hilde45
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| Higher End DACs From what I’ve come to understand, if I was spending a *lot* on a DAC, I’d want it to be FPGA; i.e., re-programmable to keep up with changes. Cf. https://www.psaudio.com/pauls-posts/paradigm-shifts/ | |
| Cambridge CXC: Help finding a small, programmable remote? Right. The Roku was an example of the form factor I'm interested in. That's why I said "something the size of" a Roku remote. | |
| best low priced bookshelf speakers I've got some Pinnacle PN5+ speakers from the 1980s. I'm getting new speakers, soon, to replace these little guys, but they really sound great. I paired them with a sub and...even better. They're quite compact, too. FWIW: http://www.hifi-classic.n... | |
| Upgrading System...Help/opinions on Parasound and others? Tube question -- For anyone above who chose Prima Luna, what DAC did you pair with it? Did the Vincent's inclusion of a DAC in their unit sway you toward it? Against it? Prima Luna makes a point of keeping the DAC out of their units, but Vincent d... | |
| Truly High Efficiency, High Quality, Nearfield Usable, Affordable Speakers, Do They Exist? Audient? | |
| Considering getting a CD player (again). Used? New? Criteria? Thanks, I’ll check on that! | |
| Auditioning amplifier gear: simultaneous auditions, online retailers you trust? Good advice, Mike. Thank you! | |
| Considering getting a CD player (again). Used? New? Criteria? Thanks, jafant, and others for your reports and suggestions. One of the difficulties in contributing back to this forum is that my system is still so primitive (relative to audiophile stuff) that I'm building things up to a point where I might be ... | |
| Auditioning amplifier gear: simultaneous auditions, online retailers you trust? Thanks -- noted those cable folks along with what millercarbon suggested. Once I make the bigger decisions regarding amplification, I’ll seek out those cables. In general, I’ve found learned some things from Youtubes Hans Beekhuyzen Channel: (a) W... | |
| Smooth sounding integrated PS Sprout 100, perhaps | |
| Auditioning amplifier gear: simultaneous auditions, online retailers you trust? Thanks, Bob. I have done a bunch of listening to speakers and will continue. Same with the amplifiers.@millercarbon I went to look at Synergistic Research about cables and it’s very hard to find a price list which simply tells the cost of the cabl... | |
| Auditioning amplifier gear: simultaneous auditions, online retailers you trust? I'm sorry. I mean $3k max for amplification. Not total budget. My apologies. I'm still interested in what you wrote. | |
| Auditioning amplifier gear: simultaneous auditions, online retailers you trust? That does make sense. Don’t box myself in.So, some more specifics. The speakers currently on my shortlist are bookshelves -- Salk Wow1 and Dynaudio Evoke 10. Both are 84db sensitivity; Salks are 8 ohms and Dyns are 6 ohms. While they’re not the mo... | |
| Considering getting a CD player (again). Used? New? Criteria? @mesch Thanks for the recommendations. I will likely try optical cable first. I've been trying to sort out when and where differences in cables matter -- I know this is a very controversial question and I don't have an opinions of my own. I did se... | |
| Considering getting a CD player (again). Used? New? Criteria? Very good arguments against 1. used and. 2. Expensive |