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| Table top DAC and Amp advice needed Hi..IMO the Schiit is good but I felt a little overpriced compared to the build & sound quality of the Topping/SMSL & iFi gear..I like iFi's take on tone,extracting natural warmth from the Burr Brown chips Schiit didn't have.You simply can... | |
| Advice for 2-channel system (speakers/amp/dac) Hi & welcome aboard..First there is a current thread on "Advise for Building a new system"with a lot of good tips,check it out..Second,the abundance of positive gear reviews is a testament to the fact that at no time in our history has so much... | |
| Question: What are some of your best pieces of advise to someone new to the hobby? At the VERY start of this trip I have only 1 piece of advice..Go listen to LIVE acoustic & amplified music of various styles,in as many varied venues as possible..If you have no clue what real music,from real instruments sounds like you will e... | |
| Amp / Speaker setup for streaming and vinyl Listen,on USAUDIOMART.com RIGHT NOW there is a Cayin "CS55A" BRAND NEW IN BOX with KT88 tubes.It has built in DAC with USB(only)input,a Moving Magnate phono stage & a wonderful,tube driven headphone out. Price is $1300.00 + shipping.BUY IT!!! ... | |
| Amp / Speaker setup for streaming and vinyl Quad:Been around a LONG time & HIGHLY regarded.Several online AD's in the USA. If you want a HUGE taste of the absolute best for about $1600.00 there is the iFi Audio "Retro Stereo 50"TUBE integrated amplifier/DAC/Headphone/Phono,also availabl... | |
| Amp / Speaker setup for streaming and vinyl Peachtree was WAYYY ahead of the times with the Nova & an all in one solution is,IMO,the ONLY way to go these days.The problem though is I never cared for the combination of Digital Class D amplification & the SABRE DAC's they use in the c... | |
| Sparkos Labs Aries Headphone Amp Tour Hell YES,I'm in! Cans:iBasso SR-1/Sennheiser HD800S & HiFiMan Sundara... Source:Audio GD"R28"... I will also test out the unit as a PreAmp using the R28 as DAC into an Icon Audio ST30 & driving Dynaudio "Excite X14",Heco "Aurora 700" &... | |
| Pacific Audio Fest I'm in on Saturday & bringing a newby co worker looking to experience head-fi products. I'll be hitting mostly speaker demo's from Spatial,Spendor,Salk & several others. | |
| Recommend me a Class A Integrated Amp (or sound like Class A amp) If I had your budget the PATHOS INPOL REMIX MKII would get my $... | |
| Best speakers for a small room I get the feeling this OP is a fly by but I’m bored & the GF is still at work.. Room size roughly 10’x12’x10’..First off ANY speaker,regardless of size will sound best pulled slightly out into the room to let imaging & staging develope.Abo... | |
| Interested in your experience/opinions on the best from Nelson Pass Subscribed,considering one of his Class A power amps. | |
| Anyone Going to the Pacific Audio Fest I am,& taking a newby co worker starting to explore head-fi! Looking forward to hearing: Audio Note Spatial Audio Hoping Jaguar Audio is showing the Fyne speakers Spendor from the 2 Seattle Vendors showing and a Pass Labs Class A Integrated &... | |
| Music for the Pacific Audiofest show Good,old fashioned classic rock recorded live,Mozart Wind Concerto's,Live recorded Delta & Chicago Blues,Bob Marley-Jimmy Cliff & Peter Tosh should do it for me! | |
| Asking for help choosing my headphones If I could suggest try head-fi.org You will find reviews of EVERY IEM(in ear monitor)you can imagine.Good luck. | |
| ***HUM***BUZZ***CRACKLE***POPPPP= Dead Amp...Where To Service??? 🤔,whats a turntable? Bought the Sugden based on rep for long life,guess that doesn't apply to what they themselves called the finest amp the ever made when it came out. hgeifman:good call,thanks. |