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| Van Alstine Trans 10RB vs. Freya Schiit. Which do you prefer and why?? shtinkydog - Late arriving thoughts. Wanted to comment about a couple of things. Volume control does "click" as you change levels. The sound is inherent to the stepped attenuator design. Heard the same thing with a CJ Premier preamp. The othe... | |
| Van Alstine Trans 10RB vs. Freya Schiit. Which do you prefer and why?? Glad the comments were helpful, 'dog Good luck with your purchase. Hope whatever you choose gives you a lot of listening enjoyment. | |
| Van Alstine Trans 10RB vs. Freya Schiit. Which do you prefer and why?? Have had a Freya for about a week now. Never heard a Van Alstine Trans 10RB. Bought the Freya mainly to have a balanced, solid state pre. Didn’t really want tube output but at least it didn’t have a DAC or phono pre. I wanted those less. Initially... | |
| Is it ok to not gush over Vanessa Fernadez?...one listener's perspective. It's okay with me. Tried her, "When the Levee Breaks"....nothin'. Same thing (for me) with Anne Bisson.No offense intended to her/their fans....I just don't get 'em. | |
| Replacing Parasound p7, but with what? Funny that audioman2015 brings up passive...Just took delivery of a Schiit Freya preamp. One of the 6sn7 tubes shipped with it was very microphonic. They are sending a replacement set. In the meantime listening to it in passive mode. VERY impresse... | |
| Mogami wire quality? @hdm From the Cardas website...http://www.cardas.com/clear_ic.phpCapacitance reported for Cardas Clear Interconnect RCA Capacitance: 16 pf/ftXLR Capacitance: 8 pf/ft Measurements for Cardas Clear Speaker CableCapacitance: 278 pf/ftInductance: .017... | |
| Getting good sound from MacBook via DAC. @sbank Spencer - Thanks for your detailed response and suggestions. I might well experiment with ethernet via the power line adapters you mention. Odd coincidence, just learned about them last night (another A’gon member is using them to provide s... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Leftovers from J.B's "Blues Deluxe"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTCSkMpXdqA&ab_channel=badcelt | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Joe Bonamassa - Leftovers (from Blues Deluxe)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTCSkMpXdqA&ab_channel=badceltHey Nutty - yes...the music CD from Irish Tour '74 is still up on YouTube. Used to be the entire film was uploaded there. That's what ... | |
| OTIS TAYLOR BAND Link to the "Otis Taylor Collection" on Spotify. 13 songs, ~1 hour; 2014 Concord Music Group, Inc.The Spot’s accessible for free but SQ is not as good as for Premium with subscription (not to mention lots of ads). https://open.spotify.com/album/... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Different Shades of Blue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3_GOk36JD0&ab_channel=JoeBonamassaTV | |
| Review: Schiit Mani phono pre AND Swagman Labs Linear Power Supply (LPS) Greg - I repeat, you did a great job on that review. I was mainly taking issue with your noise regardless of price "Con" bullet. But really, you gotta call it as you see it and buyers need to know what they are getting (or not) for their money. ... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Happy to read that, Nutty. Gave Killing Floor a listen myself last night. Hadn’t in a while. It was way better than I remembered - especially the lead guitar work. You get a chance do check out that Irish Tour ’74 Film. Used to be on YouTube but n... | |
| Review: Schiit Mani phono pre AND Swagman Labs Linear Power Supply (LPS) Hello lowrider - think I came across some discussion of that risk. Lemme see if I can find it. | |
| Review: Schiit Mani phono pre AND Swagman Labs Linear Power Supply (LPS) Well written review, Greg. Thanks. Have a couple of pieces of Schiit myself, though not the Mani. I personally like the Schiit design aesthetic...but different strokes, as they say. Schiit seems to make smart choices about where to save $ whil... |