kingbarbuda
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| Best place to purchase a new Denafrips Pontus II Vinshine is great. Alvin Chee is very responsive and pleasant to work with. Very customer focused. Denafrips products are overbuilt and overperform. I have a collection of DACs and my Terminator Plus and Gaia DDC are prized. | |
| Gamut Lobster Chair I prefer my replica of the Iron Throne. Looks interesting but not very comfortable (needs a cushion). But the swords in the back produce resonances unless you treat the room. #GOT | |
| Recommendation for a highly resolving amp Some highly resolving amps I am personally very familiar with:Benchmark AHB2Bryston 28B cubedFirst Watt SIT-3 and M-2 | |
| Tube or R-2R DAC for Tube System In my own analysis of this it seems like the most compelling DACs in these categories may be:R2R Ladder:Denafrips Terminator PlusHolo Audio May KTETube:Doge Audio Clarity 7Others may have other suggestions. | |
| Best Mesh WiFi System I use and like the Eero Pro 6 Wifi mesh network system for the following reasons:1. Stable system with up to 1GBps download speeds. 2. Very stable. 3. You can use multiple mesh routers. You are not limited to a certain number of them. 4. Regular f... | |
| Tornado and Thunder Power Cables I run Tornados on a pair of Bryston 28B3 monoblocks and they seem to not be creating any issues. I have also used one on a tube integrated. Again no issue. Just good performance from my gear. I can’t speak to the AQ Thunder. But I went with the To... | |
| PrimaLuna Evo 200 underwhelming @holmz. I am getting the impression that you are somehow vested in what my impressions of the KT150s are and that our experiences are in alignment. In one way, that is flattering. But on the other hand, our systems and rooms are completely differe... | |
| sellers trying to sell used product for 10-20% off of list price You know this really isn’t a big problem. I think that it is not needed for the OP to whin about this in a forum, especially since he has a retail history. If a seller has mispriced their item they will find out when it doesn’t sell. No need to co... | |
| Turntable versus tonearm versus cartridge: which is MOST important? @bobbydd I understand what you are asking. But in making your point you used hyperbole and made the comparison impractical. @miilercarbon addressed this. But for SQ purposes and practical purposes, you are not going to put an expensive cart on a c... | |
| Help wanted spending money and improving my system. Per the above and in consideration of what was mentioned above:1. Power: dedicated 20amp line to your listening room terminating in a non ferromagnetic audiophile outlet. 2. Power regeneration or conditioning: PS Audio PowerPlants or Audioquest Ni... | |
| Tubes http://tubedepot.com/ TubeDepot is another good source for tubes. | |
| PrimaLuna Evo 200 underwhelming @holmz which amp do you have? Actually it sounds like you got worse results with triode. That lines up with what I reported above. | |
| PrimaLuna Evo 200 underwhelming @holmz I agree. I briefly compared ultralinear with triode with the new KT150s. It was not subtle. Triode bass was boomier, mids and trebles were subdued and less clear and distinct. Basically everything in triode mode was less clear and distinct.... | |
| DAC That Punches Above Its Price Point @ryder you need to narrow this search down with 1. Budget 2. Do you need balanced outputs? 3. Are you looking for a more detailed sound or a more smoother analog sound? 4. Do you need MQA support? 5. Any other preferences besides the above? | |
| Free Shipping - Be Careful! To circle back, the USPS began tracking my box of tubes once it hit my local sorting facility on Thursday. The box was delivered late yesterday/Friday. All’s well that ends well. TubeDepot took my suggestions seriously and have sent them to their ... |