jjss49
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| Chord M-Scaler and Should I Want One? @nyev i have not tried plugging the m scaler into the weiss reason being daniel weiss states that the 501 does internal clocking and upscaling input signals at 195 khz -- which was chosen by them as what they felt optimized the sound, so in eff... | |
| Gustard - Warranty Repair in the US? one of the downsides of chi-fi (at least those brands who have not yet set up a stateside service center) nice to save $ at the purchase, but no free lunch goin' around | |
| Chord M-Scaler and Should I Want One? I wouldn’t say the M-Scaler is about clarity. It’s more about weight, balance and a certain relaxed naturalness. i agree with this... with the right accompanying dac (in my case the hugo tt2 or an older musical fidelity trivista), it is about ... | |
| Bragging rights..... i think @stringreen was kidding... | |
| What’s your latest high-end audio purchase? @bgross Ok so just came across some incredible Tungsram, NOS 12ax7/ecc83 that might not be high-end, but that make my high-end lineatage play like I’ve never experienced before. Have run through, Sovtek, Mullard, Telefunken, Genalex and now the... | |
| Bragging rights..... well done @mapman same idea different implementation on my part, of late weiss 501 streaming dac, into classe power amp, to speakers... of course there is a gaggle of gear for a clean network signal and subs supporting speakers... but the mai... | |
| Speaker Cables for ProAc D30RS? one set, good quality pure copper - many choices of makers... no need to spend $$$ pine tree audio, audio sensibility, raven, qed, numerous others, or more basic models from kimber audioquest straightwire and so on... please do not get sucked up ... | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear @roxy54 i am glad you continue to make the effort and hold us all to high standards 👍 his complaints and sarcasm notwithstanding, i think even juan’s writing has improved 🤣 | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing as @mapman says, all measurements, reviews, user comments, seller and dealer claims are neither here nor there they are all proxies, good bad or indifferent, for how any item will perform in your own system, whether it will please you, improve th... | |
| You want a DAC that sounds *different.* What factor helps you find it? @hilde45 i’m not sure if this is at the heart of your original question but i would point out that in my looong road traveled with numerous dacs, high and low, is that i learned alot from what features any dac had (some more than others) in term... | |
| Magnepan .7 Alternatives lots of good comments here, valuable reading not just for the op, but for many having or interested in the smaller maggies key points: -- room appropriateness and setup for any speaker choice is always critical - the dipole maggies illustrate th... | |
| Why do so many members seem afraid of making an audio decision? excellent, on-point comments from @sns @whart @mikelavigne pretty much sums it up for me | |
| Personality Type? @roxy54 it has been 30 some years since my test, but my index finger still hurts from the needle prick for the blood draw! 🤣 | |
| Mark Levinson & Others aged thread here but fwiw, i would agree that among purported high end brand name amplification i always felt levinson and jeff rowland were meh... luxury housings producing mediocre sound | |
| You want a DAC that sounds *different.* What factor helps you find it? @tvad happy to see you back and posting, sharing info @hilde45 to answer your question -- what @tvad says!! 😁 i'm not kidding...but bear in mind the price level of dacs listed, to which i would add several others i experienced in a similar f... |