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| DAC bakeoff: Denafrips Aries II vs Topping D70 vs Parasound Halo integrated Thanks for the review. I received an Ares 2 a few months back and enjoy the sound too. At first it sounded a little thin tone wise but has broken in nicely. I leave mine powered on all the time. The other DACs I have for comparison are the built-i... | |
| Are tubes really “warm”? When I run my tube integrated, my whole room gets "warm" | |
| Are tubes really “warm”? When I run my tube integrated, my whole room gets "warm" | |
| If you had to start all over again in this day and age I'm admittedly an audio cheapskate, I just can't bring myself to spend tens of thousands on top shelf gear, but if I had all the money I spent on audio stuff over the years, chasing good sound, I would get a good TT & cartridge, and replace di... | |
| Jazz for someone who doesn't like jazz. Shirley Horn with Friends - great singing/piano and plays with many jazz greats, mostly mellow stuffPaul Desmond - his solo recordings - very approachableJohn Coletrane - Ballads albumArt Pepper - Meets the Rhythm Section | |
| speakers or room??? I also listened with headphones to 2 tracks which present the problems in my system: Chopin waltz in C# by Nina Postolovskya which was recorded without the use of compression or EQ, and Can't Find my way home by Blind Faith where S Winwood's voice... | |
| speakers or room??? OK I found a tone generator online and using my Sony noise-cancelling headphones, I discovered a few things about my ears. My total range of hearing is from 25Hz to 12.2 kHz, although the extremes are barely audible. There are a couple of hot-spot... | |
| speakers or room??? Tinnitus? I hope my years playing in rock bands isn't coming back to haunt me! I'll try the headphone test you suggest. |