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| Curious what people think is the best "value" high end speaker (~5K to 15K) I think the problem with asking about the "best value" is that it is almost always the least expensive items in the range. The law of diminishing returns seems to still be in effect. Unless you start counting in absolute money "savings" then a hig... | |
| Which Class D Amplifier? PS Audio, Ghent, Nord, Merrill or other??? I've heard the Devialet at a show and they sounded good to me. I am sure there are other good class-D amps also.https://www.devialet.com/en-us/expert-pro-audio-system/ | |
| Mr. Obvious (?) - digital source (burn) A dac has to decode the values of the data stream AND the clock signal "built-in" in the signal. The source has to send both. Some dacs are sensitive to timing errors and is therefor sensitive to which transport or source that is used. Others dacs... | |
| Best Phone Stage for under $1,000.000 Why all the extra zeros in the question op?Do you often pay tenth of a cent? Or even care about the cents for anything costing > $100? | |
| 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. |