kbarkamian
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| Is a DAC Worth It With Airport Express How much better any DAC will sound will depend on several factors. First and foremost are your ears and preferences. It'll also depend on the quality of the internal DAC in your AVR, and the overall resolution of the system. If the AVR isn't good ... | |
| Project Acryl-it Platter Forgot to say...For reference sake, I have a 1Xpression, Acryl-It, Speedbox, and Dynavector 10x5. I use the internal phono stage in my Bryston B60. | |
| Project Acryl-it Platter My experience with the Herbie's mat with the Acr-It is opposite the last two posts. It may have cut down on noise a little bit, but it sounded over-damped to my ears. Overall, everything seemed dull.I really liked the Herbie's mat and I really lik... | |
| wadia 151 dac/amp Dwhitt,I'm going to have to go out on a limb here and say the volume number is arbitrary. If the amp isn't overheating and/or clipping, I doubt you're pushing it too hard. | |
| Rega Brio R vs. Naim 5i integrateds... Excellent points Realhifi. | |
| What about power for Vandersteen 2 speakers? 50 watts does fall between the 40-160 watt range Vsndersteen recommends.If you like the YBA best, keep using it IMO. It's stupid to let others tell you something's better. If you want more power and the YBA sound, and you've got extra money to bur... | |
| Rega vs Burson Dac Just for clarification...The Rega DAC isn't closed in sounding and nor is it distant sounding in an absolute sense. That's just compared to the BDA-1. And the differences in these regards aren't very big between the two, but they are easily identi... | |
| Rega vs Burson Dac I havent heard the Burson DAC nor the W4S DAC, so I can't comment on if the Rega DAC is better or not. Neither are available locally to me, and I'm not big on Internet direct brands, especially when W4S doesn't offer 100% money-back if you return ... | |
| Is McIntosh a stepping stone into HI/FI? A common misconception that a lot of people have IMO is that sound quality is directly related to price. While higher quality parts are more expensive and more often than not cost more, that's not the only thing that goes into the total cost. Mac ... | |
| CD/lossless versus iTunes & Amazon downloads Mezmo'spost was one of the best posts I've read in quite some time.If saving a few dollars is a priority, look for used CDs on Amazon. I've found a lot of stuff that was barely used for pretty cheap that I wouldn't have bought at full retail. | |
| Best Bang 4 the $ Intergrated Amp The Bryston B60 comes up from time to time within the sub $1k range. Rock solid build, reliability, and factory warranty. Very hard to beat sonically IMO (I've had one for 3 years with no desire to change). It's an integrated that's unassuming and... | |
| Am I in the minority? I get the whole physical media thing. I converted to discless playback about 2 years ago. My CDP collected dust for almost the entire year and a half I had it before I sold it.Why does everyone assume you'll never see or buy a CD again if they go ... | |
| Rega Brio R vs. Naim 5i integrateds... The Nait is an excellent integrated. Easily worth the price IMO. Not sure the Brio R has reached the US yet. According to a few people at Pink Fish Media, it's a big improvement over the Brio 3. It's a good bit more expensive, so hopefully it is a... | |
| Whatever happened to Audio Physic? Cardeus ? Audio Physic is still somewhat popular in Europe, I believe. Buy name brands? What brand doesn't have a name? Anyway...I own a pair of Yara Evolution Bookshelves. Easily the best speaker I've heard in it's range. I could say the same for the other... | |
| I-Dac or Moon audio 100D People have reported reliability issues with the iDAC. I haven't owned one, so no personal experience. There's a thread here somewhere.Simaudio makes rock-solid stuff. And they're very clean sounding.Are you sure it's the source and not the amplif... |