knownothing
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| Experience with iFi SPDIF iPurifier2 Thanks @kota1, these are the only iFi products I have tried, and they are very high value. | |
| Experience with iFi SPDIF iPurifier2 @fuzztone sounds like you consider the iPurifier2 input as “oh wow” and Toslink as “OK”. That is my experience too, at least between the Bluesound Node and either of the DACs I’ve tried: coax+iPurifier2 > coax > coax+iPurifier2+Toslink to DA... | |
| How much does a DAC do the more expensive it is? +1 for @bolong reference to GoldenSound review of the HoloAudio KTE May DAC, but I would also watch part 2 in which the reviewer tries to describe objectively and subjectively how all that technology translates into what he hears. Spoiler alert, ... | |
| How much does a DAC do the more expensive it is? @simao first off, absolutely stunning listening room. Secondly, I feel like some of the focus in this thread around DAC cost isn’t really giving you all the tools that will be helpful to you in discerning different qualities of DACs at different p... | |
| Did the Old Receivers Sound Good? I love this thread. It’s like a tour of every party I went to in high school and college. Listening to many systems then, I figured out pretty early on it was all about synergy, and specifications didn’t mean a thing if your amp didn’t pair with y... | |
| Warm and accurate bookshelves that can handle volume Plus one for Sonus Faber for “accurate”, “warm” and high volume capable. ATCs are certainly “accurate” and have a very high performance envelope in terms of loudness, but I doubt anyone would characterize them as “warm”. I have listened extensiv... | |
| Warm and accurate bookshelves that can handle volume Hmmm, you can have “accurate” and “warm”, but it usually means flat-ish frequency response up to 15-17kHz and then rolled off response above that to reduce listening fatigue. So, actually “accurate” across all frequencies except the very highest ... | |
| Speakers for daughter @mjs KEF Q150 seems like a good daughter speaker. I am sure she and her crew are enjoying them. | |
| 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 ... |