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| what tubes to relace inmy fosgate phono section This person is a good source to add to your research. Andy is a congenial and appears to be knowledgeable person. http://vintagetubeservices.com/ | |
| Anyone bought direct from ps audio and returned it? I been down there a few times. Took a tour, met Paul, bought some power cables and an Stellar 300 amp. Hain't never returned noth'n. But I would be astounded if you had issues in doing so. | |
| Budget DAC ‘18 There are several of these on Ebay https://www.stereophile.com/content/peachtree-dac149it-da-converter-page-2 | |
| Jolida Integrated or Rogue Integrated MAgnus Cronus II I don't know noth'n about the Cronus or Jolida but I do like my RP-1 and the support from Rogue is, as I have said before, confidence inspiring. | |
| Looking for THE amp to anchor my system, Krell, Plinius or maybe a D Stereophile review on the 700 https://www.stereophile.com/content/ps-audio-stellar-m700-monoblock-power-amplifier-page-2 | |
| Looking for THE amp to anchor my system, Krell, Plinius or maybe a D For Class D what about the PSA Stellar 700 monos? They are just shy of $3K new. I am pretty sure they do a demo trial. Very Recent IcePower implementation. I dont know if they ship to CA though. But they are a good outfit to work with. I ... | |
| Tube Preamps..... Research Rogue Audio. The RP-1 is $1.5K and the RP-5 is $3.5k . I really like my RP-1 and the folks at Rogue have been really confidence inspiring on the phone. Only issue is no Balanced out until you get up to the RP-7. | |
| Have you moved from tubed amplification to solid state amplification... Why? I didn't move from Tubed but I did settle, as others, on a hybrid. Tubed pre and class D amp. Happy for now | |
| Internet Radio: Good music that sounds good, who do you like? RadioParadise. Commercial free and user supported. Has some options to stream FLAC as well. www.radioparadise.com | |
| Need tube preamp recommendations please I listen to Deezer @16/44 (FLAC) with a Wadia 321 DAC and class D amp. I added a Rogue audio RP-1 to try and shave off the sharp edge. Running this for ~2 years and Just switched over to Mullard tubes. Been pretty happy with it. Wish it had Ba... | |
| What other streaming services do you recommend besides Tidal? I have used Napster, Spotify and done a trial of Tidal and Deezer at the premium level. Sound quality for 16/44 was the same for Tidal and Deezer. I like the Deezer interface better and at the time Deezer had many more millions of tracks but now I... | |
| Does anyone use hearing aids when listening to your hi-fi audio system? This is fairly recent so I will post for posterity. I have classic Noise Induced Hearing Lose (NIHL) also known as Noise Notch. One of the most significant losses are transient like cricket chirp frequencies. I remember when I first got my Oticon ... | |
| Best used DAC for $250? The is also a PSA DL3 for $296 at the Music Room | |
| Best used DAC for $250? The Music Room has 2 Peachtree Dac iTx for less than $200 and a Peachtree IDAC on Ebay for about $350. | |
| D to A converter purchase.... I gots a 321 and I like it. The 321 is also a preamp as well and I don’t think the Shiit DACs are. I normally front the 321 with a Rogue RP-1 but that is down while I embezzle money to shop for vintage tubes, so the pre in the 321 has come in hand... |