davide256
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| Which amp to use with Linear Tube Audio pre? @cat_doorman what I hear using MZ2 straight in is a less compressed sound, the ambiance and little sound cues that persuade of a lifelike reproduction. yeah sustained bass gets muddy and loud treble transients can clip but thats 10% if the time vs... | |
| Which amp to use with Linear Tube Audio pre? Anyone using Class D with their LTA pre product? Skeptical about class D but I keep seeing posts by Magnepan owners happy with the newer class D amplifiers. The Hafler I have puts out about 100 watts per channel into 8 ohms, the more power argume... | |
| Which amp to use with Linear Tube Audio pre? Long time magnepan owner. Using the MZ2 as an amp sounds great about 95% of the time, exceptions are loud massed orchestra/percussion, deepest bass where more current is needed. Pretty certain that while the Hafler has over 100 watts per channel,... | |
| Best amp options between $2k-$4 to power Magnepan 1.7? Looking forward to CAF in a few weeks. Never made a move on the Odyssey amps as kept reading reviews that said 300 hours of break in was needed.... hated how it took Teflon caps 6 months to break in with the Prima Luna. Still using the Hafler but... | |
| Has anyone compared a Douk DDC to the MATRIX Audio X-SPDIF 2? If the I2S on a Denafrips DDC can work with your DAC consider them. Really liked the one I had for 192 and below rates better than my other converters, only sold it because I plan to buy Chord for 768 rates | |
| Best DAC? The OP needs to remedy the paucity of his system solution information. Found this in a 12/20 posting "My PS Audio system is the following: PerfectWave DS DAC, Stellar 1200 amplifiers, Direct Stream Power Plant 12, AudioArt interconnects and spe... | |
| USB sucks I like the Zen Mk III, its one of the few servers that I have heard sound consistently good at CAF. In my NUC server solution the USPCB and Eitr have been retired, I use a Lush 2 with an Audiophonics USB-B Adapter Cable for DC Power Supply and ... | |
| Honest question about cartridge vs. turntable performance. the other thing not mentioned here is the phono preamp... you can't go cheap on that... plan on spending at least $500. If you are using anintegrated unit with an inexpensive phono pre, start there or you could nothear much of a difference in upgr... | |
| Best amp options between $2k-$4 to power Magnepan 1.7? I reached another point of critical mass after upgrading the DC power supply of an LTA MZ2 to an Uptone Audio JS-2 in November. While its only 1W of class A, the amplifier output puts the Hafler to shame for transparency and dynamics in a 12x12 li... | |
| Honest question about cartridge vs. turntable performance. Curious to still see this question 40 years later.1) the most critical quality to a turntable is its ability to turn a record without imparting or passing through vibration to the record and tonearm.A poorer turntable will collapse dynamics and ra... | |
| Bought a pair of Magnepan LRS. Should I buy a Schiit Vidar or Bryston 3B-ST? Sorry that should have said 1W of class A above | |
| Bought a pair of Magnepan LRS. Should I buy a Schiit Vidar or Bryston 3B-ST? To echo what cavy said, maggies want high current capacity but would add wattage sufficient for the room size. When I had a 20x30 room, a modified Hafler DH200 (100W) was "sufficient" but a bigger amp would have been nice. Now in a 12x12 room I ha... | |
| dissapointed - new LS50w's vs old PioneerFS52's/Luxman R113 - so far Kef's not so great? may be GIGO.... you didn’t name your source solution. I ran the wired version of the LS50’s and found them quite resolving but if your source detail is mediocre you wont hear what you paid for. They are picky about room placement for bass because ... | |
| Best amp options between $2k-$4 to power Magnepan 1.7? Still running the Hafler, spent the last year improving my digital playback chain with great results. On my watch/listen list for possible next amp, Sanders Magtech, Hegel H20, Primare A60. Hafler has kept up with improvements but it has some ed... | |
| My recent experience with 3 pre-amps - help me pinpoint the next upgrade. I think you are on target to suspect source. I use Roon core server because it sounds better for streaming and because there are a lot of discs that are mastered too "hot", cause DAC clipping distortion. Roon allows you to reduce digital loudness ... |