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iseland

Responses from iseland

Speakers sound too bright.
As someone once said " shiit in shiit out " or something like that.  Someone else mentioned esl15a as a comparison and I would highly recommend that speaker instead of what you have,  on the other hand it's a bit more expensive 😉   
Need to learn about Audio Research
I still have a LS25 mk1 made in 1998 from what I see , it's still rocking 😎  Got all new capacitors about 4 years ago, and voltage regulators . Great preamp!  
Soul Note DACs
If it makes any sense,  the clock makes the room bigger and you get better separation between instruments . And that's very good to begin with, it just gets better with the external clock.   
Soul Note DACs
@bluethinker  I saw your pm , unfortunately I'm not trusted with the ability to reply on pm so I'm gonna post some of my impressions of the very excellent soulnote d-2 dac with the external clock x-3 ! As you all can see on my system page I did ... 
WHO IS ATTENDING SOUTHWEST AUDIOFEST SWAF IN DALLAS THIS WEEKEND!
Maybe about 4 years from now , if the planet is habital still 🤔   
Upcoming Trip
Valco vmk25  Excellent value   
Vinyl sounds better (shots fired)
Vinyl sound different   
The DAC Scam - Almost everyone believes the hype
What a load of bull ...  
Recommendation for phono stage
Moonriver audio 505 .    
Buying used audio equipment in peron in Canada
Was that a rant ?   
Does this make sense
How much would you ask for a headshell? 🙂  
Streamer Recommendations
Here is one more very happy innuos pulsar owner 😊  Top tip , get the best innuos you can afford 😁  
Power Amp or DAC - weakest link, help please?
To quote a YouTube person,  start with the speakers 🙂  
R2R next? Don't like ESS
@sls883 mine aswell! I think it's magic involved in the 4 ess chip solution 😁  
R2R next? Don't like ESS
As I have repeatedly said in several posts on many forums,  IT IS NOT THE CHIP IT IS THE OUTPUT STAGE and implementation and power supply that makes the biggest difference in sound . My current dac converting one's and zeros to music by ess 9038 p...