jimmy2615
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| DAC Merry Go 'Round- why I stopped at Weiss @jymc that’s funny, you’re right of course. I didn’t realize it when I wrote it how that could be interpreted; telling the difference in a test between two different things 50% of the time is not doing so good! What I meant is that I could tell ... | |
| Moon 340i and Speakers Generally an amplifier shouldn’t “overdrive” a pair of speakers. Perhaps you like to listen very loud (?) or your tweeters might be blown, though you’d probably hear that at any volume. Or there’s something wrong with your Moon - assuming you list... | |
| Primaluna tube rolling 12AU7 Notes Interesting, thanks. Good resource. I looked at a couple of them. I would never have seen those tiny numbers etched in the glass. One I couldn’t find the markings anywhere. The other one had the little right triangle for the Heerlen factory, ... | |
| Primaluna tube rolling 12AU7 Notes @classic8 they’re off labels such as Siemens and Dario, supposedly made by Amperex in the same factory as the bugle boys according to the vendor. They have shorter plates and are ribbed. That’s about all I could tell you about them. | |
| Primaluna tube rolling 12AU7 Notes @yogiboy funny, I just ordered 2 matched pairs of Sylvanias from Brent, he has them right now for $40/ pair. @bolong I also have Sophia’s EL34s. When I had Harbeth 30.2s I preferred these to the PL stock EL34, but now with the Kantas I like ... | |
| Well Recorded Classical Symphonic Recordings Some new ones (for me) that I have been very impressed with in terms of combination of good recording and performance both on Qobuz are: Beethoven, Blomstedt, Gewandhausorchester Schubert, Jan Willem de Vriend, Residentie orkest of The Hague. ... | |
| A DAC for the Oppo 105 Just out of curiosity, have you tried your Sonore to the Oppo using the USB cable? That would be a good way to see if there is a difference between the transport in the Oppo vs just its own DAC. I just tried this myself. I also have Sonore stuf... | |
| A DAC for the Oppo 105 I have a much different take. I own a 105, and I believe the DAC in the 105 is not bad at all. I feel it is the transport in the 105 is not good. I’ve had many DACs over the last few years, and without fail they all sound worse when using the 105 ... | |
| Primaluna EVO 400 Amps/Preamp lacking bass impact Yes. Primaluna recommends trying the different taps to hear which one works best. I use the 4 ohm taps on my Kantas. | |
| Primaluna EVO 400 Amps/Preamp lacking bass impact Thank you Rick. I appreciate most when people can offer comparisons of different gear they’ve tried, otherwise you have to try it for yourself or you’ll never know. That’s one thing (of many) that’s sad about the demise of the B&M stores …. ... | |
| Looking for a streaming DAC around 4k If you really like the touchscreen I would check out the Hifi Rose 150b. If you can do without the touchscreen the Lumins are very nice (like the T2-3) or Bryston 3.14. By the way, if you have a bunch of SACDs, while your Marantz won’t do it, do... | |
| Luxman 509x or Simaudio 600iV2 with mágico A3. I had the A3s with the 509x for a while. It is a good pairing. I never felt the amplifier was wanting in any way. It has good bass, is dynamic and somewhat exciting (not boring at all) and has good sparkly highs. I used Nordost cables with this pa... | |
| Primaluna EVO 400 Amps/Preamp lacking bass impact I have used the XLR outs to the amplifiers and SE outs to subwoofers with no problem. | |
| Primaluna EVO 400 Amps/Preamp lacking bass impact I have the same setup, Focal Kanta 3 with Evo 400 preamp but with Evo300 monoblocks. First off, you are going to get some replies that Primaluna has plenty of bass. I agree with this. However, I don’t disagree with you that the Primaluna could ha... | |
| Small Green Computer - Sonic Transporter i9 (Gen 4) mini review I have the i5 and echo all your sentiments wrt the company and performance of the equipment. I also have the signature rendu and an optical module. All items with their independent power supplies. This option for about $3k. I’ve owned many units o... |