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| Magnepan 20.7i Amplifier Pairing op many recent threads on amps paired with maggies -- search bar above is your friend short answer - ultra clean ultra pure ultra powerful solid state - of which there are many out there, but none inexpensive... | |
| Channel Island Audio I thought I read that Dusty had died? ozzy ย https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=179449.0 | |
| Channel Island Audio indeed but dusty is retiring to hawaii i believe... there are worse things that can happen to a hifi enterpreneur...ย ๐ | |
| Bascom H. King Passed oh my goodness, r i p...ย so sad condolences to the king family and all that loved bascom | |
| Tubes getting hard to come by? Why do you even bother posting jjss? sometimes i wonder myself... ๐ it is a such hard, worried-filled life we lead in expensive-tube-amp owners tip-top-1%er land... oh, and then you get old, go deaf and die... wonder how the tube amp aficianad... | |
| Too many choices for R2R DACS--opinions appreciated well done and well said @alvin1118 @chayro to your point about chords, there is a hugo tt2 in between the qutest and dave, it is an excellent alternative as well... those coupled with the m scaler yield some one of the finest digital front end s... | |
| Physics Question: Why does cabinet volume matter so much to bass response? ย this will get you started to understand this somewhat complex subject | |
| Tubes getting hard to come by? I've noticed that both Upscale Audio and the Tube Depot are running out of tubes, or, at least, they are limiting buyers to ONE TUBE PER MONTH (UPSCALE) or simply out of many popular tubes omg the sky is falling... ๐ | |
| Too many choices for R2R DACS--opinions appreciated i would agree, having tried all denafrips dacs, that the pontus is the sweet spot in the line...ย ares 2 for me had sibilance issues moving up the line, the higher tier ones are nice, but there are many many many alternatives in the 3 grand and ... | |
| Internal DAC quality vs external DAC's the real, not so fun answer is it all depends one box integrated units can be very good, but of course lack the flexibility to decouple the piece-parts - at the same time, they can be smart buys - for example an older gen hegel h160 has an older ... | |
| Need Help: Can't recall which hi-end R2R dac had an optional preamp board? msb chord weiss bricasti totaldac dcs emm all have line preamp/volume control capability (if limited to no addโl analog line inputs, though plenty of digital ones) | |
| Recommendation all-rounded speaker (small room) op should be a good match, small room, smooth yet powerful accuphase driving enjoy | |
| How do you make a final decision on a DAC I can't seem to get the Denafrips Terminator out of my mind. part of the fun in this hobby is to scratch the itch... i am itchy like all the time ...๐ | |
| Too many choices for R2R DACS--opinions appreciated op mhdt or soekris, both are excellent, high performance, high value entries | |
| DAC Upgrade Dilemma - PS Audio Digital Link III w/Cullen Mod to Direct Stream DAC vs we like what we like, itโs all good it is good you tried, and came to your own conclusion - that is more than many do here... it is true newer is not alway better, and system synergy counts for much you did not say whether your directstream has... |