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| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing @ddafoe Which Pass amp do you have and how does it compare to the GaN amp? I owned the X250.8 for maybe 5 years and switched to the XA30.8 a couple years ago. I find Pass to be very smooth, a tad warm, offers zero fatigue, very natural tone, a... | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing Idle current is so low that it invites leaving them on 24/7 yet if the amps happen to be cold, they need little to no warm-up to sing. @pstores, congratulations on your purchase! I've had my pair for ~ 2.5 months now, and leave them on 24/7; i... | |
| Is optical mostly a waste of time versus Ethernet? "here is the thing, I am guaranteed the foremost expert on networking on this site." Who guaranteed this? | |
| Class D Amplification Announcement I've been using a Pass X250.8 and then XA30.8 spread over the last 7 years and love the sound. I recently purchased a pair of the Atmasphere Class D GaNFET monos to compare with my XA30.8 and so far have been very happy with them. They may not ... | |
| Etheregen - doesn't seem right that it gets so hot, dangerous? Unpredictable? I was using fiber into the EtherRegen with an LPS 1.2 and was very happy with the results and I didn't have any issues with it, but I ended up selling it for a much cheaper StarTech MCM1110MMLC Gigabit Ethernet Fiber converter along with a iFi Po... | |
| For those that have separate Streamers & DACS The Bricasti M5 would be a first rate option. The M5 is at its best when connecting to a DAC via AES. +1 for the Bricasti M5 with AES. I've tried my M5 with USB, SPDIF, and AES and prefer the AES. I've decided M5 with AES to my Meitner MA... | |
| Point of diminishing returns for a Network Streamers? @erik_squires, yea a Pi running Roon + iFi power supply makes for a good sounding streamer for the $ at least. I have two in the house with SPDIF boards on them. I did swap out the one in my main system for a more expensive Bricasti M5 and ha... | |
| Competitive class D amp suggestions Who here actually heard in their own system the Atmasphere class d amps? I'm in line to hear a pr when my dealer gets his demo set. I have a pair incoming. I currently use a Pass XA30.8 so it will be a very interesting comparison! I love ... | |
| Energy speakers My first pair of good speakers were Energy Pro 22s. A very nice speaker for the $$ in my books. One of the best pair of speakers I’ve ever owned were the Energy Veritas 2.8s. They could really energize a big room and had a nice slightly warm left... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend vs FPGA where you probably have one guy designing the chip. Just fine when that person is Andreas Koch, Nicloae Jitaru or Rob Watts, but I would not have faith that any FPGA delta sigma will perform as well as any chip based delta sigma without ... | |
| Considering moving on from B&W... I would add the Spendor D series to the list of speakers to audition to as well. I owned Magico S series speakers for around 3 years and switched to D9s and have been very happy with them. Personally, I think they are a great comprise between ... | |
| DAC Merry Go 'Round- why I stopped at Weiss There is no fool like an Audiofool which reminds me of the Mexican bandit in "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" who says "We don't need no stinkin' badges!" @lordmelton, I'm not sure why somebody is an Audiofool for trying a bunch of DACs, picking ... | |
| Streaming Sound Quality - Want the very best sound quality? Network Acoustics ENO... I seriously question the additional conversion for runs under 6-8m. A well shielded cat8 ethernet cable is the better solution in that case, even before discussing the quality of PSUs needed for the convertera. The Etherregen in combination with ... | |
| What Is So Special About Harbeth? For those that say they are overpriced I would be interested in which less expensive speakers sounded better to you. It goes without saying in this hobby that 'better ' is pretty arbitrary and about personal preference, especially for speakers.... | |
| What Is So Special About Harbeth? For my last round of speaker purchase (maybe 5 years ago at this point) I had Harbeth SHL5+ and 40.2 on my demo list along with Spendor, B&W, and KEF. I was most excited to hear Harbeths as I had never heard them before. I demoed both Harbeth... |