eugene81
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| Luxman L505uXii or Hegel H390 Doubtful it was the H390, which is anything but painful and "digital" sounding. It's smoother and a bit darker than the 509X. However, I have read that prior Hegel models, and I think those below H390 or H190, do have a more sterile and "neutral... | |
| Which DACs are known to be sweet/rich/relaxed? What in the world happened with this thread? It's gone off the rails and straight into orbit. | |
| Luxman L505uXii or Hegel H390 Tough choice--agree that it probably depends on taste and synergy. It's kind of hard for me to imagine the lowest tier Luxman beating the penultimate Hegel. I had the H390 and currently have the Luxman L-509X. While I think the Luxman is the be... | |
| Streaming with the Hegel H390 I had and enjoyed the H390, and currently have Wilson Tunetots, though not both at the same time. If I had put to a $ figure on the performance of the DAC and streamer sections of the H390 I'd say about $1k and $500, respectively. They are prett... | |
| Help - Need recommendation for my Sonus Faber Sonetto V!! I used to own the Boulder 866 and just acquired the Luxman 509X. They are both stunning! One is not clearly superior over the other and it comes down to preference and synergy. Luxman has a cleaner, more precise sound, lively, and pretty juicy.... | |
| Auditioning The Fyne 703 Soon @tuberist Did you ever get to audition these speakers? | |
| Duelund Tinned Copper Bypass Caps vs Duelund CAST, Jupiter Copper Foil, VCap CuTF @audioman58 Thanks, great input! Very happy to hear CAST level sonics can now be had for a lot less money! | |
| Is it good to upgrade the crossovers in your speakers? I've always been satisfied upgrading crossover capacitors, resistors, inductors without changing the design/values. Generally you get what you pay for, that's my experience. | |
| Anyone have experience with MSB Technology products compared to dCS? Lower on the food chain, but I have a dCS Bartok and MSB Analog DAC. Comparing house sounds, they are both really great but different. I’ve heard the Vivaldi One + clock and used to have a Network Bridge + Paganini DAC. There is a common house sou... | |
| Speaker Recommendation Help Please. Congrats Paul! Great choice and great writeup. I hope the SabrinaX works well in your room and associated components let them sing. Sometimes when you listen to a speaker or component in a dealer showroom and then get them in your home, you rea... | |
| Audio Research Ref 75 SE: Replace 20A IEC inlet with 15A Clearly you didn't read the thread. Ignorant! | |
| Speakers for string Quartets Tannoy Prestige. Absolutely loved the tone, body, and texture of string instruments and piano I got from my Turnberry SE, especially after replacing the crossover parts with high quality stuff. Surpassed the Sonus Faber Cremona M they replaced by ... | |
| Speaker Recommendation Help Please. Wilson Tunetots + subs because of your rear wall limitation. They are cut from the same cloth as SabrinaX, Sasha DAW, etc with X material and shared drivers. Sounds like Wilson may be your thing since you like air, details, texture, neutrality w... | |
| After years of separates, I'm going integrated. Anyone else do the same? I tried in 2 systems, but just came full circle back to separates in both. I guess I realized I'm more picky than I thought. I also like to try new things, mostly DACs. I'll continue to keep an open mind and evaluate new integrateds, but I'm pr... | |
| Audio Research Ref 75 SE: Replace 20A IEC inlet with 15A I forgot about VH! I ordered a Wattgate 350i HC Au from PartsConnexion after my last post. Lucky me, they are doing 20% on AC products for the month of April. Just going to replace the one end for now. I just overhauled 2 whole systems, and th... |