itzhak1969

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Does anyone have a Schiit Yggy DAC?
DAC shouldn’t get too warm it’s not amplifier,if Schiit DACs tend to this something must be technically wrong with their design. 
Buying a Simaudio Moon
Please note there are 2 models 260D is CD player with inner DAC and 260T is a transport without DAC and it's useless if you do not have dedicated DAC . 
Buying a Simaudio Moon
There is fix retail price I don't believe you will find sigficiant differences between dealers. 
picking speakers (and electronics) for a relatively large room - new
I don’t understand you intend to invest $13k for speakers and overall about $20 so only 7k for the rest of the system ?If so it’s a huge mistake trying to move speakers properly with system that cost overall half will not fulfill the full potentia... 
Which Transparent speaker cable to chose?
Try the Tellurium Q Ultra black series I use them in my  system including their speakers jumpers they are very transparent cables , it's like the the notes emarge from black silent dark background ,very natural and neutral cables with robust dynam... 
Cambridge Azur 851C
Heard the 851C at my dealer showroom long time ago when I auditioned some speakers.Excellent CD player. The best one Cambridge ever made. 
McIntosh MB 50
Check the SIMAUDIO MOON MiND 2 .very good option too. 
How many brands use own drivers?
Proac . 
Looking to upgrade from my Goldenears
@bigjohn9095  If you liked the Legacy Focus go for them !Didn't hear them but they seem very good speakers . 
Berkely Alpha Dac 1 with Oppo 205?
In general blu ray / DVD are not good as transports.It’s better to invest in pure cd transport (without build-in DAC) with the Berkely Alpha Dac 1. 
Need a new CD player
Simaudio Moon 260D remarkable CD player with lots of good reviews . 
Looking to upgrade from my Goldenears
why do you want to upgrade your Goldenear Triton 5s ? 
Differences between cd transports?
Yes I agree pure CD transport and a good DACextract more information off he CD since I upgraded my transport to Sim 260T and McIntosh DAC I don't miss my vinyl collection anymore and I don't hear any difference between CD's to hi-res music files. 
Looking for speaker recommendations
I would stay away from B&W speakers they can be very nice as beautiful furniture in the leaving room but are awful speakers, extremely unmusical : weak bass,bright mid and edgy highs . 
Differences between cd transports?
George,I don’t know from where you took this information... Simudio has its own Proprietary CD drive system mounted on gel-based 4-point floating suspension for vibration damping .comparing to the Cambridge CXC the 260T offers much more details , ...