jimmy2615
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| What's next after Luxman 550 AX/II with Harbeth C7 The best amp I’ve heard with my Harbeth M30s is the Line Magnetic 845ia. I have some other tube and SS amps here (all more powerful), with separate competent line stage, and still prefer the overall sound of the LM integrated. I went to hear the... | |
| Line Stage Preamps that blew you away $2500 Edition Benchmark +1. Quietest preamp I have ever heard. | |
| Isotek EVO3 Syncro UNI They also have the syncro power cable, which is expensive at $2k but if you use it in conjunction with one of their power conditioners you get then benefit of both. I have the syncro plugged in to the Evo Sigmas, and find it to be a great combo. ... | |
| Review: Holo May (L2) DAC and the Musetec Audio (LKS Audio) MH-DA005 DAC Compaired It would be interesting to do the comparison with a quality level streamer. I would think differences between the two units would become even more apparent. | |
| Aurender N20 Music Server Comments and Observations Lord, the N20 is an AWESOME streamer! It should be for $12k! In fact I think you’re cutting it short. The extra features are a lot of what you are paying for. Its spdif/AES output and clock is super high quality, and ability to convert DSD to PCM ... | |
| Aurender N20 Music Server Comments and Observations Well, it's the best streamer I ever had, I thought it was great! Being able to convert DSD to PCM on the fly, upsampling, a really good clock and SPDIF output, among other features make it very flexible, and sound is fantastic. The N200 in compa... | |
| Aurender N20 Music Server Comments and Observations The N20 is excellent. One thing to be aware of though is it runs very hot. Aurender recommends not putting it in a cabinet. I had mine in an open cabinet and ran small computer fans on it. There's so much processing going on inside (FPGA, upsa... | |
| Amplifiers in use with big Harbeths (Mon 40 series) that work very well The Benchmark AHB2 monos with LA4 preamp, M40.2 Annie’s, 14 x 21 room is stunningly good. Quietest background I have ever heard, never bright or harsh, balanced top to bottom. Perhaps not as liquid as some other SS and tube amps but otherwise ve... | |
| Shunyata Alpha/Delta NR Line. I recently tried the alpha and delta V2 in my system on loan from the cable company. I also tried a Voodoo cable (don’t recall the model but it was very thick, large gauge). My system was already wired with Nordost (Tyr and Frey). I did this becau... | |
| Amp for Focal Diablo Utopia Colour Evo I’m a big fan of JRDG, owned several of their products over the years but unless they’ve changed something the 535 class D amp is getting pretty long in the tooth technology wise - I had the same Pascal modules in the Continuum integrated and it j... | |
| What are the current useless terms in this "audio world" +1 ‘gobsmacked’. Nothing wrong with it just overused these days. I don’t see anything wrong with ‘reference’ if used appropriately. That is, if the person is saying it is their reference. Just like someone might use Budweiser as a reference fo... | |
| DAC Choices - $5,000 to $7,000 @quanghuy147 I have had both in my system. The Mojo has a certain naturalness to it that is rare IME, I describe it as moving from the recording booth into the studio. Especially on red book 44.1 material it is really good. The Terminator howev... | |
| What loudspeakers do you have your Primaluna amp paired with? I've heard the PL dialogue premium pre and HP amp driving Vandersteen Treo CTs and it was really, really good. The dealer also had Audioquest Dragon PCs on both pieces which he said accounted for a lot of the good sound. I can attest to the effe... | |
| Tannoy Turnberry SE vs Kensington SE - Semi Review @stevevn. I only had the two together for a few months. I commented on this above - at retail prices the Kensington is about twice the price of the Turnberry. I bought at used prices, at which I thought the upgrade was worth it. Tougher pill to... | |
| Is there a point of diminished returns with amps and Harbeth 30.1s? Suncoast audio has a new YouTube video up of the M30s being driven by Luxman’s new limited edition Integrated, and it sounds fabulous. I understand the new integrated amp is similar to the 590. Luxman and Harbeth are a great match. I have the M... |