glennewdick
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| Schiit Freya Plus tubes and tube rolling Another consideration is tube availability in the new product market. all manufactures have to buy for reliability, cost and future availability. so that NOS tube may be best but are there 1000's of them available at reasonable cost .....no.... So... | |
| Does MQA cost more than other formats for manufacturers? I believe MQA required the DAC manufacturer to send there proprietary work to MQA for approval and licencing, I believe from what I have read many manufacturers are reluctant to give over their work to another company for MQA that's why its not re... | |
| Cut your own My friend has a Neumann lath for sale if your really interested. | |
| Universal disc players Sony has a couple models as well but note there models do not have a DAC in them so you need a DAC and or home theater processor. I have one i bought last year and i find its quite good. picture quality of Blue ray disc are very good and the disc ... | |
| Rega RS3 or Snell E.5 with Rega Brio & Planar 3? may also want to listen to ELAC's in the price range and I hear the new Kef's sound really good and are in that price range. | |
| Speaker kits recomendations Maybe Horn TL hybrid lets talk speaker kits auxinput: yes i realise that thanks though, I'm still not sold on them yet as the efficiency is not as great as I'd like, I do not have an amplifier in my house that could power them at the moment. Also the TriTrix MTM TL is another one I'm consid... | |
| Speaker kits recomendations Maybe Horn TL hybrid lets talk speaker kits Erik-I signed up there ( dyiaudio) couple days ago so reading some there as well. thanks "auxinput- Solstice kit"I've been eyeing that very kit on parts express as a candidate for a first build.also the fugal-horns seem a less expensive alternativ... | |
| Speaker kits recomendations Maybe Horn TL hybrid lets talk speaker kits Thanks Erik, never thought of wave guide speakers not sure if I've ever heard any before. | |
| Cocktail Audio X35 or X45 I don’t want to put a bug in your plan but I doubt you’ll find many audiophiles that use cocktail audio they did not get very good reviews when they came out. Supposedly the sound quality is lacking. Maybe the newer versions are better I have not ... | |
| Best tonearm under $2k I run a Jelco arm and they are just great for the money and beautifully made. + 850 | |
| TUBE or SS PATHS Then there is who is designing your gear are they older with natural hearing loss or younger with much of their hearing still intact. that's something I've always wondered as many of our more famous designers are well past retirement age so their ... | |
| Pro-Ject 2s Dac vs SMSL M500 (or better alternative) have you looked at Schiit audio they started making headphone amps with DAC's I've been very happy with my Schiit DAC ( Grungnir MB). they get great reviews so worth looking at. https://www.schiit.com/productsPro-Ject makes DAC's, head phone amp... | |
| Mapleshade...where's the love? Never heard of them until this post lol, maybe they have an advertising issue. | |
| Revel speakers - dealer scuttlebutt I never realised how many companies are now in that group. Samsung is defiantly a power house in entertainment they seem to have every angle covered now. Harmon group: AKG, Harman Kardon, Infinity, JBL, JBL pro, JBL synth, Lexicon, Mark Levinson, ... | |
| Seas 2.5 Way Graphite Kit - Delling extravaganza please expand as I've been interested in horns for a while now for a second system. |