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| Speakers for daughter @mjs what did you choose for your daughter? | |
| Best bang for buck integrated amp for $500 Follow up on my earlier post about the Brio R and Wharfedale Diamond 12.0. The speakers were fairly new when I wrote my previous post. It took them a very long time to fully break in. The treble is no longer “forward” and the presentation is ple... | |
| Cheapest but good cables…. Oops, linked directly to product page in the first attempt to post and it was removed. My bad. Speaker cable: perennial favorite “budget” cable, Audioquest Type 4 in plain wrapper from Audio Advisor. Interconnects: Black Shadow available here o... | |
| Best sounding low power (under 80watts) Class AB amp? What about an Odyssey Khartago Extreme? Over 80 watts per channel, but not a monster. Naim also came to mind along with Ayre. | |
| iFi iPower X - hifi bargain? @ozzy 😊 | |
| iFi iPower X - hifi bargain? @ozzy thanks for the feedback. So the iPower X doesn’t walk on water in every instance - good to know. It is possible the power circuits on the EtherRegen are fairly sophisticated and capable in their own right. From the product website: ” ... | |
| iFi iPower X - hifi bargain? @alexberger interesting. With a Chord QuteHD, I am now using a modified MRCU power supply (Furutech rhodium IEC socket, upgraded fuse and silver DC lead) that I had been using with an Arcam irDAC, and it sounds great - much better than the stock ... | |
| iFi iPower X - hifi bargain? All, thanks for the input. Interesting and so far consistently positive results. For fun I may try getting one for either my DAC and/or my phono pre and swapping with my linear supplies to see what that does. | |
| iFi iPower X - hifi bargain? I have several aftermarket linear power supplies from MCRU and Swagman Labs powering my Chord DAC, Project phono pre, and even my Amazon Fire TV Box, and I am very happy with them all. They allow experimenting with different power cords which als... | |
| Thought I’d share: Nicely done and practical DAC review @abnerjack good catch. It really didn’t read like it was written by Darko. But I agree with @mapman’s original point, it’s a very helpful and well written review. One comment involving the headphones focus of this review, it’s great for that appl... | |
| Denafrips 12 anniversary | |
| Rhodium...hmmm This is one example of someone taking time to evaluate similar cables with different connector plating. It squares with my experiences. kn | |
| Rhodium...hmmm @clearthinker you may not hear a difference between pure copper and rhodium plated copper. I have built a lot of cables and I do. As I said above, YMMV. kn | |
| Rhodium...hmmm I have assembled a lot of PC’s myself, and have used modest cables from name brands like Shunyata, Audioquest and Isotek, and I have used some boutique built silver plated PCs purchased on Audiogon. For bulk cable I generally use Furutech and am ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Ojos Del Sol - Y La Bamba I am currently obsessed with this 2016 release. |