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| Which DAC: Benchmark, Mytek, Audio Mirror, Holo Audio, Mojo Audio? There was a Long discussion about the Lab12 Dac1 SE a while ago. It probably mentioned other dacs as well. If you ignore the click-baity headline it sounds like an interesting option.https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/a-dac-that-crushes-price-... | |
| Dumb file size question. You should be able to choose a compressed but lossless format if you use a pc to play the music. Then you can use FLAC or WMA Lossless and the files will be much smaller. | |
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming Someone mentioned a re-clocker. Here is another one you could try to improve the sound.https://www.amazon.com/Wyred-Sound-Recovery-USB-Reclocker/dp/B01CUTMKYM/ | |
| Are Pass Labs amps probably the best ever you can buy ? There are many good amps. I am No expert but I have liked Mark Levinson during demos as well as Devialet. | |
| Tonearms: Ripoff? I think this kind of rip-off ideas are very strange. If it was easy to create a cheap copy of any equipment there would be lots of cheap versions. Manufacturers also has to cover costs for Wales, marketing, support and R&D.Not all small firms ... | |
| Chord Dave Replacement You could try some of the newer dacs that has gotten good reviews. Like the Lab12.https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/a-dac-that-crushes-price-vs-performance-ratio | |
| All in One DAC/Pre/headphone amp vs Separates I think you should start with better headphones, like the Beyerdynamics Amiron Home which are probably a lot better than dt880 and warmer than dt1990. I have the Amiron and love them.For listening through speakers it is really hard to say when a p... | |
| Just got the Focal Scala V2 at a great price I heard Focal speakers with Mark Levinson amps years ago and that worked great. Maybe their latest integrated will suite you.For something French you can try Devialet. | |
| JBL - almost nothing for sale, why? I heard the JBL K2 att a fair years ago. They were kind of hidden in a corner but they played them when I asked. They sounded great but were outside my budget. | |
| Please tutor me on some integrated amp basics. I like the questions and answers part from Paul McGowan of PS Audio. Here is his answer to this questionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj6h4qYxkCc | |
| New iMac, no more Optical out! Help with DAC, best bang for buck? The Dragonfly Black or Audioengine D3 should work. Connect to inputs om you receiver with a 3,5mm to RCA cable. | |
| WHAT HAPPENED TO SONUS FABER? The new Aida seems to be very musical!https://www.stereophile.com/content/sonus-faber-aida-loudspeaker | |
| Files from a Harddrive to a DAC vs dedicated digital player? You may also use wifi directly with some streamers and Still get good sound according to this article. https://darko.audio/2018/08/ethernet-or-wifi-which-is-better-for-high-end-audio-streaming/ That is of course special hardware and I am not sure ... | |
| Road trip to demo $10,000 speakers @skyscraper , since you listen mostly to jazz I would also suggest that you listen to Focal Kanta 2. I heard them with an acoustic piece and it was very suitable for them. | |
| Road trip to demo $10,000 speakers Some other threads mentioned Boenicke. I looked it up and remebered that I heard the small W5 at a show and they impressed me. You might want to listen to their W11 or W8 floorstanders. |