decooney
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| What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'? "musical" for me is when a system or live performance is engaging, non-fatiguing, and very pleasant to listen to. You'll know when it draws you in for more. | |
| Are cable “upgrades” just as likely to make your system sound worse? Yes, it can. Try different cables. | |
| SG's 2018 video "Resolution and Sound Quality"... @allears4u "I guess I don't want the X-ray glasses as much as I thought I did." Interesting. Discovered something similar with prior dacs and my current unit. | |
| Bought a system without auditioning, thoughts? The Cardas where a good middle ground on price I was willing to pay and some of the reviews I read is that they lean a bit warm. To be honest you can read so much about cables and I walked away from that rabbit hole feeling like Cardas would be ... | |
| Recommend me a DAC under 3k You’re welcome to try out my border patrol dac in your system for a couple weeks if you want to cover the shipping… it’s Spdif only fyi. I’m now looking into the Bifrost… any thoughts on the “2” vs the “2/64”? They have different chips and t... | |
| WHY DO PEOPLE FEEL THE NEED TO COMMENT ON CABLES AND EQUIPMENT THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD? Someone sharing experience they've never had before is plain silly. In good time it's fairly easy to identify these forum posters and simply ignore them. | |
| Dennis Had FIRE 300 B tube SET To @moose89 As a former Nak fan and owner myself, certainly can appreciate if you found a nice match for yourself pairing this the DH 300B. With that said, paring one of Dennis' preamps with his amps brings its own presentation for sure. Sure app... | |
| Dennis Had FIRE 300 B tube SET I see Quicksilver Audio mentioned here. I stopped by their Website yesterday and it seems that Mike is now only manufacturing two lower powered pairs of monoblock amplifiers (The KT mono and Mid mono) and an integrated amplifier. He still has a f... | |
| Dennis Had FIRE 300 B tube SET @charles1dad Totally understand, and would love to have that setup myself. I’ve only seen the triode 300b version and more recent PSE 300B from Dennis. If you don’t mind the ask, which direction did you end up going for 300b monos? | |
| Dennis Had FIRE 300 B tube SET @charles1dad fyi, fwiw. Between my former Cary SLI-80 and Cary V12 amps, Denis built me an Inspire Hot Rod with KT150s. He really wanted me to try it given my past with his former Cary designs. I used my Cary SLP-98 preamp to drive it for about a ... | |
| Dennis Had FIRE 300 B tube SET A buddy has Dennis’ latest Inspire 2030 preamp. It’s used alternately in front of his two other Inspire Triode 2A3/45 and SEP KT88/6L6 amps. He was about to buy Dennis’ 300B amp, and decided not to pay the premium for the new WE300Bs. All of its ... | |
| Affordable SS that sound like Tubes @tonydennison "..I am looking for suggestions on affordable SS that sounds as good as Tubes." Aren’t we all. Best of Luck on that. Plan on spending 5x the cost of your Quicksilver tube amps to try and get closer to "there" with solid state.... | |
| Another Fedex problem... I’d also venture to guess too that It’s a local issue. If you really want to know, its best to drive to your local FedEx hub and talk to the hub leader directly. Tell them you want a 3-way conversation with the driver to discuss. If in doubt, some... | |
| Why Can't Modern Tube Manufacturers Make a Proper Tube? Several here stated having true success with new production tubes, and compared to their vintage tubes. Inventory is starting to pick up again for the new big bottles. It’s worth noting where Sophia Electric and some of these tubes are actually O... | |
| Why Can't Modern Tube Manufacturers Make a Proper Tube? @jtcf decooney I am thinking the same about how many people have actually tried several new production tubes before dismissing them as sounding horrible... Yep. I’ve not let go of my best Mullard, Sylvania, RCA, Tungsram vintage tubes yet (keep... |