lpretiring

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Line Stage Preamps that blew you away $2500 Edition
The Hornshoppe "Truth".  $2500 would buy 2 of them with change left over. Priced too low for many to take seriously.  
On ''what there is''
The OP, yes. 
On ''what there is''
I think I've found my Geoff Kait replacement. 
Suggestions for a replacement dac
 Had the Black Ice in home for about a week but returned it. Ended up buying a Topping D-90MQA. Felt it had better soundstage, along with improved transparency and yet is very musical. Have it for about 6 months working flawlessly. New current mod... 
My Experience With Tekton
@waltersalas Some very well thought out review of Tekton forum history here on Agon, and IMHO extremely accurate. 
A MEMBER IN NEED OF SUPPORT
Here's hoping for a speedy recovery from that horrific ordeal.I'm grateful that your family is safe and survived without any bodily harm.Best Wishes,      LP 
Anybody else waiting for GaN and Purify to have a baby?
I ordered the Mini Gan yesterday. It checked these boxes for me. I am in need of an amp. I want to find out what this class D stuff is all about. The specs seem to be a good match for my gear and I love the small footprint. Ideally I will use this... 
Anybody else waiting for GaN and Purify to have a baby?
@jjss49Do you plan on having the Crimson 275 within the Mini 5 shootout? I'm hoping so. Good comparison for the more budget boys. I know your time with the Mini 5 might be limited, so either way thank you for your contributions to help benefit the... 
PrimaLuna Evo 200 underwhelming
Might want to try working with the speaker positioning. 
PowerBall Lottery Winner
Buy one of everything. Then you can take your time and figure out the ultimate SOTA combination in home.Congratulations by the way! 
What speaker do you passionately want to demo?
@mijostyn, I can’t agree with you on the theory ’that the last thing you want in a room is a perfectly omni directional loudspeaker." I listened to them and (albeit a short audition) loved them.I also have heard MBL’s several times and on some occ... 
What speaker do you passionately want to demo?
@roxy54  I can understand how you feel. I at first likened them to the monster in Alien. But to me I find them compelling, and an improvement in appearance over my Tektons. lol 
What speaker do you passionately want to demo?
Bayz not yet available base model! Heard their flagship Counterpoint model briefly near the end of Axpona 2019. That model left me wondering if it could do all aspects of sound reproduction as lifelike as what I was able to audition with the limit... 
Cable Goop Review George is going to freak!!
I don’t understand why there isn’t a stronger following of the Mad Scientist graphene enhancer.$50 buys a .5ml bottle with a 30 day money back guarantee.It is in my system for a while now and offers a very nice improvement along the lines being de... 
Noise floors
Where is nonoise when really needed?