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| GaN FET Amps vs. Traditional Class D Amps The company that created the NCore amplifiers, Hypex, is now a full 5 generations beyond NCore. Their latest circuitry is call Trajectum. This advanced technology is used in Mola Mola amplifiers. The performance of these amplifiers is a signifi... | |
| speaker upgrade from Magico A3 I would throw Vivid Audio into the ring. All of their models have transparency, detail, neutrality, excellent bass, and oh...so much life. Fall in love with your music again! | |
| The new dCS Varese DAC...it is so good that all others are now relegated to history?? For the sake of introduction. You will want to familiarize yourself with a new product from Master Fidelity, the NADAC D and NADAC C. A sonic rethinking of digital audio. https://www.master-fidelity.com/ | |
| Thinking of changing things up. Need advice on DAC/Streamers The biggest bang for the buck is the Mola Mola Tambaqui DAC with an Auralic Aries (1.1, S1, or 2.2) streamer. Sonically there's nothing anywhere near the price that can beat this combo. | |
| Best Classical Labels for Sound One label that I believe has some of the best (if not the best) sounding classical recordings is Challenge Classics (not Channel Classics). The performances are great as well. I believe the label is out of the Netherlands. Their recording engin... | |
| Turntables currently considered top of the range. Do you know what they are ? From my experience, nothing has the sound quality of the Kronos turntables from Montreal, Canada. As you've probably seen they use a second counter-rotating platter. This cancels the sideways torque placed upon the suspension. This means they c... | |
| DAC recommendation for DSD input From my experience, the Mola Mola Tambaqui will be your biggest bang for the buck. You've already got Roon, which is essential. In order to take full advantage (full resolution) of DSD files you'll need to go into the Tambaqui with USB. The Tamba... | |
| An IEC with grip After trying many different things over the years, the only things that really work are the retention sleeves mentioned in an earlier post. And they work great and are cheap. | |
| soft dome versus hard dome tweeters It’s all in the implementation. The crossover plays a most important role in determining how the tweeter will be utilized in the context of the design (in crossover frequency, rate of roll-off, and shape of slope). The speaker enclosure also plays... | |
| Getting a Divorce and can now buy floor standing speakers I would echo the recommendation given by @fastfreight - the Vivid Audio Giya series speakers. You will absolutely love your audio system with a pair of those speakers! | |
| Needing DAC Advice I strongly recommend the Mola Mola Tambaqui. The better the system, the more you hear the ability this DAC possesses. Pair it with an Auralic streamer and you've got an unbeatable combo. | |
| What preamp with both line stage and phono? Understanding that the recommendations here are primarily tube preamps, let me throw a solid-state preamp into the considerations. The Mola Mola Makua preamp comes highly recommended and especially because it can be had with a world class phono st... | |
| Which sounds better 2 way or 3 way speaker design As has been alluded to, it's all about the design. Most specifically the crossover (assuming you have high quality drivers). It's easier to get a 2-way design to have proper phase characteristics between the tweeter and woofer/mid woofer. the c... | |
| Why isn’t more detail always better? Natural detail is always something to strive for. Unnatural highlighting of a certain group of frequencies that are pushed in your face is not detail - it's highlighting. If you're listening to a live unamplified performance, you hear all the de... | |
| How Many Times Do You Have To Listen To Understand A Piece Of Music? The original question is something that my musician friends and I talked about from time to time (How Many Times Do You Have to Listen to Understand a Piece of Music?). At first exposure it's not so much about understanding the piece but rather r... |