markcdaniel
Responses from markcdaniel
| Competitive class D amp suggestions Nord Acoustics NC500 MKII Dual Mono Amazing Amp, my new favorite. I like it better than my PS Audio M700s and/or BHK 300. | |
| How many amps do you own? Main Amp - PS Audio BHK 250Secondary System - PS Audio M700sHT system - EMotiva XPA-7Office System - Schiit Vidar x 2Main Pre-Amp - PS Audio BHKSecondary System - Parasound P6HT system - Yamaha 3080Office System - Schiit Freya+Main DAC - PS Audio ... | |
| Quarantine/Vetting by Admin prior to allowing "Company Is Dead" Threads to go live I don’t know about you, but I don’t want an admin that I don’t even know deciding what posts I should see and which ones I shouldn’t. This is a very slippery slope. Who is to say that the admin is even qualified to validate or refute the statement... | |
| Integrated tube amp under $1000 / $2000 +1 on Rogue and Prime Luna | |
| New to the two channel world - Advice needed on preamp In your price range, I would not hesitate to recommend the Schiit Freya and the Parasound P6. Both excellent pres with different “sweet spots”. The Freya has a passive mode, a JFET mode and a tube mode. With plenty of balanced and AE inputs and mu... | |
| List your state of art headphones for smart phone use! My new favorites are JH Audio Roxanne custom fit IEM. They are molded to your ear so they seal perfectly and are extremely comfortable. Dynamics, Treble, Bass are all excellent. I replaced Audeze LCD-3 and Foster THK900Mk2 and haven’t looked back. | |
| Best used turntable(s) around $1500.00 for playing metal and rock I am a lifelong metal fan. I use a Rega P3 with a Hana SL MC cartridge and a Rogue Audio Ares phono preamp. This combination has handled everything I have thrown at it from Slipknot and Korn to Tool and Alice In Chains and sound great doing it. | |
| Separate DAC or continue using the Oppo UDP-205 I have seen a couple of Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ going for around $1100 here and on US Audio Mart. Retails for $2k new. Fantastic DAC with tons of configurable features, nice OLED screen, 2 headphone amps for 2 SE or 1 balanced and has preamp in/outs t... | |
| Bought a pair of Magnepan LRS. Should I buy a Schiit Vidar or Bryston 3B-ST? I have two Vidars in a secondary system and they have effortlessly driven everything I have thrown at them, including Maggie 1.7. In mono, each Vidar delivers 400W into 8 ohm and even though it is not officially rated for 4 ohm, it will handle ju... | |
| Fedex issues I stopped using Fedex years ago when, instead of delivering my HSU subwoofer, the driver snuck quietly to my front door and put a try again tag on the door. I was home the entire time and he never even attempted to ring a doorbell or in any way no... | |
| Best speakers for max. $3000? I would go with Focal Aria 936, which can be had for $2650 on US Audio Mart - https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649541113-focal-aria-936-audio-speakers/The HSU sub is a great sub, keep it and pair with 936. I have the exact same configuration in... | |
| Bookshelf Bake Off @gadios How right you are! My shortening of the short list has become an epic fail, but I do appreciate everyone putting their 2 cents into the pot. Although my original objective is in ruins, the outcome of this thread is better than I expected. ... | |
| Bookshelf Bake Off @pgaulke60 As luck would have it, I will be in Atlanta tomorrow. | |
| Bookshelf Bake Off @b_limo That is actually a good idea, I have Focal 1028Be in my primary listening system and the 1008Be would put me one speaker away (cc1008Be) from being able to integrate the listening and HT systems and retire the DefTech BP9040's currently ru... | |
| Bookshelf Bake Off I should have also included my listening tastes. Here is an approximate distribution of listening time by genre.Heavy Rock (Korn, Tool, etc) - 40%Vocal Jazz (Norah Jones, Diana Krall, etc) - 40%Hip-Hop - 10%Folk / Country / Blues - 10%@twoleftear... |