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| Lifespan of amps and preamps? I used to have a Nad amp bought before I was 20. It worked many years but finally gave up. I now use a Rega Brio and it sounds a bit better. I already had a dac but bought a Raspberry Pi as a streamer. It works great and is a cheap upgrade if you ... | |
| Giving up on Itunes! Alternatives? I want to run my hardrive with a dedicated tablet. I agree with many others, dacs make a difference. An easy solution if you are ok with using your computer as player is to get a usb dac. The Dragonfly Black, Red and Cobalt are all good. By the Cobalt if you can afford it. IFi also has a number of... | |
| End of the World system Music is so important. I would obviously start building a road/path to the stereo shop. | |
| What to upgrade to? Which amp do you have? I think the amp and the speakers will have to match to work really well. You could change both at the same time and sell your old amp but that might leave you less money for the speakers.I also think the speakers will make a... | |
| AFFORDABLE (under $1K) Best SS and Tube Amps for HD600 Just a thought, you could get a new pair of headphones for less than $1k which may make a bigger improvement. I would probably look at Focal Elex or some Beyerdynamic phones and then save for some better amp. | |
| ~$6K mini-monitor recommendations? Have not heard the Boenicke W5 as desktop but 6moons tried them and said they work there too. They will of course image better with a normal setup. Great speakers in any case.https://6moons.com/audioreviews/boenicke5/1.html | |
| What country builds the best audio equipment? I am with @mjcmt on this No country has the monopoly on the best quality equipment. | |
| Fairly new to streaming. Where to start? If you are only gonna play ripped music a simple RaspberryPi with a dac should work great. You can buy them with built-in dac-cards or with inteface cards to connect to an external dac (I use this right now).If you can tinkle a bit with it yoursel... | |
| Fairly new to streaming. Where to start? I got this idea from Aurender CEO in a interview. He does not let hdd do the playing. OK for storage, but hdd hands off to SSiD for play. Thus the question as to whether the vault has ssid and therefore a better player? I think this level of de... | |
| Looking for a hybrid integrated to do it all! If you can skip the tube requirement then Hegel h190 should work. Integrated with built-in dac and streamer. Has gotten a lot of good reviews. I have only heard the h590 briefly but that sounded good. http://www.the-ear.net/review-hardware/hegel-... | |
| I need a good looking and good sounding speaker .... I really like the Boenicke W5, very, very small but beatiful and with great sound.https://www.monoandstereo.com/2015/07/boenicke-audio-w5-speakers-review.html | |
| Fairly new to streaming. Where to start? Here is another option for a good streamer to start with. Pair it with any dac för $1500 to jeep your budget. https://volumio.org/product/volumio-primo/ | |
| Amp and Preamp recommendations for Yamaha NS5000 Other interesting integrated are Absolare (great sound) and Aavik.Absolare (no dac, tubed input) https://www.absolare.com/integratedAmplifier.html Aavik (has dac). I have only hear another Aavik model but this is the newest https://aavik-acoust... | |
| A new type of driver Not sure that is the same but I will read the thread.As I understand it this is a cylinder that expands. | |
| A new type of driver Found some more info at another forum. https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/bayz-audio-2-0-announcement.29566/ |