hickamore
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| DAC for Aurender N200 Thanks to the many A'goners who weighed in on this. I will soon be making the best-informed device acquisition of my career. | |
| DAC for Aurender N200 @lalitk @audphile1 & others very helpful, many thanks. I always prefer the warm side for extended listening, whatever the genre. This tends to mean Class A amplification and/or tubes somewhere along the way. @fthompson251 Does one pre-order ... | |
| DAC for Aurender N200 @lalitk Given the state of my hearing, I'm unlikely ever to move up to N20. So as you say, the goal is to connect N200 via USB to a better DAC. Wondering which if any of those recommended above you would pair with the N200? | |
| DAC for Aurender N200 The N200 has only USB and coax outputs. But I would like to use USB with a superior DAC and it sounds like used ARC DAC 9 would fit that bill. I have always aspired to hear what an ARC piece would do in my (slowly evolving) system. Will be on loo... | |
| Help me find my ideal Stereo Integrated Amp @freediver +1 | |
| Problems with lost Qobus Playlists? Playlists created on Qobuz are no longer recognizable as discrete collections. Qobuz has taken the liberty of mixing and hiding at its sole whimsical discretion. SQ is the best of any streaming service, but Conductor app not so much. No solutions ... | |
| Drinking Songs playlest... What am I missing? @bigtwin +1 I drink alone | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! @evank Was the Coda a bad match with the Aric, or a bad match with your speakers? | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! @evank Wondering about your impressions of the S5.5 in tandem with the Aric Super 6SN7. For me the CODA did not pair well with Schiit Freya+ 6SN7, but that is a cheaper preamp. For now I am using SS pre with mind and eyes open to another tube tria... | |
| Legacy Audio Focus SE and rivals Another longtime Legacy user here. Their strengths match my listening preferences. I use the Signature SE, but with a larger room would move up to the Focus SE. The fact they are not ported allows closer front wall placement. One caveat: the deale... | |
| analyzing sound ++ @tomic601 | |
| ??? How Much Would You Spend ??? Only thing I have learned in 50 years is never spend more than 75% of the current speaker price on any single component ahead of them. The one exception would be for vinyl-based systems where the whole phono chain is considered a single component.... | |
| Alta Alec vs Legacy Signature SE vs Elac Vela 408.2 Been using the Legacys for a decade and never looked back. Legacy itself does not recommend tube amplification unless it's very high end. High current is a must. I am currently using CODA amp with 40 watts of pure Class A into 4 ohms and 100 amps ... | |
| The Highest - Suprema No criticism No commentary Just AWE. Maybe hear such a thing once before we die. | |
| Mark Knopfler & James Taylor Knopfer is brilliant, having written this after reading Pynchon, which for a Brit (or anybody) is, more than impressive. Taylor, on the other hand . . . let's just say that of all the great artists who gave poor Jimmy a break, Knopfler came closer... |