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| PSAudio Directstream DAC M-1 (refurb) vs Denafrips Venus II. Quick decision needed! Huh, you could get a new Pontus 15th which is essentially a Venus for around $2,000. Denafrips is now direct and gives you a one level up Dac for for the price of the lower level Dac. | |
| 55” or 65” TV Screen Size and Your Speakers: Please Join Survey I sit about 12 ft. from our TV in a stressless chair. We had a 55 inch but went to a 65 inch. No looking back, the 65 inch is a great size and doesn’t overwhelm the room. The 65 inch would work very well. If you look at the "recommended" viewing g... | |
| The End of My Search for a Power Conditioner My only reference is the Furman reference 15i. I switched to the Puritan PSM 156. It is quieter than the Furman and I don't have to worry about constraining the amps by plugging them into the Puritan. It is very open with no constraints. | |
| Looking for a CD Player @smerk I am a retired audio guy who has a vinyl set up but listen to CD/SACD's amost exclusively. I don't stream. I have had players from multiple companies over the decades. You don't need an SACD player unless you have a bunch of SACD disks. ... | |
| From Sonus Faber Extrema to... It depends on what you think you are missing. I own a pair of Vienna Acoustics Liszt speakers which I really like, but are always on the lookout for others. I previously owned the Avalon Ascendents and the Liszt surpassed them, especially in the... | |
| Marantz SA-10 Vs Esoteric K-05Xs @fauguy If your system is perhaps slightly on the more resolving or bright side I would go with the Marantz. The earlier Esoterics could be tipped up in the upper frequencies until they issued the XD series. I owned the the Modwright Marantz SA8... | |
| Help Deciding On New Speakers For Small Room, $10k budget The Boenicke speakers were mentioned. I heard the W8 at the last Rocky Mountain show and for a small form floor standing speaker I was shocked at their musicality in a hotel room with super bass. It's probably at the top of your price range but ... | |
| Help Deciding On New Speakers For Small Room, $10k budget Probably standmounts. Perhaps Vienna Acoustics Haydn Signiture, PS Audio Aspen, Gershman Audio Studio II or one of the Sonus Faber offerings. The tonality of these speakers may be more in like with your liking. I also don't like speakers that g... | |
| Marantz SA-10 Vs Esoteric K-05Xs @fauguy the PCM upconversion cannot be done via the remote only via the mode button on the unit itself so "on the fly" changes aren't possible. For now I have settled on the 2Fs setting on PCM. On my player there are 3 filter settings for DSD (S... | |
| Marantz SA-10 Vs Esoteric K-05Xs I had a Marantz modifed SACd player by Modwright and now own an Esoteric K-03xd player and yes is it is better than the Marantz. The difference is in that the resolution is more defined, better bass and the instrument placement is more defined wit... | |
| Looking for my End Game Speaker It really depends on the tonality characteristics you are looking for. Yes, go to shows to get a flavor ot tone you are looking for. There are so many variables. You can build a system from your speakers backwards or the other way around. The ... | |
| new member, some questions, need help please Jaime, I would lean on the advise to go out and listen to speakers at dealers or a show if you can. That will give you a flavor of what you prefer now. Sometimes tinnitus can be aggravated by the voicing of some speaker designs. | |
| Impressions of Pacific Audio Fest 2024 The rooms for the show were down. There was a complete wing that didn't have any setups. I'm not sure the show is going to make it, but I still did enjoy it. I attended the last RMAF and that was a treat, | |
| Time For a CD Player Upgrade Just my two cents. I have owned three ModWright CD/SACD players. Sony 999es, Sony 5400 and the Marantz 8005. The Marantz was my favorite. As others have said, I think the Marantz Ruby would probably be a contender or a used Marantz SA-10. That... | |
| Has a Power Conditioner Improved Your Sound? Another vote for the Puritan Labs 156. I used the Furman reference 15i before that and I could hear a slight transformer buzz if you put your ear almost on the case. The Puritan is quieter and using the Entech rf noise sniffer it is more effecti... |