ddafoe
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| Back to the DAC I've owned both the Yggy LIM and M3 and liked both. ~$3500 for the M3 with streamer and remote is a great price! If you don't need the integrated streamer and volume control the LIM was a nice sounding DAC to me for ~$2K but I thought it lacked ... | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing @mikepowellaudio, are you not an AGD dealer? Assuming so, maybe you should at least drop that disclaimer in your post before you enter a competitor's thread and dump on the product. I'm also not getting the point of your not so subtle jab 'If ... | |
| Linear Power supply for a Weiss dac 204? I purchased a Keces P3 and it makes a nice improvement on the 205 in my system. It is a dual output LPS and I use the other output on my NUC running Roon ROCK and that difference was maybe more noticeable to me than the change with the DAC. | |
| Stereophile review of the $30,000 tekton speakers I read about this earlier in the week on ASR in the following thread https://audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/legal-fund-for-reviewers-erin.53577/ which is discussing creating a legal fund for the reviewer; very sad... | |
| Handling Heavy Amps @jfrmusic, I purchased the 4B3 and AHB2 while I owned the 250.8 so I could directly compare them with the big Pass amp. I ended up slightly preferring Pass amp over the other two, but it was really just pros/cons of each and ultimately with my s... | |
| Handling Heavy Amps @jfrmusic, if you end up listening to Pass and if you like what you hear, then also try to listen to the AtmaSphere Class D monos (~13 pounds each). Over the last 5+ years I've owned the X250.8, XA30.8, 4B3, AHB2, and now own the Class D monos, ... | |
| Quite a few Bricasti M21 DACs for sale cheap The reason there's so many for sale is because people are finding out that the Wyred4sound 10th anniversary DAC for $4,500 is much better than the bricasti, I was on their site and they're also out of the silver version only the black version lef... | |
| Meitner Ma3 Streaming vs Aurender When I owned my MA3, I used its Ethernet Roon streamer and compared it with my Bricasti M5 using AES, and I slightly preferred the sound quality of the AES input with Roon. It was close and I doubt I would have purchased a dedicated streamer if ... | |
| Volti does it again! I guess, in theory, he could have a "generic" tour model...but then again, how are people going to feel about eating two way shipping costs of $500+ if they don't like them....let alone all the finger pointing that could very well occur when a 11... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @verdantaudio, were you using the stock power supply with the 204 or something else? I have the 205 and just purchased a Keces LPS for it and thought it was a nice improvement in dynamics and maybe it offered a little more fullness/mass to the p... | |
| Do You Buy Speakers Without Hearing Them? I purchased Magico S1s (out of state) without ever hearing any Magico speakers. Hindsight it was not the smartest decision. I liked them but never loved them and sold them 3 years later. I don't regret owning them, it is the loosing some $$ on... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! Does anyone know the damping factor for this amp? I don't see it listed, but do see 200 listed for the no-8. I had a Pass X250.8 and XA-30.8 (both listed at 150) and really liked them but didn't find either as good as a few other amps I've own... | |
| What makes One Music Server Sound Better than Another? Buy mass market gear and it will get you about 50% there. Seeking quantity over quality go for the $300 turntables and hit the used record stores. Your raspberry NUC streamer and an $800 DAC with Amazon music should get you the same sound quality... | |
| What makes One Music Server Sound Better than Another? I have not tried converting to fiber. I trust many members who report a a negative impact I also strive to avoid additional power supplies associated with the fiber conversion. I feel a good switch resolves the noise. @fastfreight, there are ... | |
| What qualities stand out in really good solid state preamps? tone - must be natural dynamic range - must be able to sound laid back and gentle but scale up to explosive forces fast, as fast as demanded by the recording low noise floor Texture in the bass warm and palpable mids extended and sweet h... |