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| SACD Player/Transport Choices @hifipassion Since you are preferring the sound of your SACD's over I2S I am assuming that is through the Denafrips Terminator and which version do you have? I picked up my Onix from Shenzhen and got it last week. I can confirm the build is ni... | |
| Are Their any Tube Preamp with Home Theater Bypass? @salon64 The Backert Labs Rhumba Extreme 1.4 might fit the bill. At least it does not need to be turned on when in the Bypass mode so it will avoid the tubes. | |
| SACD Player/Transport Choices @hifipassion Ordered from Shenzhen. It has not shipped yet and I ordered prior to the tariff BS. To me there were not many options since the PS Audio Perfectwave is no longer available. | |
| SACD Player/Transport Choices I ordered the Onix that @milpai referenced earlier this week primarily due to the I2S output and the fact that it is a top loader. I have a large SACD collection and liked the idea of being able to use an external DAC rather than whatever chipset... | |
| Tube Pre/ Class D Amp - Who has done it? I have been looking at doing a similar combination with Orchard and a Rumba Extreme. | |
| Non-fatiguing speakers in $10K range? I listen to 95% rock and classic rock (other 5% is HT). My speaker journey over the last 25 years in my primary system is as follows: B&W DM605, Martin Logan Montis, Golden Ear Triton Reference, Wilson Yvette, and Tekton Encore (tweeter upgr... | |
| Do You Buy Speakers Without Hearing Them? Four of the last six were bought without hearing them. One was returned (Walsh Ohm Tall). For the other three I read or watched every review and looked at user comments in the forums about the speakers/manufacturer. Two of the three (Volti and ... | |
| G Rated Comments About the Relevance of Pink Floyd’s Animals Album: @carlsbad2 I just bought a bottle of wine called "Pessimist" Quote on the back "A Pessimist is never disappointed." I would say that for one reason or another I have mostly been a pessimist in my life. I am usually correct, but never happy fo... | |
| Good Suggestions for Tube Amps under 6k I ended up with an Allnic T2000 30th anniversary which is above your budget but really good. I was considering the Willsenton R800i 300b 845 which appears to be a fairly good value and solid option for a 2nd system. Might be an option to the Lin... | |
| Harbeth 40.3's. Should I buy them? When I spoke to Allnic, they also mentioned that there had been some shows in the past where they partnered with Coherent speakers. That also helped in my decision. Another plus is they don't have to be 3 feet from the wall. | |
| Harbeth 40.3's. Should I buy them? @desalvo55 I own that same Allnic amp and love it. We have fairly similar tastes in music and after looking at my options I ordered a pair of Coherent Audio 18's. Frank at Coherent and Gary at True Audiophile have both been great to work with.... | |
| Galion TS120 Doge answers this directly. Take it as you will. | |
| New MOFI speaker (Andrew Jones) MoFi stands are now available. The box for the two of them is about 77 pounds. The bottom plate is where most of the weight is. | |
| New Class D amplifiers I am currently waiting for a LSA Discovery Warp One to arrive. It is going in a secondary system. For TAS to like an item at that price point ($1200) I think it will be a good test for my first Class D experience. I am pairing it with an Audio ... | |
| Qobuz + Lumin = Headache My experience with Qobuz on the Lumin App on Apple has been very good. I was using Tidal until a year ago and to me they perform the same from an app perspective. I was running the Aurender app previously and found that to be extremely frustrati... |