kren0006
Responses from kren0006
| Higher End DACs OP,You are asking a lot of excellent questions regarding component selection and integration into an already well conceived system. Here’s an analogy to think about, and in advance I’ll state there are additional layers that could be developed but... | |
| TEAC NT-505 - How good is it? Not for me, but I don’t have separates so moot point for me I guess. I use an audio research integrated amp where the preamp portion of it is not bypass able. | |
| Higher End DACs erik_squires,I’m an oddball and really do not. I’m probably the only person on A’gon who went straight from CD’s in the 80’s, 90’s to Tidal streaming in 2019 without ever downloading a digital music file. Skipped the whole Napster/Apple Music/ eve... | |
| Higher End DACs Erik_squires,Teac NT-505 dac/streamer. Dual mono AK4497’s, dual toroidal power supplies, fully balanced XLR, dual onboard clocks, full MQA support, great analog output section, upsample to DSD512, Lumin software, etc.... Amazing dac for $2k ("Esot... | |
| Higher End DACs My whole system is *only* a $20k system, but the Tidal difference between MQA and non-mqa in my system is very noticeable to me. If OP has any plans to ever stream Tidal, I stick by my statement that not having a dac that supports MQA would be a d... | |
| Higher End DACs OP has Mc amp and preamp. Given that, why would he/she even think about pairing it with a warm sounding dac?? I get it that also BW 800s, but I’d still think would want to swing for neutral or slightly analytical. dcs or msb or esoteric sounds lik... | |
| Higher End DACs Wow Dave is admitting something is better than LUMIN! This is a breakthrough! Just kidding (inside joke, he and I have squabbled about LUMIN). In all seriousness appreciate the insight. Dave, how are the less expensive T+A streamer/dacs (if you’... | |
| TEAC NT-505 - How good is it? Congrats! Post up your impressions after you get it broken in.There are lots of filter and upsampling options.FWIW, I stream Tidal exclusively and personally prefer the upsample to DSD512 setting, with the "wide" filter setting. I use XLR cables.I... | |
| Upgrade from Cambridge CXN Yes, Teac NT-505 has a fixed volume setting to output it to a preamp or integrated amp. That’s what I do. There are several NT-505 owners on A’gon who have nothing but great things to say about it (you can see my posts for my opinions - short vers... | |
| You just won a $5,000 audio gear only gift card Spendor A7 | |
| Cambridge Audio Azur 851N Network Player OP, did you ever move forward on this? How did it turn out? | |
| LOOKING TO UPGRADE FROM BW 805 NAUTILUS TO COMPACT FLOOR STANDERS I have D7, not A7. Love them. Driving with Audio Research DSI200. If you read my previous posts (just click on my name) I go on at length about them, haha, probably too much....In the Spendor A4/A7 thread I list the differences between A and D ... | |
| LOOKING TO UPGRADE FROM BW 805 NAUTILUS TO COMPACT FLOOR STANDERS FWIW, I went from B&W CDM-1NT (which I think are same vintage (2000ish) as your 805’s) to Spendor D7.A4’s are nice. Not sure how they’d pair with Mc (possible combo would be on warm side??). Haven’t heard any of the others on your list.Maybe t... | |
| What could be the differences between the Spendor A4 and A7 in terms of sound quality? Don’t take it as gospel : ) Just one person’s opinion.That’s what I heard, but let your ears guide you. One person’s bright is another person’s neutral. And it depends what electronics you’re using of course as well. Before purchasing my D7’s I he... | |
| What could be the differences between the Spendor A4 and A7 in terms of sound quality? I think the various opinions on how detailed or forward or sparkly or bright or whatever term you want to use for Spendor are interesting.Here’s my take on it.For decades, Spendor has had the reputation of producing very laid back speakers. I have... |