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| Denafrips Terminator R2R Multibit, ultimate pcm redbook converter?? What would make this the "ultimate" PCM DAC? Plenty of other high-end ladder DACs. The unknown reviewer is hardly impartial, as he bought the DAC unheard so of course his expectation bias is quite high.Not to say it doesn't look interesting. A co... | |
| Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps The one I wake up next to. | |
| Who is the WORST Audio Shop? Natural Sound is very dependent on the salesperson. There is at least one or two pushy salespeople there who I have seen flipflop position on different pieces of equipment, or try to upsell customers in a very obvious way (think cables). At times ... | |
| Who is the WORST Audio Shop? In defense of Singer (and NYC), I did business with them a few times when they were on 16th St(?) next to Union Square in the 2000s. No "huge" purchases. Was never treated badly. Once they knew who I was on subsequent visits, the woman at the fron... | |
| Who is the WORST Audio Shop? Walked into Fidelis A/V in Nashua NH for the first time a year ago, asking about Pass Labs and speakers. Talked a bit about my going preamp-less experience (DAC into amp) with the sales guy. He went off the rails and proceeded to put me down for t... | |
| Fav Consecutive Albums by An Artist Husker Du. Zen Arcade followed by New Day Rising.Allmans. Fillmore East then Eat a Peach.Also agree with the Little Feat and Steely Dan mentions. | |
| Shunyata Research's Denali 2000T ??? The latest Stereophile has a piece on the Denalis. Says it beats the AQ Niagara line, which had beat out the previous Shunyata line. | |
| Who is the WORST Audio Shop? @jafant "As above regarding all dealers/retailers in the greater NYC area, no surprise there. New Yorkers are well documented as being "rude" all around.Only suckers would patron those establishments."What an asinine and uninformed statement. | |
| Pass Labs XA30.5 in my system? @hardball @jaybe noted "I have this amp, wonderful, hope to soon move to the .8 series." EXTREMELY important: could you please give me your considerations? Well, it's a good sounding amp. Drives my 85db sensitivity ATC speakers just fine. | |
| Pass Labs XA30.5 in my system? I have this amp, wonderful, hope to soon move to the .8 series.Stereophile's measurements:http://www.stereophile.com/content/pass-labs-xa305-power-amplifier-measurements#GIlEwhIt3MzcHIZ2.97 | |
| Audiophile Humor Description of a setup, maybe you’ve seen something like it. Not a joke per se, but still humorous. This has actually been hanging around the web for a while.Turntable - A vintage VIP Boyscout circa 1966 recently upgraded with a custom plinth hand... | |
| Audiophile Humor @dill take a pill bro | |
| Paradigm and Revel Well I guess you could apply this "boring" theory to many aspects of life-- books, favorite foods, etc. But one needs to avoid over-generalizing, and thinking that everyone thinks alike. I've tried many components in my system, and just cause they... | |
| Paradigm and Revel Isn’t the term "hater" a bit of an immature simplification? I owned Revel M106 speakers since they first came out, replacing PSBs. I was enamored with their smoothness and coherence. Got the itch to upgrade after a year, looking for a bigger and m... | |
| Pass X 250.8 or Pass 30.8 question? Aside from the power rating, the sonic character of these two Pass amps is also different. The class A amp is a bit "softer", with less sharp transients, and perhaps a bit more "romantic" sounding. Not meant in terms of a strong coloration, but al... |