kennyc
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| Should I graduate to floor standers or will larger bookshelves suffice? OP- I heard the Revel be speakers at audio shows and I liked the sound. Also got some favorable reviews. But I know some didn’t care for the sound. Like most thing high-end audio it’s a matter of subjective sonic preferences - it’s best to listen... | |
| How to make the Focal Kanta No. 2 speakers sing? This is a good tread. Reminds us to address the weak links in our audio chain and to address the room. Agree that the OP needs to deal with both room and electronics (pre and amp). @deep_333 I admired your detail effort to help to OP use what h... | |
| Thoughts About Turntable Upgrades the quality of my analog source is not on par with my digital source. @rblondeau - exactly. As spending increases, the analog generally sounds noticeably better. After that, one must spend significantly more on the DAC to reach a sonically co... | |
| Subwoofers: Ported or sealed? In high-end 2 channel audio, it seems that the highest subwoofer fidelity would measure ruler flat down to 20hz, and below that hearing threshold accuracy is of minimal concern. Therefore the Perlisten D215s performance here seems phenomenal, am ... | |
| Acoustically Treating a Bomb Shelter Totally joking. Pretty cool to have that unique story with the space. Living through the cold war with nuclear missiles pointed at each other was frightful. Good luck on your room acoustics. | |
| Acoustically Treating a Bomb Shelter Acoustically Treating a Bomb Shelter Do you mean muffle the sound of an explosion? How loud do you play? | |
| Integrated Amp ideas for a very young audiophile Usually high-end audio is not catered to the young, I surmised most in this hobby usually started later in life for adults with more disposable income, therefore nothing targeted as “kid friendly”. I guess one can teach the kid to use it, but pow... | |
| Integrated Amp ideas for a very young audiophile +1 Vanatoo. Loved the sonics at AXPONA so picked up a pair. | |
| any current integrated amps in market have great dacs? “Great DACs” cost more to build. In integrated amps, DACs quality somewhat generally increases accompanied by increases in price - no free lunch. | |
| How easily can you distinguish between different DACs? @audiodwebe yup, you got the answer - try in own audio chain to see if you “subjectively” like the change. Audio chains, power, rooms, and especially preferences are so unique that it’s best to try in your own audio chain. | |
| Help settle a streaming argument! for the best sound quality available, you should eliminate the USB cable and it’s inherent problems by connecting ethernet directly to your DAC for streaming @eastendhifi Thats comforting as I have a DAC with built in streaming - was wonderin... | |
| Horns with good timbre and tonality? +1 Volti Audio. In my search for a neutral uncolored and high sensitivity for exploring tube amplification starting with flea watt 300B SET tube amps, I've purchased the Volti Rival 100db. I heard the Volti Razz sounded great at separate audio sho... | |
| any current integrated amps in market have great dacs? Aesthetix Mimas with optional DAC card. Agree that a separate DAC is sonically better for the money. | |
| Step Up transformer I’ve been wondering the same thing, whether to try a quality SUT. My carts are Lyra Etna, VDH Van Cru, Aida Mammoth Gold, Koetsu Rosewood Sig Plat, Koetsu Coralstone D. I have the VDH Grail SB transimpedence (current) phono stage to drop the noi... | |
| Mystere ia21 a good integrated ? +1 @yogiboy - That LSA amp an impressive suggestion, I was surprised at the high quality sonic performance available brand new at this price point. Not many in high-end audio but this looks like a bargain. |