jjss49
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| MM phono preamplifier one of the top lehmanns is about all one would ever needor ayre p5xe no affiliation, just own em both | |
| What makes a DAC so expensive? as to what matters in a dac, let’s make this simple, even though it isn’t...a) the digital (bitstream) input signal needs to be received and timed correctly for d-to-a conversion, so clock circuit and jitter reduction is key, this is done by elect... | |
| What makes a DAC so expensive? @listening99 i won’t get into the ’accuracy’/measurements debate... it is old hat, no light all heat - i am into this for musical reproduction that pleases me, in my listening space, really don’t care about the rest... there is a place for measure... | |
| Conrad Johnson or PrimaLuna @tablejockey no my primaluna is the hp version, 4x kt88 per side - sorry i wasn’t specificso in fact it is double the output tubes on the raven or standard primaluna amps@ronragswhich rogue model? | |
| Tubes? @tomic601 much wisdom in your posts about transformers and lost detail earlier in the chainwe shd all remember that when we obsess over gear | |
| Conrad Johnson or PrimaLuna lil sidebar given that this thread asks about cj vs plbut it is interesting miller is so high on the ravensi think anytime a manufacturer offers free extended in home trials it speaks volumes about the overarching confidence they have in their pro... | |
| What other hobby... golf | |
| What makes a DAC so expensive? @djones51 see we woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morningsorry that being on this lil forum makes you so unhappy | |
| What solid state power amp are you using with your Harbeth Super HL5+ speakers? @routeman21 you are conflating input sensitivity with power output, like how far you need to push the gas pedal down in a car to get it to accelerate... a car can have a more sensitive gas pedal... doesn’t make it more powerful at peak output@ryde... | |
| Am I asking too much? personal service is a dying concept in many fields, audio is just onecovid debacle is wiping out many of the few smaller folks still trying to make it by providing good service and customer carewe should look outside our lil hifi bubbles and see t... | |
| What makes a DAC so expensive? @listening99 denafrips is one of several companies that make superb sounding dacs at reasonable prices - as you mention, their ares 2 entry level model priced at a small fraction of top tier dacs in the 5 grand and up range - dena is a chinese fir... | |
| Newproduction power tubes: Reliablity @glupson i may have stated that point a bit too strongly... not to be too scary about this -- more appropriately: when a power tube fails, depending on how it fails and depending on the amp, there may be some ancillary damage -- would be a more ac... | |
| Newproduction power tubes: Reliablity @stereo5 haha stereo, you beat me to saying that | |
| What's the deal with Vintage Tube Service? redwoodhere is a hintfolks who are into and have stockpiled old stock tubes are usually not young... or to be more exact, they are old, damn oldso paper checks, dial tone rotary phones, typewriters and stove top hot water kettles are still recent ... | |
| What do/did you do for a living? i was sarah palin's re'election campaign manager |