jallan

Responses from jallan

Trends in value of vintage / used audio equipment?
My original GAS Ampzilla must take the crown with its decadel VU meters!   
Needing DAC Advice
You can grab the Yggdrasil OG as the GS model for cheap. It has an exuberance to it that I find compelling. I think it is far more satisfying to my ears than others near it’s price range.   the Freya+ is a really excellent preamp with the right ... 
Which sounds better 2 way or 3 way speaker design
In my own experience with the ATC lines, three ways always sound richer and more lifelike than the 2 ways   
2025 Audio System Wish List Time!
Aurender N200 for me to replace a N100H. If the New Year is especially nice to me, some more tubes from Brent Jessee to play with!  
Top 10 Live Albums
New York Stories (Blue Note), exhibiting Danny Gatton’s ability to play, well, anything. Beautiful jazz guitar, nicely recorded. Bobby Watson and Roy Hargrove, amongst others too.  
How does 10+ year old technology compare to modern: Musical Fidelity M1 DAC
George, what competes with a Yggdrasil that isn’t double or triple the cost? I am trying to decide whether I want to buy another Yggdrasil GS.   
ATC SCM40A speakers
Any heard with this speaker, I will get my comment right eventually!  
ATC SCM40A speakers
I add that my amplification setup sounds better than any that I have heard, not better than any available! I bet the Gryphon 333 Diablo would sound amazing if one wanted only solid state amplification (or its little brother), and I bet that an Aud... 
ATC SCM40A speakers
I run my SCM40V2’s with a Cary SLP05 with ultimate upgrade and Raytheon VT231’s and CBS Hytron 5692’s (latter in input buffer). I have a hard disagree with use of the passive or active versions with a tube preamp. I replaced my otherwise excellent... 
Looking for High Quality Streamer Only Options (NO DAC)?
Used Aurender N100H. They are $900-1200. The Listening Room typically have several for sale, and one can buy confidently from them.  
Downsizing from tower to bookshelf
I will put in a plug for the ATC SCM19’s. No sibilance. Tremendous soundstage. I run SCM7’s in my bedroom on top of a dresser with rubber sandwich isolators and couldn’t be happier. All of the ATC Entry series are easy to drive- I use the original... 
System assessment...
Congratulations on retirement! I’m in the same situation as you, and have been upgrading after many years of stasis in my system. I addressed high end hardness with replacing speakers and my preamp. Building upon excellent advice here, I have lear... 
Do you have a perfect digital marriage?
My Aurender N100H feeding a Yggdrasil sounds pretty darn good, but I lust after the N200 which should be my next purchase! If I win the lottery, I will get what George Prentice has!  
Acoustic Panel Help
+1 for @larryi ‘s comment. I have a wall-hung plasma tv between my speakers (which are placed about 3 feet in front of the wall) and my imaging is precise with a great sense of 3-D instrument location. The tv does not seem to affect the imaging (t... 
Advice for headphone amp and dac
My son has had good luck with a Schiit Vali (his is not microphonic; I wonder if the previously mentioned example had a microphonic tube in it) and Modi Multibit combo. It drove my Sennheiser HD800S’s with drive and authority with a really exubera...