kairosman
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| What the Best Dac have you heard or owned. How could you tell it was that good. One thing to keep in mind when evaluating a DAC is that it is hard since it is not the source, the "source" is the combo of network provider, router, switch, cables, digital files, software and maybe DDC and master clock. I have experienced a big ... | |
| What the Best Dac have you heard or owned. How could you tell it was that good. @jetter excuse me I should not have been insinuating, I should have been more direct: apropos, you are correct that the guy with the smallest yacht at the posh yacht club doesn’t care what I think since I don’t own a yacht and don’t belong to his ... | |
| What the Best Dac have you heard or owned. How could you tell it was that good. @dz13 IME the difference between a good sub $10K DAC like a Lampizator Baltic V4 and a great $25K DAC like a Lampizator Poseidon can only be realized/heard in a high-end system, so it makes no sense to invest $25K in a DAC unless each of the rest ... | |
| What the Best Dac have you heard or owned. How could you tell it was that good. @vthokie83 sold my Terminator II for a Lampizator Baltic 4, for me in my system it is more accurate for tone/timber/pitch and more resolution, bigger soundstage. Tube rolling and cable swapping can tweak the sonics substantially, for better or wor... | |
| What the Best Dac have you heard or owned. How could you tell it was that good. Lampizator Baltic V4 is the best DAC I've had in my system for most vocal or acoustic music, for electronica/ambient and often (not always) large scale symphonic music, the DAC in the Lumin P1 is my preference. Among budget DACs I really like the ... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! @irave I have my S5.5 driving B&W 804 D4s which are at least as difficult a load as your Amatis and the sound is sublime, zero sense of compression or hardening or lack of dynamics. Preamp is a Audio Hungary Qualiton C200. | |
| Stereophile review of the $30,000 tekton speakers @dayglow yup, and the underlying dig is that 5 out of 10 audiophiles who like me would still choose to spend $50K on B&Ws instead of $8K on Tektons are audiophools of the highest order given the obvious cost savings for a "superior" speaker. T... | |
| 15k USD Speakers for Classical and Pop Extended Listening, Near setup, Low volume @ilikeclassical the CODA dealer in Winnipeg that the Santa Barbara dude mentioned is Al who owns Hifi Art (Google the name for the website), I bought all my CODA gear from him, great guy. For speakers, you could consider Dutch & Dutch powered... | |
| Stereophile review of the $30,000 tekton speakers @tektondesign the dealer where I bought my Gryphon amp also carries B&W, during the auditions I was doing with various amps, the 801 D4s were among the speakers used, some others were from Sonus Faber, Estelon, YG Acoustics and Borreson. I did... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! For anyone worried about the S5.5 driving a tough load, it drives my B&W 804 D4s easily, and the D4s are a VERY complicated load for an amp. Lol JA's measurements in the Stereophile review had the ASR zombies frothing at the mouth. | |
| Stuff You Tried To Love My Denafrips Terminator II never convinced - I sold it on after comparing it in my system with a Gustard R26 w/ external clock, which for my tastes was on par with the Terminator for less than half the price. | |
| Yamaha NS 5000 w/ NAD M33 Agree with others here, adding room treatment and a sub will help, but those speakers merit much better electronics, trade the NAD in or sell it and get a Boulder 866 or even better a Gryphon Diablo 333. I have heard those speakers more than once ... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! The Audio Hungary Qualiton C200 tube preamp is a true balanced design and that is what I use to drive my S5.5 - I am getting solid, articulate bass, pure, resolving midrange and sparkling high frequency extension. Wide and especially deep soundsta... | |
| Denafrips Terminator 2 bs. ? I have the following 3 DACS on rotation in my system via the USB output from a Lumin P1 (which has a killer internal DAC btw so I guess that makes 4 DACs actually): Gustard R26 w/ external LHY OCK-2 clock Weiss DAC204 w/ Ferrum Hypsos LPS Lampi... | |
| Help me pick a Dac You have a nice system worth a good digital stack, sell the Node and Gaincell and either go for a streamer/DAC Budget - Lumin D3 or Expensive - Aurender A200 |