hilde45
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| HoloAudio STREAMER is out now Learning more about Red from my friend. I asked about doing a shootout. He said: "You could [compare them] but they are very different devices. The red doesn't have any kind of controller app like the node and relies on other things sending it d... | |
| Mapletree Audio Design Preamps. @dierksb If it were me, I'd call Mapleshade, talk to them about what you have and what you seek to experience, sonically, and whether they have a return policy. | |
| HoloAudio STREAMER is out now @charles1dad I will! | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time While the "Country" music you hear on radio and see on TV may be of questionable quality, there is a very healthy, active underground "alternative" Country music scene, often referred to as Americana, that is producing music as good as has ever b... | |
| HoloAudio STREAMER is out now @mesch I hope to take it back to my audiophile friend's house to compare with his system as the stable variable(s). | |
| Mapletree Audio Design Preamps. I see -- well 10db might be enough for you? All I know is that for my system, passive was flat, lifeless -- but, I don't know what 10db of gain might be like. Seems like an interesting experiment for the right system. The other side of the coin, h... | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time Not sure it's trolling -- it's more in that old news category of "Dog bites man." The poster seems to be saying that it's his/her opinion that bad music is bad. Well, duh. | |
| Mapletree Audio Design Preamps. It looks interesting -- but it's passive, right? So, no additional gain. Are you good with that? | |
| Fantasy or reality? Inexpensive solid state preamps that get you 80% there? @kennyc Which of those are solid state amps? All of them? I hope so, because that’s what this thread is about. And how many are around $1k or less? Thanks for your relevant input. | |
| Sensitivity 86 v 90 "Overcoming misinformation One misleading piece of information with which our customers are often provided is sensitivity. This specification is commonly misrepresented as "efficiency" which it most certainly is not. Loudspeakers are terribly ine... | |
| HoloAudio STREAMER is out now @charles1dad For me -- as a philosopher who thinks about aesthetics and questions of subjective taste -- the question is especially interesting. If everyone had their own unique taste, then there would be no reason to converse about it. There wo... | |
| Fantasy or reality? Inexpensive solid state preamps that get you 80% there? @tomcarr Thank you! Exactly what I was hoping for. | |
| HoloAudio STREAMER is out now @thyname But, there is no such thing as “evidence “ from other folks. The only evidence that matters is you, trying it in your system. I have to disagree. I read movie reviews, restaurant reviews, automotive reviews. My tastes are unique, but... | |
| Fantasy or reality? Inexpensive solid state preamps that get you 80% there? I remain honestly surprised how well $1500 Nuprime ST 10 sounds (airy, tuby and enough detailed). It's interesting how, for some, the way a solid state preamp is praised is with words like "tuby" -- as if, solid state preamps need to measure ... | |
| Focal Sopra 2’s vs. Legacy Focus SE’s I compared the Legacy Focus and Signature with an Apertura Edena, and there was no contest. The Apertura were much better. And not nearly so heavy. |