kirk9
Responses from kirk9
| Warm, rich but detailed SS preamp (made you give up tubes) Absolutely love my Wyred4Sound STP-SE. It's very neutral without the sterility you sometimes associate with neutral. The new Benchmark LA4 has the same design philosophy and I'm sure would be another great choice. | |
| Preamp recommendation Wyred-4-Sound STP-SE or Benchmark HPA4. Both use similar design philosophy. Can't go wrong with either. | |
| High end Class D amps? Ncore, Purify or Benchmark is where it's at. Hook one of these up to a high-quality preamp and you've just arrived at top-notch sound on a relatively bargain budget.I have a March Audio Ncore design with a Wyred-4-Sound preamp and couldn't be happ... | |
| High end stereo preamps? Worth it? I've read many on here saying no preamp is the best preamp.I could not disagree more. I know it may not make sense, but adding a quality preamp brings realism and depth to the music. And I'm not talking about coloration. Something is lost in the i... | |
| Have you changed your mind about a brand? Was it you, or them? Schiit Audio. I bought their little headphone amp a couple of years back for my son. So completely unlistenable. I don't know if I got a bad one or what, but it should have never left their grounds. It just really turned me off of that brand. | |
| Preamp suggestions, yes again If you can afford a bit more...https://wyred4sound.com/products/pre-amps/stp-seI absolutely love mine and I believe I'd have to spend a considerable amount more to get this sound (or lack thereof).The exception may be the Benchmark LA4 Line at $2600. | |
| Magico vs the world So many good speakers in the stratospheric price ranges. I’ve been to Axpona over many years and these are my top 6 that always impress...Raido 5.1Lumen White LumyereMagico M3/M6Wilson Audio AlexxFocal Utopia GrandAcoustic Zen Crescendo | |
| Has anyone else auditioned something that really was terrible? Schiit Audio Magni. Granted, this is only a $99 headphone amp, but how in the world can they sell it? Hard to describe actually, but it produced some really strange digital to analog conversion. Maybe I had a flawed unit, but I returned it the ver... | |
| Demo'ing Class A amps, Appreciation Suggestions from those who recently been there Save your money and buy a modern Class D. The Benchmark AHB2 is the one to beat. Even the run-of-the-mill Hypex models will blow away nearly any Class A. I know, I'll catch a lot of flak for this post, but just give a listen. | |
| Preamp recommendation Wyred4Sound STP-SE - I have the standard model and I'm very satisfied. I can't imagine how the upgrade could be better. | |
| MQA? I’ve only tried a couple of MQA albums and after long listening to both, I am not inclined to buy any more.Using the same recordings, I can certainly tell the MQA versions are different, but not any more "real" (which I know is subjective unless y... | |
| What used speaker would you buy with $20,000-$35,000 and why? You really need to hear anything by Acoustic Zen. I also like Raidho, but they are rather expensive in comparison. |