen Adagio A few years ago I needed an octet of EL84 tubes. He said he had a set of Ultron branded tubes. He acknowledged that Ultron was a rebrander but that the tubes were stamped Made in Germany. He said they might be Siemens. He gave me a decent price an... | |
| Is it a OK to leave tube pre-amps powede up 24/7 Don’t have much to add here, as about everything has been said!For me, I turn off all of my tube gear (4 power amps and 3 preamps) when I don’t plan to listen to it within the next 2 hours. To my ears, all of my tube gear sounds great within 10-15... | |
| Need Small Bookshelf Speakers With a Big Sound You found Focal and Dynaudio too polite and weren't hearing the high end but Sonus Fabers had it? I've always found the former two to be brighter than the latter. I find most Focal speakers to be very accurate and detailed, but most people I kn... | |
| help a Die hard ANALOG guy choose a budget CDP Interesting question, in part due to the claim about how good the PS1 is. I own two of the recommended PS1s, picked up for $5 each from a consignment store. I find them to be terribly inaccurate CD players, with a bloated midrange, rolled off hi... |