freediver
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| ???Compromise??? Front End:Amp/PreAmp or Integrated amp..SOURCE:DAC/CD Player/Multi Disc player,DAP,Turntable etc...Speakers:self explanatory... | |
| Looking for closed back headphone advice I dug around & find absolutely NO mention of headphone specs on your amp.I suggest before you spend $ you find out exactly what the Output Impedance of the headphone circuit is..Without that information ANY suggestions on what will sound good ... | |
| ???Anyone Here UpGrade From Yaqin/Cayin/etc... To Another Tube Amp Considered Hi End??? devilboy:just yesterday I spent 2 hours between a pair of Harbeth M40.2 speakers driven by a Hegel H590 & cabled up with several thousand $ of Cardas cables,talk about overhyped,You can keep your hegel,I would rather have my Cayin any day! | |
| ???Anyone Here UpGrade From Yaqin/Cayin/etc... To Another Tube Amp Considered Hi End??? ^^^ I looked at Raven but everything is sold out,then I came across the Mastersound "Box" at a STEAL of a price & wonder if the investment will bear fruit over the Cayin...Were talking all hand made in Italy,in house transformers,Pure Class A,... | |
| Looking for closed back headphone advice Ok before you choose cans what are you driving them with?If you don't have a good front end your wasting $...If you have a decent front end look at the Planar Magnetic headphones from Audeze,HiFiMan or Mr.Speakers...If you don't have a good amp lo... | |
| Good Entry-Level DAC Black Ice Audio(Jolida)DSD,Tube DAC....Underwood Wally a dealer here on Audiogon has them on sale right now for like $600.00 or $700.00...They say it competes with multi thousand $ dacs... | |
| Personal amp evolution Going back to 1972,I was 12,worked my ass of all summer & got:Radio Shack receiver.Harman Kardon receiver.Sherwood Newcastle receiver..Yamaha receiver.Marantz surround receiver.Bigger Marantz,latest surround receiver..HUGE Integra 7.1 surround... | |
| Impressions: $1k-$2k integrated amps helomech:Ohhh I would have to disagree.There is a dealer on that free site selling the 52 lb.,hand built in Italy including IN HOUSE built transformers,EL34(x 6 tubes) Parallel Single Ended,auto biasing "Box" for a cool $2000.00($3500.00 rtl)..Pro... | |
| ???Anyone Here UpGrade From Yaqin/Cayin/etc... To Another Tube Amp Considered Hi End??? Harbeth M30.1,Nordost Leif series cables,well treated room...Looking at either the Unison Research Triode 25 or Mastersound Box... | |
| All-in-one integrated, 10-15K range, class A/B only Well yesterday I had the chance to sit in the sweet spot between Harbeth M40.2 speakers driven by Hegel H590,cabled completely with some expensive Cardas cables in a dedicated room 20'x16'x10'..I'm sorry folks but my KT88 Cayin has more body,bette... | |
| Impressions: $1k-$2k integrated amps In the up to $2000.00 range,tube amps from Cayin,Yaqin or Jolida will outperform ANYTHING suggested in a Solid State amp! | |
| Switched From Tubes To SS???Glad You Did??? Today I demo’d the Hegel H590 driving Harbeth M40.2’s,I would KILL to have room for those speakers but I digress..After I got home I pulled the Creek Evo50a out & put the Cayin CS55 back in..Nothing else was changed.WTH was I EVER thinking.The... | |
| Can you live with your current speaker until you die? Yes & no.I MIGHT try to upgrade my Harbeth M30.1's to the Anniversary 30.2's & IF I come into a ton of $ I would upgrade to the 40.2's but as things stand yes the 30.1's will be my final speakers..Right now the search is on for a front end... | |
| Impressions: $1k-$2k integrated amps @skypunk:I just last week demo'd the 340iX & the headphone circuit was GARBAGE!Flat,colorless,lifeless,inexcusable in a $5000.00 unit.. | |
| ***Time To Decide***Need Opinions on 3 Rigs*** Gee been here over 10 years and never figured that out.. Come on people,this is why the forums exist.If you play chess you know how much different the game is when watching & that is why I ask for opinions,to see the subject from different vi... |