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| Robert Plant @whiteknee decooney thank you! I Amazon’d the Celebration Day CD/DVD/BlueRay right after I read your thread. WOW! Cool, enjoy. Glad you like it! 👍 I'm an old Zep fan myself, and yet some of the old 70s recordings were pretty limited.... | |
| Adcom pre amp versus Van Alstine "@mrdmbman I have decided to buy them both! I will circle back with my review of both." There you go, nice! This is truly the only way to know, to help decide in your system, setup, and matching with your amplifier. There is always a buyer ... | |
| How to proceed? @stuartk ...my previous system (same speakers + dac, with Wells Audio Majestic integrated and Simaudio transport) was not at all fatiguing and there was not a trace of sibilance. ...One dac that interests me is Border Patrol, which is very mu... | |
| Adcom pre amp versus Van Alstine You could call Frank at AVA and ask him if he has any used units coming in that he could go through and check out for ya. imo, pick the one tested with the lowest noise, and the fewest number of bits/parts inside if you care about sound quality. ... | |
| Anyone listen to Music on a FM tuner anymore? Sure do, [FM Nerd] here too, had more than a few from McIntosh, Fanfare/B&K, Magnum Dynalab, Sansui, and others. Every once in a while it gets turned on in rotation and played for a full day. Easy when you don’t feel like messing with streamin... | |
| Help choosing a DAC @oddiofyl "My problem with Denafrips is there is no return policy. What is your budget ? Maybe consider used , check out TMR in Colorado. They have a good return policy." +1 Gotta say overall, with only one minor exception over th... | |
| Why isn't better quality used gear being made available? OP you did not list the specific amp or linestage or cables you are looking for. If you were truly serious about buying anything, this is what most people do, and when they get motivated place a want-ad or reach out to the mainstream used dealers... | |
| DAC RECOMMENDATIONS PLEASE @mbmi The Audio Mirror DAC is Tubed and R2R.....Hand made by Vladimir and a musical instrument $3500 I just read they finally ditched the ESS chip in the new Tubaour IV SE and went back to the the trusted Analog Devices processor for R2R. Wo... | |
| DAC RECOMMENDATIONS PLEASE @jfmerk - do you have a local area group of audio folks (AES?) near you, maybe someone [nice] in the group will let you demo their R2R dac?. Having tried a few different lower to mid-priced r2r dacs with different technologies, and a well praised... | |
| Cable upgrades @jimboman "...I’ve been looking at the Cardas Parsec level of cable, and could perhaps stretch to the Clear line, pending your recommendations." ------------- I almost did not reply to this because this is a trial and error thing. I’m noting the... | |
| Dennis Had FIRE 300 B tube SET @whiteknee I'm currently looking for line stage for the QS mid monos. You'll see the Inspire linestage preamps LP, CJ, others show up on US Audiomart periodically. I recommend a 6SN7 or better line stage for the QS Mid Monos. Using a really go... | |
| Robert Plant @tomic601 Fantastic link…thanks again….. btw, recently compared the CD version vs. the Streamed 16/44 Lossless version of the 2007 Celebration Day "No Quarter" track. Both running through my same Border Patrol SE-I DAC. Used the same digital co... | |
| Robert Plant +1 @soix for sure, thanks for the reminder. Steely Dan, some of the very best! 👍 @n80 totally agree. Some of the less popular stuff can be more enjoyable. @tomic601 if you don't already have it - the 2007 concert BluRay & CD Audio set wi... | |
| Robert Plant Fired up the TOOOOB amps early and have been Listening to Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Rush, Van Halen - all Christmas Eve morning. Enjoy everyone! | |
| Recommendation Tube Integrated @mathiasmingus A friend owns the Harbeth 40.2 speakers and had fun testing them with a variation of all tube, tube and SS combinations, including listening to them with my own 100wpc tube amplifier with big iron transformers. Heard them with vario... |