jimmy2615
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| What settings for a Marantz SA-10? Yes, I do the majority of my listening that way. I think that CD format through the marantz is slightly better than streaming but it is very close, hard to tell. I'm perfectly happy with the Lumin > USB > Marantz using Roon and Tidal. I e... | |
| What settings for a Marantz SA-10? Funny, I found the exact same settings as Phillyb to sound best in my system. I too have had mine for about 4 months, and break in has been long. How do I know I hear a difference? I bought a Lumin T2 at about the same time and have A/B'd them ... | |
| New DAC or New Streamer or New Streamer/DAC I have the T2 and it is really good. Using Roon also, I have never had any issues with the network. It is always ready to go and works great. I have tried it streaming in to the Marantz SA-10 and there is a slight improvement in some areas with th... | |
| Intergrated Amp For Tannoy Turnberry GR The Luxman 550 is great with these speakers. It is class 'A' so it runs hot. Do not be put out by the class 'A' power output (20 w/Ch). I had the AX version driving Turnberry SE's. If you don't like the heat, the 505 or the 507 may fit the bil... | |
| Why no Class D integrated love? (from manufacturers) Don't forget Rowland / JRDG - they have been making Class D integrateds for at least 10+ years now. I had the original Concerto with Harbeth SHL5 and thought it was a fantastic combo. | |
| How Good Is The DAC in An Opportunity UDP-205? It is very good. DACs do not sound all that different from each other anyway. I have compared the Oppo to Sony HAP1Z, Bryston DAC3, and Meridian 218. Overall the Oppo was better than the Sony, it's a tie between the Meridian and the Oppo depend... | |
| Luxman Integrated - What do they sound like Responding to twoleftears' post: I had a hum in my AX550, still under warranty. It wasn't that loud, but not normal. I sent it in to the new USA distributor (Luxman USA). They did a fantastic job repairing the unit - great service from my persp... | |
| Any experience with Tannoy loudspeakers? I have the Kensington's. I agree with Mulveling on the recommended toe in - baffled is a good word (because presumably the manufacturer knows what they are talking about). They did not seem to image well when I tried it. My room is 21 x 14 and ... | |
| Oppo 205 and external DAC? I'm running my 205 into the Bryston BDA-3. I bought the Bryston almost purely to test what differences there might be. The differences are very subtle (as I believe most digital sources to be) but noticeable. The two DACs are similar enough tha... | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers Thanks Prof for the information. This is useful for me since most of these are speakers I would be interested in but will probably never hear -seems we have similar tastes. Since you are from Canada I assume there's a chance you have experience w... | |
| Tannoy Turnberry SE vs Kensington SE - Semi Review No, I have not. I would think they would be quite similar though. You mention the 'smaller' cabinet but they are very close, 100 liters vs. 105 liters volume if I remember correctly. It's almost like they were trying to make the Kensington more ... | |
| best way to connect pc to dac Steve N., are you saying that the "noise" carried by the USB cable corrupts the bits that the "receiving system" decodes, or are you saying the noise enters in to the "Receiving system", bypasses the decoding function (because the USB interface on... | |
| Budget American made speakers? +2 Tyler Acoustics! Excellent value and sound/build quality. | |
| Is there a real difference in sound between Media Servers (without built-in DAC)? Why would two units putting out the same bit stream sound different than one another? Isn't it the DAC(s) decoding the bit stream that would sound different? Or are some of these servers doing some internal processing to the bit stream? Is ther... | |
| My JL Audio sub is dead. What exactly happened? To be fair to JL, I still have the same sub I mentioned in my March '17 post. To recap, I am on my third one now. This time my dealer replaced the amp with a new one sent by JL almost a year ago, and I have been using it a lot with no problems s... |