jjss49
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| Buying advice a step in the harbeth direction would be to get harbeths, better more natural less hifi sound, for sure | |
| Considering a POSSIBLE replacement for speakers. Opinions? got it, thanks for that billzame | |
| Considering a POSSIBLE replacement for speakers. Opinions? @soix I’m not one to make recommendations blindly, but I’d highly recommend you do an in-home trial of the LSA-20 Signatures available here from the manufacturer for $2299/pr. You have pretty darn good speakers already IMHO so won’t be easy to sig... | |
| Importance of the Preamp in a system search - there are excellent past threads discussing the pros and cons of using a linestage in a separates system | |
| Need a DAC Recommendation. IMHO, buying a used DAC is like buying a used cell phone.i read these words but i have no idea what this means, what is the point... i have bought and sold 20-25 used dacs over the past year plus, ranging from $400 to $4000, and have been able to ... | |
| Can a Bluesound Node 2i power supply really be upgraded? i haven’t bit the bullet and gone w roon yet but of all the streaming softwares i have tried (and have tried about a half dozen) i like blu os the best... it is not perfect but it is very good, though you need to do updates reasonably often... it ... | |
| warmest speaker cables you've heard? All speaker wires must come in the following temperature configurations:WarmMedium-WarmMedium-ColdCold.what a great idea - hehehe...where is consumer reports when you finally need em?? | |
| Best Integrated Amp (for me) For the money, you’ll be hard pressed to find a better integrated for that money the the Acurus DIA100MKll is a wonderful sounding integrated with plenty of power and wonderful dynamics’s. Read the reviews.maybe 'for the money' it is ok, but i had... | |
| streamer to DAC connection what streamerwhat dac | |
| Hegel H190 or Musical Fidelity m6si to drive Thiel cs1.5 i haven't had thiels for some 15-20 yrs... yes they like poweri have no reason to dispute others' saying the mf has good synergy with thiels... many mf units certainly can deliver the watts and they sound goodbut you won't go wrong with the hegel ... | |
| Streamer Advice / Recommendation for Denafrips R2R DAC bluesound node 2i or the newer revision just called the node1 and doneyou can spend more on a bitstream source (innuos, mytek, auralic, lumin, aurender and so on) ... it won’t sound better feeding the pontus in your system | |
| warmest speaker cables you've heard? we all want our stereo rigs to sound good to ushow we get there, any of a myriad of ways, is fair gamebut some ways are smarter and more practical than othersthere is no right or wrong | |
| Should the sound level in Triode mode be lower than in Tetrode yes3 db difference, all else equal | |
| DENAFRIPS DAC ---- Owner Impressions, Feedback, General Discussion, Questions and more.... just so folks don’t misunderstand my earlier post, the denafrips pontus voicing is quite middle of the road in terms of treble energy, it is quite balanced top to bottom overallas @twoleftears said, the bp unit is one of the most rolled off soundi... | |
| Best Integrated Amp (for me) opmy suggestion of the hegel is solely for the quality of its amp section ... consider the dac and streaming features freebies* * * * *@audioconnection op said -- "I’m looking to spend somewhere between $500-$1000."johnny, if you have a used belle... |