georgehifi
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| Is the NuPrime CDT 9 Pro a Best Kept Secret? Not in anyone's lifetime I'm afraid. Your stuck with finding a PEA1030 getting extinct, this is the last one on ebay. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Pioneer-PEA1030-PNP1138-B-laser-head-WADIA-CARY/253869509734?hash=item3b...https://www.ksp-electroni... | |
| Should I eliminate my preamp? Many owners have complained about the sound of the Oppo’s balanced or SE output I can’t remember which it was.But technically the ESS dac chip having a balanced output, would say to me that balanced should be the superior output, as to have a SE o... | |
| Holo's new R2R KTE Spring-2 Dac lordcloud95 posts11-30-2018 11:55amInteresting Noticed you've heard the R2R Aries Cerat Kassandra dac, you know what I mean then. PCM just sounds real, alive, with all the jump factor intact, and no artificial sweetening and calming that you ... | |
| What is the purpose and function of a pre-amp in audio sound and production? Let me re-phrase that last sentence a little. " There is no advantage being "able" to go to 11 (ie: past full up) but never doing it, because "if" you did you’d blow your system up."If it’s loud enough for you, you have enough gain, and better rot... | |
| Holo's new R2R KTE Spring-2 Dac roberjerman1 Thank god it doesn’t have an extra zero at the end of its price (like some other high-end DACs - names withheld!). And said to be better than it’s predecessor, that was very favorably review and measured in Stereophile. Which I had ... | |
| What is the purpose and function of a pre-amp in audio sound and production? No gain added. Is that correct? Not if you don't need to go any louder, it's not. There is no advantage being "able" to go to 11 but never doing it!Cheers George | |
| Opinions PLEASE - Pass Labs XA-100.5 or X250.8 for Magico S5 MK II At 88db and looking at this graph and Stereophile remark, I would go the XA160.8 min or the XA200.0. The XA100.8 will fine, if with a few under your belt your NOT a very loud listener/conductor/drummer/air-guitarist." The impedance does drop to mi... | |
| Holo's new R2R KTE Spring-2 Dac Here the official release page just put up, on the new Holo Spring-2. https://kitsunehifi.com/product/holo-audio-spring2-dac-kitsune-tuned-edition/ Cheers George | |
| Holo's new R2R KTE Spring-2 Dac "Msrp Pricing is as followsL1 is 1698+ship, L2 is 1998+ship and KTE (kitsune tuned edition) is 2698+shipThere will be a special pre order pricing for early dec orders to get 100off msrp on the KTE model. There will be a coupon code avail on laun... | |
| Amp recommendation for Revel Ultima Studio2? How about Hegel H590 or the new Parasound JC 5? Great also, but with the Hegal being integrated, there no choice of going direct to the poweramp with the source if it has it’s own volume control. Which to me is the the most transparent/dynamic wa... | |
| Going to have a dedicated line installed- What should i know to ask for? Georgehifi, ground clamps on water pipes are frowned upon in the NEC We use both, earth spikes and the water pipe, if you have good salinated ground earth spikes work a treat, but if it's not, then the backup water-pipe is great to have also.Ch... | |
| Amp recommendation for Revel Ultima Studio2? Anything really that’s good quality, as they are 90db and a 4ohm load, with no nasty - phase angels, only if low organ music is played 30hz to 40hz will freak out amps that are not up to it. https://www.stereophile.com/images/archivesart/308Revfig... | |
| Going to have a dedicated line installed- What should i know to ask for? This is a commercial HUGE building in Brooklyn. Aside form street power there is a lot going on in the building itself... It is my thinking that a dedicated line with proper ground would still be beneficial. He is charging me $300 per line... Not... | |
| Going to have a dedicated line installed- What should i know to ask for? All is useless to do inside the house if the connections to the house barge board and to the street power pole is old and hasn’t been cleaned and tightened in decades. https://checkthishouse.com/wp-content/uploads/electrical-service-connection-at-... | |
| Going to have a dedicated line installed- What should i know to ask for? In Australia I would ask for quality 20A cable to be used, also get him to use high quality ac power points, and use dedicated very good HQ circuit breakers in the service box. Also if he's licensed for it, get him to tighten all connections (neut... |