jond
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| How old is too old for a Dac? @lowrider57 ah well that makes much more sense and I would agree in fact generally speaking I think budget gear, not just Dacs, do sound better than they used to. Cheers. | |
| How old is too old for a Dac? " Also, I think today’s designs have better analogue stages than older DACs. This may be the reason for the most dramatic difference in performance between DACs. This allows a more natural presentation, even the budget models."@lowrider57 just cur... | |
| What is most important part of a system? @cymbop pretty sure a phono cartridge is a transducer so you agree with the OP? :-) | |
| Shout Out to Zu Audio's customer service Cool great to hear that, I loved their room at Cap Audio Fest, an oasis of chill good music and good sound. | |
| How old is too old for a Dac? Well let me see I just put an Audio Note Dac 3 Signature in my system and it sounds fantastic! It was built in 1995 making it 22 years old. It is certainly as good as, and I am starting to think better than, my Yamamoto YDA-1 a highly regarded Dac... | |
| I'm considering replacing my passive preamp with a tubes. Is it worth it? I totally agree with jmcgrogan2 it depends but I see some pretty cool tubed preamps for sale here in your price range.https://www.audiogon.com/listings/tube-blue-circle-audio-bc21-1-tube-preamplifier-upgraded-9911-2017...https://www.audiogon.com/l... | |
| Blood Shot Records @sbank If you mean the Asylum Street Spankers no they are a now defunct Texas swing band out of Austin. | |
| Old Amp vs. New Amp Not sure where "high repair costs" of older tubed gear are coming from. Point to point wired tubed gear is pretty easy for a competent tech to repair, to me its one of the bonuses of running tubes. My amp is 17 years old, I've owned it for 10, in ... | |
| Cerious Technologies NEW Graphene Cables Pretty sure my 10 foot single wire pair weighed 11 pounds for context. | |
| Agoners: Need Advice! Have 3K to spend on an Amp, what do I do with no way to audition? To echo what someone said above a great strategy is to buy used, tons of great SS amps in your price range and below. Buy smart and resell and try something else until you settle on your final amp. If done right it can really cost little above you... | |
| Best standalone music server? uberwaltz of course you are entitled, sorry I was just objecting to the characterization of Tidal as a ripoff. I should point out that this statement: "Now just as an example, I bought some cd,s say and I decided I did not like them, well I am g... | |
| Best standalone music server? Sorry but you guys are wrong about Tidal its the total opposite of a rip off. Think of it this way how much do you spend a month on cds? In my heyday of buying cds I would easily spend $100 a month. Now for $20 I have essentially 250,000 or howeve... | |
| Best standalone music server? @uberwaltz just curious are you ripping your cd's as flac or mp3s? | |
| Old Amp vs. New Amp petrela just curious you mention tubes a few times and your speakers are certainly tube friendly but you're not interested in a tubed power amp? To me a lot of tubed circuits are timeless and well designed point to point wired tubed stuff is rela... | |
| Blood Shot Records @mac48025 if they have anything from The Asylum Street Spankers I highly recommend checking it out. |