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| What ever happened to Mark Levenson? internet conflation at its best, right here ... 😆 | |
| Audio Mirror Tubadour III Upgrade talk directly to vlad @ am... he is a straight shooter, won't waste your money | |
| Streamer question streamers are dedicated computers designed to produce a pure low noise bitstream, and they rely on software to work and interface with the user and a menagerie of streamed music sourcesthe software aspect, and the integration of the software with ... | |
| analog to digital to analog conversion the form or technology used for conversion one way or the other is less important than the resultonce analog has been converted to digital it doesn't know what equipment was used to get it there | |
| Are "vintage" DAC's worthwhile, or is this a tech that does not age well yes -- this is a pretty good thread, with some good knowledge and perspectives that may useful to many - especially for those who don’t need more modern usb based connectivity of course like with most well populated a-gon threads, you have to filt... | |
| Best dac under $2500 - comparing build quality and technologies Question for all. Is Schiit multi bit an r2r design?yes they use leftover adapted medical industry oriented r2r chips to do the d-a conversionso they are r2r but on a chip, not using discrete resistor ladders (not that that is a positive or a nega... | |
| Looking for an amp that punches way about its weight and I can grow with for high value very good performing solid state amps, a used ava synergy or odyssey amp is very hard to beat for performance and build quality for the money, for a smoother more laid back sound with tremendous bass control, a w4s st series ice pow... | |
| Best dac under $2500 - comparing build quality and technologies many many dacs out there, new and old, with varying designs many can sound excellent, in the right systemit is about understanding your use case, your preferences and system synergysometimes the differences in sound can be rather subtle (heard onl... | |
| Thoughts on Active/Passive Speakers? Looking for pros and cons. actives can be simpler, more convenient, space efficient, as the amp and speaker are one (at least till something doesn't work right)passives are decoupled, so they offer choice/optionality of amp/speakerperformance, value, cost depend totally on ... | |
| Looking for an amp that punches way about its weight and I can grow with They are both very extended and transparent. Deep resolving bass Smooth. Grain free highs. Exceptionally quiet. Large image. I thought the ZOTL40 with its EL34 tubes had a little more forward midrange “bloom”.I thought they lacked some “flesh on t... | |
| Looking for an amp that punches way about its weight and I can grow with always have a fire extinguisher available and wear fire retardant underwear when listening to mcintosh gear... | |
| New Bluesound Node – First Impressions Has anyone done head to head comparisons with another streaming device against the Node?search my posts in digital section from last year... i tried 5 dedicated streamers against the node | |
| Parasound A21+ vs MF M8 500S vs Cary 200.2 ES vs Hegel H20 when i had the cary slp98p i felt the unit was very euphonic, rather rolled off on both freq extremes, a very caramel type of sound... moreso than counterparts from cj, arc, modwright... ymmv | |
| Conrad Johnson vs Van Alst it is true that the op has not mentioned what speakers he is driving... that may influence his choice, but the two models he mentions are of similar rated powerthe ava will certainly play and sound a touch sharper and more incisive than the cj amp... | |
| Thoughts and experiences on the Spendor SP100 R2 s8e is a nice speaker, top to bottom... but it has a rather recessed midrange that is the anthesis of what i feel makes spendor’s classic line of speakers so darned specialon its own the s8e is very listenable, until you compare it to sp1 or sp1/2... |