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| Just saw Jesse Cook...yeaow! Jesse puts on a fantastic live show. I've only seen him once, but would happily pay to see him again. | |
| Any Esbjorn Svensson fans? Plays Monk is definitely my favourite album from E.S.T. | |
| Streamer Advice: Bluesound Node 2 vs Aries Mini vs Oppo While the Node 2i specs out the same, they made changes to the layout of the circuitry and signal path which has improved the sonics considerably according to What Hi-Fi. | |
| Streamer Advice: Bluesound Node 2 vs Aries Mini vs Oppo If you have the digital out going to a DAC, the Node 2 is superior to the Oppo. Now, the interesting thing is that the brand new Node 2i just came out and it is supposed to be considerably better than the old Node 2 and the price has remained the ... | |
| How Harmonic Technology has fallen......... Jim was great to deal with. Had lots of respect for him. As soon as he retired and the prices jumped up across the board, we stopped dealing with Harmonic Tech. They were good value for the money, but when the price increases kicked in, we had bet... | |
| Optical digital cables? For me, glass optical cables have always sounded better than plastic. Of those two, I'd personally opt for the Lifatec for this reason. | |
| Have transports improved for Redbook CD playback? Bel Canto's CD3t is a killer piece for the money. In the review from AVRev, they called it an outright steal. Note, however, they have made further improvements to it since the time of this review.http://www.avrev.com/home-theater-audio-sources/cd... | |
| Best sounding compact integrated amp < $2k? I just responded to your PM on this. | |
| Best sounding compact integrated amp < $2k? larryl50, as much the H90 is a fantastic piece, the H190 is in another league and not just in terms of power. It should be though for the extra money. Better DAC quality, better amplification, better preamp section, etc. Really, it just sounds con... | |
| Amplifier ideas with KEF Reference 1 As much as I said I was bowing out, I just want to chime in quick and thank audiotroy for being open minded about Bel Canto Black. I promise that you will not hear the digitization of analogue at all and their phono stage built in is very good as ... | |
| Amplifier ideas with KEF Reference 1 I wasn't talking about the DAC 8 DSD. I've also heard the T+A PA 2500 R with a different front end. A very nice sounding piece, but still, my definite preference to the bel canto black as it drives difficult speakers better, sounds great and is mu... | |
| Amplifier ideas with KEF Reference 1 georgehifi, I completely agree that the Bel Canto REF600M sound nothing like Icepower. By the way, I certainly don't remember seeing any review of the 600M by Clement Perry. audiotroy may be confusing with an older model. The 600M are a Ncore impl... | |
| Amplifier ideas with KEF Reference 1 keoliphant, Bel Canto has told me that the Black EX separates will play to a higher level than the ACI 600 as long as you make sure you're using a very high quality XLR cable between them. | |
| Amplifier ideas with KEF Reference 1 audiotroy, no sour grapes at all. Carrying T+A as a brand didn't work out for either of us and that's fine. And, to be clear, I'm not knocking T+A at all. I highly respect T+A as a quality brand. In fact, on another forum in the past few days, whe... | |
| Amplifier ideas with KEF Reference 1 The Bel Canto ACI600 is $25K USD, but I'm talking about the less expensive new Bel Canto Black EX at $14,990 USD. Definitely a fair comparison. |