deep_333

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Best upgrade path from Borresen X3s
Dayglow......You will have to excuse our good member,,He owns the X3 Borresen speakers so take his comments with a grain of salt and lack of knowledge. Correction...I own a X6 and i also own many other speakers. I have also owned speakers that ... 
Digital Path to Complete my System
After hearing a Visitors brought along recently released to the Market CDT > DAC in their own system, as well as the CDT > System owners DAC, has now as good as abandoned the Streaming Source as the main Source and replaced it with CD as th... 
Problem: DAC or streamer San Francisco east bay help
- Install dac's  driver on PC/laptop. Plug dac into PC with a USB cable.. - IF dac works with PC, the dac is good (which is most probably the case) - Try a factory reset on Innuos. If that doesn't work, return Innuos and get your money back....I... 
Digital Path to Complete my System
I am a little bit into the weeds here... My digital knowledge/background is - how do you say ...less than zero. Speak to me as you "would a young child ...or a Golden Retriever". Digital path...ethernet - streamer - Dac/clock - to my preamp...is ... 
Tune of the Day
     
Digital Path to Complete my System
Would appreciate experienced feedback for those with a complete digital chain ( streamer, DAC, clock?, & cables/interconnects) - total package under $18K... Aavik S-180 streamer: $7200 Aavik D-180 DAC: $7200 Total = $ 14,400 Balance: $36... 
Best upgrade path from Borresen X3s
Well, i suppose you could get yourself a pair of ....say Wilson Alexia Vs for about 70k. Set it next to your X3 and start comparing. Determine what beat out what after equalizing the caliber of electronics used for both speakers. Later on/an year... 
Is the idea of audiophile listening a dying concept as boomers die off?
So the market for superior audio quality has declined in the face of enhanced reproduction coupled to degraded material. Declined, but not gone away. A couple decades ago, who would have thought that young people would start clamoring for vinyl p... 
The joys of mid-fi
- Good and bad recordings sound better on hifi rigs than midfi rigs. One will need some peq, etc to salvage the poor recordings just a bit. These type of threads typically originate from guys who’ve deprived themselves of all necessary tools (whil... 
Denafrips Pontus *15th* ?
The Terminator 15th is listed on the Denafrips site at $6,099.00 - a 24% increase. They should have given it a new name this time..the Penetrator dac, new and improved....Costs 24%more, but comes with more girth and length...the Penetrator...th... 
Denafrips Pontus *15th* ?
not the one calling the shots at Denafrips, he knows most likely this is not recieved well by Westerners, but FYI culturally it's common practice in China Don't you have some new TV, phone, etc model every year Westerner? It seems you are not t... 
Best upgrade path from Borresen X3s
Before the Borresen fanboys chew me up and spit me out let me say I love MB deigns.Ive owned 3 of his speakers.Ive stated more than once about the pitfalls of buying Borresen designed speakers new and the quick depreciation of his different speak... 
Speaker Selection Strategies For Atmos Music
Some of the remixes in Atmos is like hearing it for the first time all over again. You have to experience it to know how good it can be. @rshank64 , If you have native mixes, which is a growing number by the day, that is great. If you don't hav... 
Power Sensitive Components
Quit the cable rabbit hole diving and make life simpler --> Get a Niagara 7000 and plug all your stuff into it.  
What the Best Dac have you heard or owned. How could you tell it was that good.
Owned: Technics SU-R1 streaming dac and my TAD sacd player, which can also be used as a standalone dac. Heard: Aavik SD-880 streaming dac ....I am convinced that this is the best sounding dac on earth! If there is no trickledown unit in a couple ...