jjss49
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| Confused as to where to go next...looking for warmth agree w millerthat arcam avr is the major problem - head over shouldersthen, as more minor adjustments...- try streaming qobuz instead of tidal, its sounds warmer- gumby is a good idea, or find a used metrum dac, or a neko d100 - all well under a ... | |
| Thoughts on a system upgrade. what do you wish were improved about how your system sounds?your system is pretty nice and seems reasonably well balanced in terms of components | |
| Looking for preamp reccomendations opbecause you said in your opening post you have mc7270 tube power ampis it my reading or your writing that is problematic?i am only on my 9th beer this afternoon, but i think i can still read hahahaha | |
| Let's be a little meta: What topics are most hotly debated? @uberwaltz unfortunately, your cynicism is well placed and on targetfor every almarg there are twenty turds and clownstoo bad, reallystill, it is our collective responsibility to strive for higher standards like al had set for so long in his contr... | |
| Subwoofer Recommendation for Harbeth SHL5+ you will never go wrong w RELsthey just work with music | |
| Let's be a little meta: What topics are most hotly debated? don’t care which topics are debated more or lessit is all worth discussion -- so long as the discussion is intelligent, objective, informed and rant free | |
| Looking for preamp reccomendations you narrow the field alot when you say tube pre WITH PHONO STAGE WITH REMOTE for 2 grandsuggestion - unless you are absolutely whetted to the mcintosh tube amp - it would be much smarter to get a nice tube (or good sounding ss) integrated amp with... | |
| External DAC? @lalitk and some would call those you mention (as good as they are) exactly that... "cheap toys" ... LOLvalue judgements are always in the eye of the beholder@fuzztoneto me the metrum flint/amethyst is superior to the topping which i bought and su... | |
| Think fast: What would you take? "Just to be clear hereAudio is one of the last things that would enter my head in that situation.All material possessions that can be replaced, your life cannot."Finally, someone who lives just a bit little outside of this self indulgent bubble of... | |
| ls possible to make digital audio sound like analog/vinyl i thought the objective is to make digital and analog reproduction sound like real music | |
| External DAC? big greg’s statement and experience notwithstanding...i replaced my node 2i with brooklyn, auralic and lumin streamers (3-4x cost of the node) running SPDIF BNC into the same DACs I had at that time -- Chord Qutest, MHDT Stockholm, Schiit Bifrost ... | |
| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice you can even pull power tubes out while its playing and the amp acts as if nothing happenedNOT RECOMMENDED... seriouslymight be true for ralph's amps but this is something that is best NEVER to do | |
| External DAC? d90 or qutest will outperform your node 2i internal dac substantially, will be heard clearly through your dynaudiosmqa is over sold over hyped highly inconsistent in delivering its promise - good dacs converting redbook signal will outperform mqa ... | |
| Magnepan 1.7i Amp recommendations hildei think the exceptions are few more 'normal use' (depends on room and volume level obviously, or have one monster of a tube amp)even little maggies suck a lot of juice, and furthermore, most maggie users will say the speaker needs good power... | |
| Hegel H390 or NAD M33 for Bowers and Wilkins 802D2 speakers? NAD was certainly stuck in purgatory using that poor icepower class d module on all their much hyped ’Masters’ level units, some folks like ej sarmento at w4s figured out how to make it sound pretty decent, but NAD never didglad they have finally ... |