markmuse
Responses from markmuse
| Efficient speakers -- What was your journey from A to B to ? Of the speakers you mention I have owned two: Spatial Audio X5 97db. This speaker made magic with a Pass XA-25. Imaging was phenomenal, particularly the layered depth it produced. The negative was it produced a very narrow sweet-spot in my room,... | |
| Tekton Open Baffle Speakers @jaymark +1 for Clayton Shaw's Caladan speakers. I heard them at Capital AudioFest and ordered a pair. Outstanding performance at an unheard of price in this century. I think Clayton is like the Henry Kloss of the 21st century. And he is a really... | |
| Tube preamp match with Solid Stare amp +1 Backert Labs | |
| DAC that compete with EMM M3 and playback design m6 @quattr0 The DSD Mk2 is actually a little more expensive than the T+A, but clearly worth it from my perspective. | |
| DAC that compete with EMM M3 and playback design m6 I did a bake-off between the T+A 200 and the PS A DSD Mk2. The PS A was (is) more refined, more natural. | |
| when your hearing is not as good as it was . . . +1 @hilltoppa At 74 I am on my third pair of aids. The first two were so bad that I couldn't stand to wear them. Expensive well known brands - but awful, particularly with music. Now using Widex 440 and couldn't be happier. Very natural sounding... | |
| Hegel H390 DAC @mm1tt77 Thanks. A good USB cable to try is DH Labs Mirage. Very good at a reasonable price. https://silversonic.com/products/digital-cables/mirage-usb/ | |
| Hegel H390 DAC @mm1tt77 same, U2 Mini. But what is the SBooster? Using USB to the DAC. I compared USB to AES, and USB was smoother, more musical. The cable matters a lot. Thinking about the U2, but the Mini sounds great. Sometimes one doesn’t know what improvem... | |
| Hegel H390 DAC A few months ago I did a direct comparison between the T+A 200 DAC and a PS Audio DSD Mk2 DAC in my system. I ended up keeping the Mk2. The T+A was slightly more sibilant emphasizing and fatiguing. The Mk2 a bit more dimensional. (Lumin>DAC&g... | |
| Most recent speaker you audited in room and returned? Why did you return it? KEF Reference 1 (pre meta). There was nothing overtly wrong with them, but they were rather flat and lifeless. I think they need a beefy class A amp to really grab them by the short hairs – I was not willing to go there. But my son-in-law seems to... | |
| Does a DAC like this even exist? Lumin | |
| Help with streamer software @jji666 I knew I would be using JPlay for Qobuz. The question was and remains how do I access internet radio. There does not seem to be a solution short of TuneIn (or similar) via Airplay, or Roon - neither of which are satisfactory. | |
| Help with streamer software @lalitk U2 Mini. More TC as things settle in. | |
| Help with streamer software @dickieboy @vandy357 Listening to it now. Works perfectly with JPlay. Sonically, sans burn-in and with the supplied HDMI cable, it is a bit more immediate and slightly more detailed (better textures) than the Lumin. Kinda unfair to start judgin... | |
| Anyone has a reference system where amplification is SS ? I think Dekay has the answer. |