kairosman
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| 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 | |
| Benchmark AHB2 in Mono Block Configuration OP, I have owned CODA amps, and previously had a Bryston 4B3. The Bryston was competent but that's not saying much IMO. CODA makes great value amps and currently I am running an S5.5 in my second system, a wonderful amp but perhaps not quite enoug... | |
| recommend PRAT Integrated amplifiers (not Naim) Kinki Studio EX-M1 on a budget Boulder 866 next step up Cost no object Soulution 330 I have a Gryphon Diablo 300 but I wouldn't say PRAT is a strong suit | |
| Seeking Honest Opinions: Your Experience with McIntosh Audio Gear Can't beat MAC on price/value ratio nor for resale and service. Sonics and and build quality can be bettered but only by EXPENSIVE stuff like VAC or Boulder etc. I recently heard the top of the line preamp and it is one of the best preamps I've he... | |
| Meitner MA-3 vs Lampizator Baltic 4 Baltic 4 owner here having upgraded from Baltic 3, big difference in resolution at the frequency extremes. Soundstage is wide and deep. Fed by a Lumin U1 (the big boy not the mini). Previously I owned a Terminator II DAC (fed by an Aurender N200) ... | |
| Songs you use when auditioning gear Art Pepper's Nature Boy if you primarily want to test acoustic instrument fidelity. | |
| Streamers: Lumin U2 vrs Aurender N200 I sold my Aurender N200 to partly finance a Lumin P1, the N200 is an excellent unit but I prefer the P1 fiber optic input's sonic results in my system. The difference between the LAN and fiber optic inputs was not subtle, fiber optic revealed anot... | |
| Looking for 200 watt Amp to drive Dynaudio Heritage speakers Paired with your LTA pre I would definitely go for SS amps a tiny bit on the warmish side (you can get these amps around $6K new, not too far outside your budget): - CODA S5.5 - AGD Tempo di GaN - Jeff Rowland 535 All have the requisite drive... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! @speedthrills yup I think reselling CODA amps might not be as easy as McIntosh, I imagine the circle of CODA buyers and sellers is somewhat self-contained but then also self-sustaining. I’ve owned 3, all were rock solid amps. The S5.5 is $6.5K new... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! Yes I had a #8 and a CSIB and ended up with the S5.5 and agree with Terry it's the best of the lot, and by a considerable margin, at least in my system. Yet it is the cheapest amp CODA makes. I have it paired with an Audio Hungary Qualiton C200 tu... | |
| anybody compare Dynaudio Special 40's/Heritage Specials/Confidence 20's? The 20s will need lots of power especially current like the HSs - I had the HSs and they only woke up powered by my Gryphon Diablo 300. Dynaudio should up their recommended amp power ratings as every Dynaudio I've owned loved power, the more the ... |