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| Unplated copper spades/banana I am an owner of a cable company that has done much research into different platings of different audio connectors. We have evaluated copper, silver, gold, and rhodium. The subjective listening tests were conducted with multiple participants on ... | |
| Relaxed/Analog sounding DAC for under $10k (used or new) +1 brianlucey I also believe the Bricasti M1 SE is great for your situation. While I love the Chord DAC sound, it will not be a good match for you. | |
| Solid State Power Amps Bricasti Design. They are the most accurately musical amps I have ever heard, and I have listened to others at 10x the price. Do not let the power specs fool you as they are extremely underrated. (After a discussion with owner Mr. Zolner he me... | |
| Streamer only The suggestions of any Wiim (mini or pro) are a great first start. I used my mini into my Bricasti DAC for quite some time. I next was an early adopter of the Eversolo DMP-A6. For what it is and what it can do for under $1000 it is very hard to... | |
| Clock vs Streamer advice @zpatenaude37 Is your Bricasti MC1 similar to the M1 in that you can have a network card installed? I own a Bricasti M3 and a close friend owns an M1. We have listened to them using every input. The network input is, by far, the best inp... | |
| Speaker and Cable Suggestions Please A lot of nice speaker recommendations. Here's mine: The Monitor Audio Silver 300 7G. This is a great suggestion. I even like the Silver 100 7g a little better. I have recommended this speaker to 3 others in your exact situation and they lo... | |
| Speaker that are 'KEEPERS" for the long haul!!! Tidal Contriva 20th anniversary. Done and done. | |
| Best Class D GaNFET Amp Comparison. Who to invite? The best iteration of this I have heard was LKV Research PWR+ amp. It has a Class A front end with a GaNFET back end. Their PWR3 amp was 80% of the PWR+ at one-third the cost. Both pieces were fantastic. | |
| Choosing new cables @bobheinatz This may sound counterintuitive, but we have found the best cable upgrade path is: Power --> Speaker --> ICs --> Digital In case you are interested, Finley Audio (I am one of the owners) will be partnered up with a Boulde... | |
| Best speakers around $130k? Tidal speakers. Period. I have heard many of the suggestions listed above. However, there has only been one system that had me 100% completely fooled that there was not an actual piano playing in the room. Tidal Contriva G2's with a whole B... | |
| Capital Audiofest, save thyself! @Jond The "hum" from the left speaker in the LKV room was from the air conditioner. It got too hot in the room during the day to leave it off. Sorry. | |
| WHAT SONG TOUCHES YOUR HEART THE MOST? Marc Cohn - True CompanionAlmost 20 years of marriage and our song still yanks at my heartstrings. | |
| How are phono cables different (related to hum issue)? I am interested to hear any updates. | |
| Kimber Kable - Naked Cables I had a chance to talk to a Kimber rep where these were being auditioned. They explained to me that these were designed and built primarily for the Chinese market. That market wants and will pay for product features that greatly elevate the pric... | |
| Singxer SU-1 and word clock? I am interested as well... |