dracule1
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| OTL Tube Amp for Maggie 3.6? Response34, I had a push pull amp from McAlister Audio back in 2005 (believe it was called something 140, 70 watts/channel). Problem with his amp was very poor build quality, although the sound was good. The output transformers had laminations mis... | |
| Ayre QB-9 USB DAC Jylee, "two cardinal audiophile rules"? Didn't know they existed, and I've been in this hobby 28 years. People give unsolicited advice all the time, welcome or not. If the OP protests, that is fine since it's his thread. If I violated spirit of hi... | |
| Endless debate: monitor + sub vs floorstanding I'm partial to a good pair of 2-way with a pair of subs. This way you tune your monitors for best sound staging and imaging and tune your subwoofers for best bass response. Most of the time they are never best in the same location, but set up time... | |
| Supratek in business again.... "Mick claims that new edition is much better then previous one.". Don't all designers claim the same thing for their latest product? ;). He makes beautiful gear. | |
| Ayre QB-9 USB DAC Jylee, promote a competing product? I am not sure if your comment was directed at me, but I did not "resurrect" this thread. We are all just audiophiles who are giving our experience and opinions. We don't get any financial or other benefit by "pr... | |
| Ayre QB-9 USB DAC I will to get a hold of a QB-9 and do a fair head to head comparison in my own system. If the QB-9 is as good, I wil probaby keep it for its hirez feature. Anyone dealer allow home auditions of the Ayre? | |
| Ayre QB-9 USB DAC Yes the Tranquility is 16 bit, but it is not old school sounding. It sounds musically right to me. I play the classical guitar and it is one of the few DACs out there that gets the timbre of the different musical instruments correct. Also the soun... | |
| Ayre QB-9 USB DAC QB-9 is prettier looking than the Tranquility though...;-) | |
| Ayre QB-9 USB DAC Horacio, I understand where you're coming from. I have the Tranquility DAC, but I can't give you a meaningful comparison because I have not heard the QB-9 in my system. However, you can always audition the Tranquility in your home with money back ... | |
| Ayre QB-9 USB DAC Here is a link where this guy who used to own the Ayre QB-9 preferred a less expensive USB DAC. See wdmoore451 post in the link.http://www.audiocircle.com/index.pup?topic=74816.msg901515#msg901515 | |
| Are audiophile speakers turn on for single women? Desalvo55, does you wife have a sister? Hopefully, single. | |
| Has anyone listened to the Birdland Odéon-Pt DAC? Thanks for your input. As far as I can tell the unit has never been reviewed. The website is not specific as to the DAC chip used, hi res USB connection, etc. The website doesn't even have a contact number or email. This raises red flags to me. Ho... | |
| Are audiophile speakers turn on for single women? None of my audio gear has been reviewed in TAS or Stereophile, as far as I know but I haven't read either rag in a long time. But I did find couple of married women recently who were very pleased with the aesthetics of my speakers and audio room. ... | |
| Magnepan 3.7 Magfan, there are three types of drivers Magnapan employ in their speakers. First is the true ribbon tweeter. This has a thin aluminum foil that is suspended on its ends (top and bottom). The magnets flank the tweeter foil so there is nothing to g... | |
| Are audiophile speakers turn on for single women? "...that all changes once you make the commitment..." Isn't that the case with anything when you commit to a woman? Sigh... |