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| NAD C658 With Tube Power Amp? Any McIntosh preamp with their DAC 2 board will do all the above. HDMI ARC is really nice to have if your integrating a TV/home theater. I use the C2700 Tube preamp but there are a few more to choose from. very well made and operation has been sea... | |
| dac and streamer or seperates Separate DAC and Streamer. From my experience after using a bunch now your better off getting a decent streamer you like the software for and an excellent DAC. Streamer software seems to be one of the issues I've run across some are good some not ... | |
| Gustard R26 - good but not the one Interesting as I'm looking at trading for a Dave but was worried the older DAC tech maybe long in the tooth as they say compared to newer DAC designs. | |
| Can an Electric Car make your system sound better not the same but i know a few people who use a battery back up system like the Yetti, ecoflow, etc. that are basically a battery and inverter in one package usually sold as back up power. The inverter is actually quite good in many of these batter... | |
| USB DACs that outperforms OPPO 105D's internal DAC? The Oppo is getting older now and DAC's have come a long way in the last few years. I'd bet a good many newer DAC's will out perform the internal one in the Oppo. Schiit Audio, a whole host of Asian DAC's, and so many more. I'd bet any DAC above ... | |
| ads 1290L w/upgraded capacitors on internal crossovers/ new woofers 2009 vs vandersteen 5 As an ADS vintage fan with L910's and L710 currently, both have had their crossover redone and both have new tweeters and mid drivers from Richard So, there are parts still available. These were designed by the the same person who designs Arial... | |
| What Horn loaded speaker/ speaker system for $10k'ish and under JBL's seem to be well liked here. i'll have to go for a listen. Pure Audio project have been on my radar for a while now but i don't believe i have the space for them. I've also looked at Rethm but i don't feel they are what i'm looking for obv... | |
| Tube Integrated With Clarity you have described the newer McIntosh tube sound, not to be confused with the older warmer/mushier sound. You may want to consider one of them in your short list. Used probably but there are lots of them out there and they hold their resale value ... | |
| Good streamer that does not need wi-fi or internet to play local files My Aurender streamer will stream my stored files with out internet, it uses an apple tablet to control it via bluetooth/wifi. I'd imagine most streamers that can interface with a hard drive/NAS can also do the same. most phones connect through w... | |
| Why Can't Modern Tube Manufacturers Make a Proper Tube? I’m willing to bet there were far more failed tubes in the early years then most here would like to admit. just the sheer amount made would dictate to a much larger failure rate then we see today. there was also budget cheep tubes made back then s... | |
| What Horn loaded speaker/ speaker system for $10k'ish and under the Horns speakers look very interesting. example below. they have a really large range that's surprising for a smaller company. Symphony 10” – hORNS | |
| What Horn loaded speaker/ speaker system for $10k'ish and under great information everyone thanks you found a few i had forgotten about. I've had many of the Klipsch line heresy's mk3's for a time them i tried the new Cornwalls but didn't really like them more then the LaScala's i alrteady owned other then t... | |
| Pre-amp with solid state/passive AND tube modes (Like Schiit Freya+) congrats ! | |
| Combination BLU-Ray / DVD Player Just about every Blue-ray player made today will also play CD', DVD's, CDR's etc. you want to look for a multi disc player, Sony makes a few as do others. | |
| Where to insert tubes while running a Luxman SS integrated maybe a tube buffer in the pre-out/amp-in loop if connection avail. |