ddafoe
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| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! I just pulled the trigger on a black S5.5, and now have to wait for it to be built and arrive. I've never heard a Coda amplifier before, but it meets many of the requirements I'm looking for in my next amplifier. The list of my most recent amps ... | |
| Stereo Times Review on the SPL s900 amplifier I rolled the dice on the Coda and purchased a new unit. If I'm not happy with it, maybe I'll then try the SPL. Since my speakers have a 90dB Sensitivity and not forgiving of anything bright, the Class A Coda seems like maybe a better match for... | |
| Solid State preamp Brands SimAudio; the 740P has been the only mainstay in my system over speaker and many component changes. Even while owning Bricasti and Meitner DACs that had very good variable outputs, I preferred the sound of my system with the 740P in the signal c... | |
| Merason dac MK1 on audio mart If someone has good feedback and the initial communication feels legit (e.g. they can answer questions on the product and seem to understand audio gear and the general jargon), what are the other forms of "due diligence"? I've used phone calls ... | |
| Stereo Times Review on the SPL s900 amplifier @teajay, your review on this amp gives a great comparison to its bigger brother. How would you compare the s900 to the Coda 5.5 which is another amplifier you are a big fan of? I've not heard SPL or Coda amps, but am in the market for something ... | |
| Accuphase class A amps - going up the food chain from an A-48 to an A-80 or A-300? So CAN $ 27,999 = US $ 20,251 @toronto416, any idea what the US Customs rate is for Made in Japan electronics? I've been watching a few used Accuphase items for sale in Canada, but I assume there will be an additional custom cost to bring i... | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response I've been running D9s for 6+ years and really love them. Previous to the D9 was 3 years of Magico S1s, a quick trip with Cornwall IIIs, and then a few years of Revel F52s. I like all of these speakers and they all sounded very fast and 'live' ... | |
| 3 choices for power amp I've owned the Benchmark and currently own the Atma-Sphere Class D. I personally think they sound pretty different. I found the AHB2 to be extremely clean sounding, very solid bass, and highly resolving. It had a super black background and... | |
| 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... |