kren0006
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| DAC Choices - $5,000 to $7,000 Speaking or Auralic Vega G2.1, which is right at the boundary of OP’s $5-7k range, has anyone done a comparison of that streamer/dac versus those discussed in this thread (Mojo, Holo May, PS Audio, Chord Dave, Denefrips, etc.)?TIA | |
| Older vs. newer REL subs I have rel r328 and S5. The S5 is quite a bit better, as you’d expect being more expensive and newer. Different systems. Ive never taken the time to A/B just my impression being owner of both | |
| Where are the young audiophiles? “But it is way better for your purse and creativity to own one of the best audio system in the ratio S.Q. /price than own the best one in audiogon...”Damn right. | |
| Make way for the future.... I’m a Cambridge Edge (their flagship line, compared favorably to Hegel H590 by Hi-Fi News) owner, as well as owning the 851n streamer/dac in another system, and I followed the release announcement of the Evo line closely.It was fascinating to me i... | |
| Where are the young audiophiles? “Much less than 1%”Wow. To read some of the accounts from the period you’d think everyone and their brother had extensive systems. | |
| Where are the young audiophiles? I’m pretty young (well relative to the prevailing crowd here, not to the pickup basketball games I try in vain to keep up with....sigh)) but for the older gents here, at the Hi-Fi height, let’s say 1970’s, what percentage of middle class household... | |
| Lack of Female Representation Maybe 25% of Audiogon posters are women? How would anyone know based on on the non-gender-revealing screen names typically in use here? You never know..... | |
| Where are the young audiophiles? Most brick and mortar audio stores over last 12 months are doing much better than they've done in years. I don't buy that clientele all old. I see younger people in the stores. Nice headphones are in demand and that's a gateway. Things are fine | |
| streaming devices, which would you buy? Of the ones OP listed, CXN V2. I have the 851n in one system, and Cambridge just updated the user app and much better user experience now (not that it was bad before). | |
| Upgrading entry level system Marantz pm7000n under $1k, integrated amp with built-in streamer - natively stream Tidal/Qubuz/Spotify/etc. wirelessly or over Ethernet cable; one-box solution; includes phono stage; class A/B amplifier, not class D. Check the reviews. I have one ... | |
| Naim Uniti Nova compared to Cambridge Audio Evo 150 - opinion The Evo looks nice, but I get a little nervous when the press release leads with and spends more time lauding the aesthetic side panels than it does the sonic merits. | |
| Mágico M6 vs Big Wilson speakers Haha, carey, it's like WC answered your prayers as to this thread. You should get all the info you need on his vids/thread. | |
| What is the actual percentage of people exclusively listening to vinyl vs digital? By the time I was old enough as a kid to buy music, cassettes and boom boxes were the thing and cd’s were just a couple years away. So I never got into vinyl. Now, back into audio last few years, vinyl just seems like too deep a rabbit hole right ... | |
| Klipsch Cornwall IV For sure dbarger tell us about the amps that you’ve tried the CW4 with and about the differences you heard. It sounds like you’ve already tried several with more to come. TIA | |
| Recommendations on Integrated Tube Amp around $5k Audio Research is going to soon release a new integrated amp 50 wpc msrp $5k. I think it is called i/50 |