kairosman
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| What did a good 10 MHz clock do for your Gustard R26? @magon what settings are you using for filter and NOS mode? What cables are you using? Most importantly detail what your definition of imaging is, I find significant differences between people in how they define that parameter... | |
| What did a good 10 MHz clock do for your Gustard R26? @vinylvalet +2 IME ie in my system the R26 is an imaging champ and not rolled off at all on top. Funny how system-specific all gear is, makes you wonder about the true value of reviews or even forum-combing for consensus on a particular piece of ... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! @aolmrd1241 Some of these amps didn’t last in my system very long (the NAD and Kinki monos only 3-4 months, ie I just could not get some of the amps to sound right in my system) some were/are integrateds, and this list is in no particular order:... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! @tmac1700 faster more dynamic and much more resolution yet less sibilance more refined more open/airy. Rare combination of sonic virtues. Despite the lower wattage vs the #8 it has zero problems driving any of my speakers including some B&W ... | |
| Coda #8, Pass XA25, or Schiit Tyr to replace PS Audio M700 @thriftyaudio yes I am sure you must feel that way about your speakers! Another good amp choice for reasonable money is the Denafrips Apollo which is biased heavily into Class A; it runs hot, and it’s heavy as hell, I think around a 100lbs - but o... | |
| Coda #8, Pass XA25, or Schiit Tyr to replace PS Audio M700 Owned the #8 V2 great amp for the money, probably the V2 is what you need for those very insensitive speakers. You must love them truly for you to go to these lengths to keep them! I went the other way and got rid of 1 set of hard to drive booksh... | |
| Comparing Aurender N20 vs eversolo dmp A8 IME everything in a digital source chain right up to the DAC is important, cables too. Also the differences between an N20 and A8 will become more appreciable the more high-end all the rest of the system components are. That being said I think fo... | |
| Experience with Lumin L2? @brianbonf had mine for 1 month now and it is by some distance the best sonic upgrade to my system since I went digital 5 years ago. However, and this is an important caveat, I have an all Lumin front-end now, the P1 and U1 in separate rooms, the ... | |
| 15k for streamer and dac....how much on each? If you go separates a 50/50 % split is recommended. Good all-in-ones are the Tambaqui, Aurender A20 and Lumin P1 (I have a P1 and it has more features than the other 2 all-in-ones I mentioned, and its cheaper). One thing I've discovered recently i... | |
| What the Best Dac have you heard or owned. How could you tell it was that good. This comment isn’t directed at anyone in particular, but the goal of obtaining giant killer aka "unicorn" gear (DACs especially) has been IME a fool’s errand that’s cost me money and time better spent on just buying the very best gear I can afford... | |
| What the Best Dac have you heard or owned. How could you tell it was that good. @calvinj i know of Ron, what does he do for a living btw? Just curious lol, great DAC collection, I follow a Lampizator thread he started on that forum. | |
| 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... |