frank115

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Most achingly-beautiful music
Allegri's Miserere performed by The Tallis Scholars (listening to it as I write this) certainly fits the bill. 'The Great Bear and Pleides' from Britten's Peter Grimes (and much more from that work too). 'Marche Funebre' from Beethoven's 3rd. John... 
DAC to add warmth and fullness to Linn Ikemi
Prompted by Kops' suggestions on cables, I've changed things round a bit - Cardas now is Pre-Power, and I've changed the CD-Pre to a vdh 'The First' which has certainly tamed a bit of glare! It also seems to give a little more body to the sound, w... 
DAC to add warmth and fullness to Linn Ikemi
Cheers all - very interesting. I'll check out your suggestions even if I'm not ready to buy just yet. btw, I was think more of DACs up to £1000 GBP rather than USD!Would most of these DACs provide roughly the same level of detail as the Ikemi? 
Equipment that has made you 'stop' looking?
Sorry Rcprince...you're right it is a passive pre-amp. I'm new here and I had put a subject header on my post naming the Music First Audio TVC (Copper). I'll know to keep all my text in the 'Your response' box from now on!!! 
Equipment that has made you 'stop' looking?
Fantastically transparent, extremely silent, both XLR and RCA equipped.Love its funkiness, retro style and the fact that theres nothing to break!Does this still count if I'm curious about the silver-wired version???