kingbarbuda
Responses from kingbarbuda
| Power Cable from wall to my conditioner? *correction of typo: that is Delta NR (not HR). | |
| Power Cable from wall to my conditioner? My recommendation is (without taking into account your current experience with cables and your budget) is to explore cables that have frequent resale here and on the other secondary market platforms. This way if you try one, and you find something... | |
| Need under $1500 preamp for my system I too love the Freya+. I own one. Great sound. Three different modes. Fully balanced. For lower price points you can do a lot worse than start out work gear from Schiit and move up from there. | |
| Moving up from a Node 2i Agree with the suggestion regarding the Lumin U1 Mini. I recently got a U1 Mini and converted it to use an SBooster. Sounds great and has got super DSD upsampling capability. It’s a Roon endpoint too. That is how I use it. I also have an Innuos Ze... | |
| Schiit vs. Mytek vs. Chord - looking for some thoughts I have a prior generation of Bifrost Multibit. I do also have the Qutest and the Brooklyn DAC+. The Bifrost Multibit is on a HeadFi setup. I like it a lot there and I have not tried moving it over to my speaker systems. I am using the Mytek Brookl... | |
| Which of these power cords ? For the budget you are looking at I would suggest either the Shunyata Venom or the DH Labs power cords. Besides both being well constructed these are good choices because DH Labs are very available and often available new at a discount. Cable Co i... | |
| MM Cartridge for music on the heavier side I second the Ortofon 2M black, which I enjoy personally. I am not recommending buying a used cartridge, but I have seen them used for $499. | |
| Best used DAC under $750. Actually that is $699. Sorry for the typo. | |
| Best used DAC under $750. You can get a new redesigned Schiit Bifrost for $669 plus shipping. To me that would be a real contender. | |
| The Music Room - Boulder Colorado I too have had a bad experience with The Music Room. They poorly communicate. They don’t follow up and when they finally do, it is after much emailing them to solicit a response. They low ball me on trades. They are not open on weekends in my expe... | |
| Phonostage Advice There is another Aleph Ono on usaudiomart too. | |
| Another Music Direct Catalog observation @wolf_garcia correct regarding the great jazz talents playing today! Agreed with your list. If you have Roon, Tidal and Qobuz, anyone is in a great position to discover the trove of excellent young jazz talents playing and recording today. Plus a ... | |
| Cables from TT to phono stage to preamp @ctwith3 I started out with the Venoms and upgraded from there to the Deltas, where I will stay. | |
| Cables from TT to phono stage to preamp Here is what I have:VPI Prime Signaure with Ortofon 2M Black cartShunyata Delta RCA cables to one of multiple phono stages that I am playing around with but will weed out soon:Simaudio 310LP and 320S power supplyPass Labs XP-17Musical Fidelity NuV... | |
| Another Music Direct Catalog observation @millercarbon exactly!I live in Chicago and have been to MusicDirect. I have met their sales team, seen them in action, been in their warehouse and listening room. I have also attended their massive record sales on the weekends. They are booming a... |