jjss49
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| One box do it all for 2500 i would get a hegel h120 (list is 3000, available from retailers at 2500 or close to it)superb sound and power, excellent buildthe hegel h160 mentioned by @soix is an excellent amp, but the dac is a bit old now, newer hegels have a cleane... | |
| Does listening to music increase your IQ? Does listening to music increase your IQ?yes but being here in the a-gon forum decreases it, so net net it is a wash... | |
| What do "audiophiles" use to judge equipment? surprised such a trolly proposition tendered by the op has garnered some serious responses here... as for me, no thanks... | |
| TEKTON IMPACT MONITORS van l in the chicago area and bill @ millersound in pa are the best in the biz... | |
| Anybody else waiting for GaN and Purify to have a baby? @mikepowellaudio By the way, my apology if you are one of my customers and I dont recognize your AudioGon Moniker.i amIts interesting also jjss49 how the "Big Bucks" is the entry amp and best value in the AGD line, the Audion. Its a pair of monobl... | |
| TEKTON IMPACT MONITORS It’s just frustrating to see exchanges that prospective purchasers might find incredibly informative - the ‘I’ in FYI - find their way to the cutting room floor. Perhaps there are reasons of which I’m not aware. i agree with this... it is unfortun... | |
| Streamer/DAC+integrated vs All in one? i second the recommendation for hegel... be sure to get their current gen gear (not older models) as the current gen has their best dac sectionsfor a lower budget option, consider the nuprime ida-8 - doesn't sound quite as nice as the hegels but r... | |
| Anybody else waiting for GaN and Purify to have a baby? @soix ok got it... i will report back with impressions of the $750 gan mini 5 | |
| DAC Choices - $5,000 to $7,000 am currently comparing at length the doge 7 (and an audio note ank 4.1 tube dac) against my references chord tt2/scaler, sonnet morpheus and audio mirror tubador 3seam not through the listening/comparing yet but i can say at 2 grand the doge 7 is ... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend scott exciting to hear of your shoot-out and sorry it is being delayed due to logistical challengestwo things- hope you will use the chord tt2 with the m scaler so that setup can be at their best as a reference- you know, unless you are listening ... | |
| Peachtree Nova 300: good reviews. Any members own Peachtree? YEA or NAY? nicely styled gear with good feature sets, but sonically somewhere between mid fi and real hifi | |
| Importing SACD Players from Japan 100 v ac japanese gear will not work right on our power here in usa | |
| Speaker Wire for Popular Budget System yep - barking up the wrong tree looking for speaker wire to tame 15% brightness - wire will get you maybe 2-3% tilt... if you are going from one extreme to anotheryou got much more serious problems than wire will solve | |
| Anybody else waiting for GaN and Purify to have a baby? @soix --- what gan amps have you personally tried? and what are your thoughts so fari coughed up the big $ and bought a set of agd audions... they are spectacularly good... then on the low end, just for fun, i just ordered a mini gan 5 from tom at... | |
| TEKTON IMPACT MONITORS @carlsbad Remember, Arby's brought out a 1/3 lb burger and it failed because many people thought it was smaller than a quarterpounder....these are sometimes the people you argue with on the internet.love it... 🤣🤣🤣never underestimate the stupidity ... |