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| Should I buy a seperate dac? I would test if out with Dacs that you have a trial period with and decide if it is worth it. | |
| DDC Cableing The I2S cable is important. I read a number of posters swear by Tubulus I2S cables. I just got one off of USAudioMart (Concentus) and just put it in and it is immediately apparent (this was used so broken in) how good this cable is. I'd say its co... | |
| LAIV Harmony I found the Iris made a significant improvement as well. The problem was I changed DACs and the Iris cannot adjust its I2S settings. The Hermes can and has a better clock. If you go Denafrips and you are looking to use the I2S input to your DAC, I... | |
| LAIV Harmony @sim_audio_nerd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF9DF_TbcXs and/or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6yjn3uV6sc&t=37s | |
| Recordings with BASS I also agree with Bela Flec- Flight of the Cosmic Hippo and add Justice vs. Simian"s "We Are Your Friends" | |
| «Today’s Lyrics Are Pathetically Bad» Rick Beato @mitchagain I agree with a lot of your examples and would add more like Patti Smith, Tom Verlaine, Richard Hell just in the 70s (poet/singers) and say the Raincoats for the late 70s and early 80s and Gang of Four in the 70s. I could go on and on.... | |
| Is anyone here still into live concerts these days? I’ve gone to a few. I’m finding that even smaller bands are cranking their volume up to painful degrees. I saw Spoon and Alvvays and Spoon was almost unlistenable live whereas Alvvays was just on the edge of being so loud that you really couldn’t ... | |
| Maggie LRS vs .7 I had both. Started with the LRS and then moved to the .7s. I thought they were similar but .7s go a bit lower. I had a bigger space they were in so the .7s were more appropriate. Ultimately, I went open baffle to get the transparency of the Magg... | |
| Chinese Cables that sound good I mostly buy boutique stuff from American although I do get stuff from Amazon. I don’t think it is possible to divorce yourself from bad labor practices which exist in every country unless you are completely off the grid and only living off the la... | |
| What's the best 6NS7 tube you have tried in your Atma-Sphere MP-3 preamp? @vthokie83 I would definitely like to hear how the Ray Select tubes are as they are about 1/2 or so of the Reserve. I might replace power tubes with Select tubes if they are still better than most of what is out there. | |
| What's the best 6NS7 tube you have tried in your Atma-Sphere MP-3 preamp? Based upon Don Sach’s recommendation quoted by Whitestix above, I got Ray Reserve 6SN7s for my Valhalla integrated and immediately noticed more detail without any sharpness or glare or the expense of the lushness of tubes. These tubes are expensiv... | |
| Why I Sold My Aurender N200 @navyachts The worst part about your story is that you used it to fund the creation of another lawyer. (I keed -- I was a lawyer --just retired) I heard all these great things about the N200 as well and wasn't impressed when I got one as well. ... | |
| Retirement integrated amp for a “fiscal conservative” Linear Tube Audio's integrated amps have tubes that last long time. | |
| Looking to move to a Tube Integrated setup @leotis I had the LTA Z40+ which I thought was excellent after I rolled the tubes but then got Don Sachs’ Valhalla integrated which was better in every way. | |
| Pop album that has stood the test of time I like and endorse most of what has been listed. It depends on the definition of pop but I tend to listen to what I call "edgy pop" and I’ll add to the list including a few more recent ones: Tristen: Sneaker Waves Alvvays: Blue Rev Alex G: God ... |