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| How does Donald Fagen do it? fagen and becker were well known to be perfectionists, and because of it, total pains in ass when producing their records (or at least their later ones post katey lied after they figured stuff out)... they used absolutely the best studio musicians... | |
| BEL 1001 MK5 driving Joseph Audio Pulsars @mesch you are a longtime owner of the bel 1001 mk5? that is one legendary amp i have always been curious about but never actually had oneis it in the pure and clean school of ss amps or more warmed up and fattened a touch like pass or better hege... | |
| Integrated amp for Focal Sopra 2 if you are entertaining solid state (tubes typically sound better with focals imo) then you should try a higher end hegel... ridiculously good sound and a very good value too (though hardly cheap, for sure)no affiliation other than being a very ha... | |
| Jaw Dropping Improvement? i run the node 2i, very familiar with reclockers, which can be transformative of some jittery transports/streamers... but i did not feel the rca spdif output of the node 2i needed it if one uses a good digital cable | |
| preamp for CJ premier 11A power amp opit has been a couple decades since i had a premier 11 a amp... remind me does that amp have 4 and 8 ohm output taps?the b&w 804's are fairly high efficiency but impedance in the bass dips kinda low iirc... think 4 ohm taps will do better dri... | |
| Harbeth vs Vandersteen vs Sonner i would agree w the statement that lossy cabinets a la spendor harbeth et al provides a sympathetic distortion in the mids and midbass, warming up and giving added body to many types of music, and critics are accurate to say there is a level of ho... | |
| Holo Audio May DAC @snackeyp quick qdoes the may have the ability to adjust the volume of its analog out with its remote, so if you wanted you could run it directly into a power amp as a sole source?or is it a 'straight' dac with fixed analog outs only? | |
| Gave up my SET----looking for moderate to higher power replacement options purest sounding lowish power ss amps i have heard in my system are jun kimura san’s 47 labs gaincard and related peter daniel audiosector patek se (which i have still kept) ... not sure they will do their magic in your specific applicationbut you ... | |
| Raven Osprey with Spatial M3 Sapphires rexi like all three and at this time can’t pick a favoritethe audio mirrors... being SET has most bloom and classic tubey ’roundness’ and ’meati-ness’ - lovely sweet single ended sound but with plenty of power to grip the woofers and get loud with... | |
| What are you streaming tonight? charlie haden (rip)land of the sun -- on qbzw gonzalo rubalcaba and joe lovanobrilliant... | |
| Arcam Integrated Amps yeah i too got burned with an arcam avr receiver... well known power supply problem... 60 pound paperweight... money down the toilet :( | |
| Best DAC For My Setup Under $10k +1 to soix's question...what are you trying to improve over the qutest?m scaler might be the ticket if you want more smoothness and dimensionality to go with the crystalline dynamic sound of the qutest | |
| Best tube amp and setup for me? yes i would be careful with the direct sale from china chi-fi stuff... things go wrong you need help you are on an islandthere are other good value decent used tube amps used you can pick up that can be serviced here in locally (assuming you are h... | |
| Raven Osprey with Spatial M3 Sapphires i agree with tvad -- ring up clayton -- he is quite accessible and easy to talk to, very knowledgeableif the tube amp you are considering has 4 ohm taps then it should be fine w 30 wpc push pull kt66 configuration if your room is of average size a... | |
| New Audiophile going crazy life is hardthen you die:) |