maxdukecapone
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| Tube Pre-amp Suggestions. https://aricaudio.com/tube-gear/ I’m using the Motherload XL with my Luxman M10X. I compared with the Luxman C900 and ended up selling it as I like the Motherload as it it is a warmer sound. @aricaudio | |
| Seeking a Tube preamplifier @sls883 Mmmmm that sounds good! Bonus! | |
| Headphone cable upgrade I going to give Marcom Custom Cables a try. I will be driving focal Stellas and some custom IEM not purchased yet with a custom Aric Audio tube amp. I have yet to select which cable I want yet. | |
| Seeking a Tube preamplifier +1 @vthokie83 The motherland XL feeds both my Aric Audio300b and and Luxman M10X. It was a somfood I sold the Luxman C900 flagship preamp. The adjustable gain is key to driving two completely different amps. | |
| The new dCS Varese DAC...it is so good that all others are now relegated to history?? 18K speakers will seem over the top and offend 99.8 % of people not in the hobby. A 250K dac will seem over the top and offensive to 99.99 % percent. The above argument is ridiculous. Get off your soap boxes sell your 18k speakers and feel go... | |
| Esoteric N-01XD SE vs N-01XD I had a K01 XD and replaced it with a N01XD SE. I traded the k01 so I didn’t have a direct A/B comparison. I got a good deal as the owner of the store used it a couple of months. I do think they did some tweaks to the analog side improving by tigh... | |
| Balanced vs RCA preamps https://aricaudio.com/the-motherlode-xl/ | |
| Audience FrontRow USB - I’m puzzled Sounds like voltage drop to the point the the signal is not recognised. Just an uneducated guess however. | |
| Anyone else having trouble with Roon? How much ram does your MacBook have? When I was using my MacBook with 8 gb of ram everything seem slow as it slowly started using all of it. iIbought a used Mac mini with 32 gb ram and everything has been perfect since. | |
| Bose buys McIntosh Remember when Alpine bought Luxman?😬 | |
| Tube Amp or Tube Pre Amp Might as well try both. I ended up with a total tube system and a tube preamp feeding my Lixman M10X. My last choice would be SS for preamp feeding a tube amp. https://aricaudio.com/tube-gear/ | |
| Have you heard darTZeel Amplifiers @mjw25a Did you get the Decware Headwreckers with the Lii song pt 10’s? | |
| Tekton speaker comparison thread @ocabruce Did you make the head wreckers with the lii song pt 10? | |
| Pianos I'm not sure where you are located but Piano stores seem to have a big selection to play to get a feel. We ended up with Kawai SK -2. The lite action was the biggest factor. They use carbon fiber to keep the weight down. If your around San Anton... | |
| Time For a CD Player Upgrade An Esoteric dac is one of the best out there right now. So if you get on of the their cd players you will have one of the best cd and DACs. |