jallan
Responses from jallan
| Budget preamp recommendation...besides Schiit. What’s wrong with Schiit? I have found that the Freya+ is quite responsive to different tubes, thus giving the ability to tailor the sound effectively. | |
| dac and streamer or seperates I would recommend Aurender NH150 and Schiit Yggdrasil. Works well for me! | |
| Why on earth? If you have ever heard the careful tube rolling comparisons by Tyco Dogg on YouTube,, I think you might change your tune that one can’t hear meaningful differences on YouTube. You can. And the format may be lossy, but it’s not terrible, especially... | |
| Warranty repair wait times - serious industry problem?? My recent experience with Cary repair was really excellent and rapid, quite the contrary to the above! My Cary SLP05, which I bought used out of warranty, needed repair and the total turn around time, including shipping both ways, was about 3 w... | |
| Streamer Selection - Thoughts Requested Please! I run an Aurender N100H with a Yggdrasil (OG) for several years and haven’t had the itch to upgrade. It sounds GREAT. I agree that when I got the Yggdrasil it was a gob-smacking upgrade. Macs may be quieter than most pc’s, but when I replaced my M... | |
| Is low cost DAC worth it? I bought my son a Schiit Modi Multibit in December 2021 and I was astonished at how great it was. It had lots of drive and life- I would characterize the sound as exuberant. It was far better than any of my older dacs. $300! | |
| The mistake armchair speaker snobs make too often In regards to ATC, I would argue that the consumer is getting a better deal, because the in-house design offers higher value for the same price. My SCM35’s with a ScanSpeak tweeter always sounded hard on top. My SCM40 II’s ATC-made tweeter is far ... | |
| Cable elevators I remember the Mapleshade demo rooms featuring a giant spider web of cables suspended from the ceiling, with their exceedingly thin cables being clad in thin clear styrene or the like. The sound was always unrelentingly hard and harsh. I never lik... | |
| Cable elevators I think it depends heavily on the construction and shielding in the cables. I couldn’t tell anything different with my AQ cables with DBS. But with tiny and thin Mapleshade cables with virtually no shielding by design, it makes sense to get them o... | |
| Are Sales Down Speaking of prices, I note that ATC speaker prices are down significantly, like 25%, according to the latest Absolute Sound loudspeaker issue. Music Direct shows these lower prices as well. Really good price/performance now! | |
| Final? ARC Chapter... Good news. Mr. Cora is a good guy, and yes, I have always seen his products driven by Audio Research (although I read he used VAC gear at Axpona). | |
| Digital Dilemma I recommend Aurender N150 + Schiit Yggdrasil + Quboz (I have an N100H). Very happy, play my records maybe once per year! | |
| Best Floorstanding Speakers Buyers Guide 2023 ! That’s “granite “ from the stone business as in countertops. In a scientific classification, the cabinets are not granite per se. Lots of stuff gets called “granite “ that isn’t. The stonework is Impeccable. But the name matters in terms of under... | |
| Best Floorstanding Speakers Buyers Guide 2023 ! The Acora cabinets are made from gabbro, not granite. Granite has quartz grains in it. Gabbro does not, and it is the coarse grained equivalent of basalt, where granite is the coarse grained equivalent of rhyolite. Granite has about 70% SiO2 in it... | |
| Thinking of Magnepan ... finally! Whenever I have listened to 3.6’s, I did not feel the need for a subwoofer. I would consider matching 3.7’s with a set of Schiit Tyr’s. |