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Hovland's new DAC
Yes, things are getting more interesting for PC based audio but I don't feel that I know enough about it to jump in. It also seems that the technology gets better as each month passes. 
Hovland's new DAC
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Okay......best single box reference CD player
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MBL 101E and the new released MKII differences
I wonder if current 101E owners will be able to purchase the mkII upper-midrange driver separately? 
Change to Horns or stay Dynamic
Kana813,Disappointed? Not really. In this hobby I know only too well that "you can have anything you want, you just can't have everything you want."My guess at this point is that there is a 90% chance that I'll stay with the MBLs and a 10% I'll bu... 
Change to Horns or stay Dynamic
I went from electrostats to omni-directionals.Your speakers look very cool.I also like the idea of building a house around horns like they do in Japan. 
Change to Horns or stay Dynamic
Dgad,I have to ask you about the "air pressure in the room" with the Cessaros. One of the reasons I gave up on the idea of owning horns a few years ago was because I often felt a sort of pressure on my skull, which quickly let to a headache, when ... 
Change to Horns or stay Dynamic
Kana813,You missed, or simply ignored, the part in my post where I said "This is true with any of the many amplifiers I have used with them."Two of them were monobocks, each worth over $30,000 a pair. One of these delivered 640 watts into 4 ohms a... 
Change to Horns or stay Dynamic
Dgad,It's uncanny; you and I are looking for exactly the same thing at this point in the hobby. I too am extremely sensitive to distortion.The -only- reservation I have about my MBL 101Es is that they too get congested at loud volumes during compl... 
HELP Horns, Stats or Conventional Speakers
Horns, Stats or Conventional Speakers?There is at least one more option: omni-directional speakers like the MBL 101E.Personally, I would never want another conventional or planar speaker. I'll either stick with my MBLs or go to horns. 
Change to Horns or stay Dynamic
Dgad,You mentioned that you recently heard the Cessaro "Beta" horns.Can you tell me a little about their strengths and weaknesses?I thought that the Betas were only available in Germany and Asia. Did you hear them here in North America?I'm told th... 
Clement Perry's new reference speaker
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Best one-box CD player with USB input
Abetz,I'd like to hear the Audionet but the AMR's 'no digital or analogue filter' option and tube output has me leaning in that direction. I'm biased by my experience with the Zanden DAC.Thanks. 
Best one-box CD player with USB input
Karelfd,Which of the operation modes do you prefer to use: • Direct Master I; no digital or analogue filter • Direct Master II; no digital filter, anti-sin(x)/(x) analogue filter • Oversampling 2X • Oversampling 4X • Upsampling 96KHz • Upsampling ... 
Best one-box CD player with USB input
Thanks Karelfd. I've read mixed reviews on that piece. Have you heard it?