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| Audio Note DAC Owners- please share your thoughts @timo62- Thanks for the link! I had read this a while ago as well- big recommendation for that unit. There was a 3.1x/II up for sale on the “other” site recently and I didn’t think the price was bad either. Just a little hesitant to go blindly in... | |
| Audio Note DAC Owners- please share your thoughts @clio09- Thanks for the response. There seem to be many positive comments on the ANK 4.1 which makes me even more curious about the kits. @roxy54 shared a little of his experience with his updated/modified ANK and seems to be totally satisfied. H... | |
| Audio Note DAC Owners- please share your thoughts @jeffseight- I’m in the part of the world known as Southern California- an LA native. There was a well known AN dealer in the Fullerton area. Sadly, he passed away 2 years ago. As of this point I believe there are a couple of dealers near the Bay... | |
| Audio Note DAC Owners- please share your thoughts @jond- Hey there- it sounds as if no progress has been made on your DAC since relaying this to me a few weeks ago (I had sent you a pm regarding Audio Note). Hope your able to get it back up and running soon! | |
| Audio Note DAC Owners- please share your thoughts @jeffseight- I’m curious to hear which DAC were you using prior to moving onto the ANK 4.1x and what improvements it provided within your system. You mention a friend’s system doing some “special things”- does that DAC have upgraded components or... | |
| Audio Note DAC Owners- please share your thoughts @fsonicsmith- Thank you for the thoughtful response. Your comments regarding equipment similarities took me to your system page and I must say congrats to you on that setup- those tables are beautiful! Back to the DAC- I’m familiar with the hist... | |
| Audio Note DAC Owners- please share your thoughts WOW! @jasonbourne52 - Nice @jerryg123 - Quick return to the Bourne! But I do understand the remark as these seem pretty pricey. I’ve seen some examples going in the $5-12K range- certainly worth evaluating the value but definitely NOT $99K! I’m ... | |
| LaScala dac with telefunken tubes @terry9- Do you regularly try different tubes for voicing the equipment you own? Which suppliers do you use? | |
| LaScala dac with telefunken tubes @tomcy6- The Telefunken tubes that came in my DAC were not NOS tubes (as stated in my post). I upgraded to NOS after the tubes supplied with the DAC had been used for 3 years. | |
| LaScala dac with telefunken tubes @cey- I can’t really comment on the difference between the newer Gold Lion vs Tele (meaning the $50 tubes available today). I know this happened sometime after the Optologic version of the DAC was offered but not sure what drove the change. My Op... | |
| LaScala dac with telefunken tubes @whipsaw- I agree with that statement- no doubt that Aqua would have made that change if they didn’t feel it to be a vertical move. I do find the subject of “tube rolling” fascinating though and personally wouldn’t be opposed to experiencing the ... | |
| LaScala dac with telefunken tubes @whipsaw- I’ve not tried the newer Gold Lion tubes in my La Scala as it was made prior to Aqua making the change from Telefunken. I haven’t experimented with tube voicing in my DAC- as you know there are many opinions and options out there. I ha... | |
| Who is Gonna Buy A New Jeep Grand Wagoneer For the MacIntosh Stereo? The bad news with a Jeep is you never know when it’s going to decide to go into the dead zone. My wife ran with fully loaded Grand Cherokee’s for years until the last one started going into blackout mode leaving her with no steering or brake assis... | |
| LaScala dac with telefunken tubes @jred57- Hi! I have the La Scala set up as Lalit describes- it’s a really nice DAC. The presentation is very revealing and is especially nice with instrumental recordings. What DAC are you currently using? | |
| Whats playing on your system today? If you care to try something different this is definitely an entertaining dual disk set! A blend of Xperimental/Folk/Spoken Word/Punk/Rock/Who knows what but it’s fun |