desktopguy
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| Would a DDC (Denafrips Iris) improve my system? I have 2 Matrix DDCs (one for each system in the office). Before this I used SPDIF converters for years, pretty much solely to get away from USB direct to DACs, the sonic effect of which was quite variable, depending on the DAC’s USB implementatio... | |
| Current or Previous Harbeth Owners… I read a LOT of reviews and user comments about Harbeth & Spendor before picking up a gently used pair of 30.1s. Everything good anyone said about the 30.1s is true. I can pick nits (the mid- and low-bass aren't as thunderous as some other 8" ... | |
| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? I'm only interested in NOS (non-oversampling R2R) DACs these days. I have 4 of them: 2 are always in use and 2 are always stored at backups. The best of these are the Metrum Onyx & MHDT Labs Orchid. Those 2 DACs handily illustrate a key point... | |
| 55” or 65” TV Screen Size and Your Speakers: Please Join Survey How did I miss this thread? Background: I have a quite large room w/vaulted (16 ft) peak ceiling, ~25 ft by 28 ft. The large TV viewing sofa is a little more than 1/3 of the way from the front wall, where a long/low cabinet holds my LG OLED. The ... | |
| D amps I own 2 class D amps and love the sound of both with either my Harbeth 30.1s or vintage KEF 103.2s (desktop system): -- Wyred 4 Sound ST-500 stereo amp (250 WPC). I bought a used one based on a couple positive reviews and a number of positive use... | |
| The Great DAC Mystery Thank you, @shadorne! | |
| In the sand box Years ago I built a sandbox isolator platform for the turntable system of an audiophile buddy. By then my turntable system was in storage (where it will remain forever, sadly), so couldn’t test the efficacy of this box. But my friend said it did w... | |
| The Great DAC Mystery +1 macg19 Just bought a new Black Ice FX DAC and am currently burning it in. It already sounds quite good, but the real test will come when I drop it into my big desktop system with headphones, speakers, sub. Current DAC in that system is the MH... | |
| What exactly is PRaT??? False orthodoxy is prone to pop up in high end audio, and PRaT is one such. I know what it is--and have successfully ignored it for decades. Nevertheless, this is an amusing thread. I like that it brought out a couple drummers. My favorite commen... | |
| Pianos This may be the best thread I ever read on Audiogon. Love it! | |
| Physically Comfortable Headphones I've been chasing high end headphone sound for about eight years, and in that time have owned dozens of headphones, from the best budget on up. FWIW, I have a large head and have also struggled to get some headphones to fit well. I ended up becom... | |
| My stereo Congrats on the Vandys (lovely speakers) , also the MHDT Labs DAC (I have the Orchid, which is wonderful). But I have to agree about the TV. Any latter day LG OLED would probably stomp all over your current LG. I'm a plasma lover who moved up the... | |
| Anyone experience any Op amp rolling? Just seeing this thread now, thus the late reply. I have no experience with the SS2590s. These are large opamps that I would use only with great care in a component with a closed case (assuming they fit). They're described as being powerful. Some... | |
| A brief review of GR Research Bully That was quite enough. I'm out. | |
| Magico speakers too clinical and fatiguing? "(and also because my wife would poison and then shoot me if I spent Botswana’s national debt on speakers)" FUNNY!! Love the idea of a 2-method murder ... only a seriously pissed off spouse needs two methods. |