kren0006
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| Has anyone else auditioned something that really was terrible? Well I hesitate to say “terrible,” because audio is so subjective. But, since you bring it up, one of the oddest and most eye opening auditions I’ve ever done really drove that point home to me. The speakers were Klipsch La Scala (the new ones wit... | |
| Whats in your second system? Thx! To be honest, I’ve not yet heard either system in final configuration as listed, as each was finalized just today from my local dealer on a good virus sale right before our state shuts down tonight for two weeks. So I’ll have to wait a few w... | |
| Whats in your second system? My second system is in my bedroom:Spendor D1 mini monitors;REL R-328 subwoofer;Cambridge Audio Edge W power amp;Cambridge Audio Azur 851n dac/streamer;Audioquest Powerquest 3 power conditioner;MIT Terminator 4 speaker cables and ICs;Signal power c... | |
| Thinking of buying a pair of Splendor D7.2... I might suggest a used Audio Research DSI200, which can be found in your price range. It’s what I use to drive my Spendor D7’s. It’s solid state, class D, but doesn’t use off the shelf modules like most class D today. ARC designed the circuits to ... | |
| Is anyone else streaming Amazon Music through a Dot. My 10 yr old daughter does and she loves it. For me, borderline unlistenable, although I appreciate some of the different artists available (EG, Garth Brooks) on Amazon v Tidal. She’s my audiophile in training and for now the dot with dedicated am... | |
| Best integrated/power amplifier under $6000 I haven’t heard the Krell, but it got soundly beaten in a head to head shootout against a Hegel 390 and I think a Levinson in a recent review. The Hegel won. This despite the Krell and Levinson costing thousands more. I don’t have an opinion on it... | |
| Jeff Rowland Daemon – Reviewing The JRDG Superintegrated Flagship Amplifier Appreciate the thoroughness of efforts here by OP in this thread. Well written and passion for the craft really shows through. Enjoyable read! Nicely done good sir | |
| Higher End DACs iFi Pro iDSD claims to do DSD1024 and costs $2.5k. Dave you sell that one too, right? | |
| Class D is just Dandy! I just finished reading this thread from the start. I have to say that of all the areas of audio, I find the class D debate to be the most diehard and in some ways hardheaded; its almost like politics. I think, like a lot of things in life, the da... | |
| Has anyone heard the new PS Audio Strata, Integrated Amp/DAC/streamer? So Strata now appearing on PSA web site product page, listed at $2999 USD.Not available for sale yet, product page says still in beta testing , but the PSA forums actually clarified (Paul himself, within last 10 days) won't start for Strata until ... | |
| Acoustic Suspension sound in 2020? Spendor and NHT bookshelf/mini monitor speakers generally acoustic suspension.I have several challenging installations (inside cabinet, on table, near rear wall or side wall, etc.) where sealed enclosures have advantages, so between the two brands... | |
| upgrade Dynaudio Special 40 to Kef Reference 1 I do think it’s strange that when you go to the Kef website, they list the blades and the LS50 as their flagship lines, and the ref line and everything else under hifi lines. At least it was that way up until a few weeks ago haven’t checked recent... | |
| upgrade Dynaudio Special 40 to Kef Reference 1 Kef and Dynaudio sound totally different, in general. I prefer Dynaudio sound but that’s just me. Dyn’s are typically harder to drive (more difficult impedance curves, lower sensitivities). Kef is good too though, especially if it is important to ... | |
| Has anyone heard the new PS Audio Strata, Integrated Amp/DAC/streamer? PSA site has clarified that Strata will have a chip-based dac (unlike Directstream Sr, for example). The dac in Strata will presumably be upgraded over the one in Gain Cell Dac/Preamp. The chip is ES9016 or 9018, I forget which (16 I think), for ... | |
| Has anyone heard the new PS Audio Strata, Integrated Amp/DAC/streamer? Yeah I think I’d prefer the Hegel amplification stage to the others (just a guess) but I wonder about the Hegel streaming interface???That said, the PSA fans are diehard and I would love to hear some of their products. Unfortunately direct only no... |