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| Has anyone owned Triode Co. products? Hi Jakecanada,I own the Triode Pre-amp, their CD player, and the Triode DAC and love them all.The tube pre-amp TRX-1 is a no-brainer, with my pass aleph 3 its magical. Its got good reviews on Absolute sound too. I think you should definitely get t... | |
| Magico room at RMAF It was a Magico S1.I forgot the rest of the system. S1 sounded great, I was surprised at the amount of clean bass produced by this 2-way speaker. | |
| $9000 speaker Orangutan or speaker + amplifier Thanks to everybody for your help and suggestions.My latest update is that I bought a pair of Coincident Dragons (used) . Amazing is the word, my Vienna Acousitcs Haydns sound almost (85-90%) as good as the Devore Orangutans (O/93) driven by Nagra... | |
| $9000 speaker Orangutan or speaker + amplifier Kiddman, based on your post I am now looking for flight tickets to Denver for RMAF. Will update if I make it there.I did listen to number of speakers at CAS 2013, but I think RMAF might be the way to go.Am also intrigued about your comments on Har... | |
| $9000 speaker Orangutan or speaker + amplifier Hi Nvp,Thanks for your response.Do you know if these the Orangutans O/93 or the O/96 ?(The O/96 have stands on them) | |
| $9000 speaker Orangutan or speaker + amplifier Denon1, I think those speakers might need more power than my Aleph 3 30 watts. Also am looking for a change, I love my Haydn they are detailed, warm but I feel like I am looking for something more, like transparency. I am tempted to go up the VA l... | |
| $9000 speaker Orangutan or speaker + amplifier Chayro, No dealer near me (within 400 miles) deals with Orangutan 0/96. There is one dealer who has a O/93 that they are testing out. So I might be able to audition that with a SET. Its a good idea.I do like the SHL5, have heard them multiple time... | |
| $9000 speaker Orangutan or speaker + amplifier Atma,I thought the Orangutans O/96 will go well with SET amps (8-10W), is that not the case ? That would be sad, if so I will not bother with the Devore. My prime interest in this speaker would be to get a chance to try out SET amps and see what t... | |
| $9000 speaker Orangutan or speaker + amplifier Swampwalker, are the Dragons that good ? Have you heard them.I have only heard of them. | |
| $9000 speaker Orangutan or speaker + amplifier Mapman, thanks for your response. What you say makes a lot of sense, am experiencing it (I think) right now. With Aleph 3 powering my Vienna Acoustics Haydn.Arh, I once made the mistake of electronics later, speakers first. Never again. My haydns ... | |
| $9000 speaker Orangutan or speaker + amplifier Swampwalker, I cannot find the Dragons for $6500, If I did.....Mapman, your reply makes total sense.though my dealer claims a 40W Tube amp (Quad 2) can power SHL5. I did see some virtual systems powering SHL5s with 70-80W. THough he thinks with 30... | |
| DAC Recommendation around 2.5K I had the same question as you. See my thread at: http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ddgtl&1375907174&&&/Berkeley-DAC-Series-1-anything-better-2-For now I settled on a Triode TRV DAC 1 SE. To my ears it handily beat the NAD M51. | |
| Berkeley DAC Series 1, anything better 2.5K$ After hours of playing jazz piano with a CD transport and multiple A/B/A switching. I realized I preferred the triode DAC with the Triode TRX-1 Pre-amp over the NAD M51. The piano sounded a bit dry with the NAD, but sounded so sweet with Triode th... | |
| AURALiC Vega Hi Nsirkin,What other DACs (the ones you did not mention) did you compare the Auralic against.Am curious about this DAC myself too. My top contender for now are the NAD M51 and Triode Tube DAC.I would be interested to know especially how this DAC ... | |
| Berkeley DAC Series 1, anything better 2.5K$ Charles1dad, am still trying to figure it out. Will report back soon after more listening.I love this hobby. At the end of all your "troubles" you are listening to music! |