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| D'Agostino vs. Ayre Tomic601 Your opinion makes me wonder just how great a pair of Atma Sphere amps might sound on Vandersteen 7s. I just might prefer my MA-1 3.3s over the Ayres in the mids and highs. | |
| D'Agostino vs. Ayre About three more weeks til I should see the D'Agostino amp. Was chatting with an old friend yesterday. He has listened to a Lot of Wilson speakers over the years. He said the best sound he ever heard from Wilson's was with VTL amplification. He su... | |
| dCS Rossini vs. Berkeley Reference dac 2 Good feedback. Right now I'm waiting to see where this MQA thing goes. | |
| Audioquest WEL Signature You can't hear everything. I've stuck with Audioquest and Synergistic Research over the years because they tend to be quite neutral and non-editorializing. I'd love to hear the new Tara Labs stuff, but I can't afford it. The Cable Company is a gre... | |
| Any comments on DAC going direct to power amplifier or to pre-ampliifer? My answer is that It Depends. I recently got a Berkeley Alpha Reference 2 DAC. I prefer the sound direct DAC to amps when running my Ayre MX-R Twenties. Clearer images with more realistic air and harmonics around them, but its close. With Atma Sph... | |
| Audioquest WEL Signature I love what I'm hearing from the one run of balanced WEL interconnects. Focused rich images. Will compare head-to-head with my Synergistic CTS, when they return. Had an opportunity to get some WBY for an attractive price, so I was curious. | |
| dCS Rossini vs. Berkeley Reference dac 2 Let us know what you think of the Ref. 2, aldenberry. | |
| dCS Rossini vs. Berkeley Reference dac 2 Hey khrys. What did you prefer about the sound from the Vivaldi? And have you heard the Berkeley Reference V2? Big improvement over V1. | |
| D'Agostino vs. Ayre Only a Month til the D'Agostino arrives! Lol. Have you heard the Berkeley Ref V2? Maybe you saw my posts elsewhere, but the upgrade to V2 Is Not Subtle. Its substantial. Great DAC. Its improvement in the upper mids and highs is causing me to sell ... | |
| Audioquest WEL vs Wild Blue I recently swapped in a length of WEL Signature between my digital processor and my amps. I'm Very satisfied with the sound, especially the rich tonality and seemingly complete harmonics around instruments. They are highly detailed without being e... | |
| dCS Rossini vs. Berkeley Reference dac 2 There must not be that many people who have heard both the dCS and the Berkeley DACs. But I did have a dealer, and it wasn't Galen, tell me he preferred the Ref 2 to the dCS stuff. But he is a Berkeley dealer, so take that one with a grain of salt... | |
| dCS Rossini vs. Berkeley Reference dac 2 Thanks. I've settled on two things. The Berkeley Alpha Reference 2 DAC. And my Wilson Alexia loudspeakers. Will investigate the merits of MQA once its more fully established. I'm still playing with amps. Will likely sell my Atma Sphere amps, mainl... | |
| Audioquest WEL Signature Any thoughts on WEL Signature interconnects vs. Wild Blue? | |
| dCS Rossini vs. Berkeley Reference dac 2 In my system, its more about isolating the components from each other. I use Shunyata Venom digital cables on both my PS Audio Perfectwave transport and my Esoteric SACD player. Shunyata Venom power cables to the Berkeley and the Ayre preamp. Then... | |
| dCS Rossini vs. Berkeley Reference dac 2 I haven't spent Big Money on power conditioning. I live in a small town out in Wyoming and the power is quite clean. But since you asked, I run an API power wedge, an older model with three isolation transformers. And I run a Shunyata Venom cord.... |