mazian
Responses from mazian
| Money Well spent The OP probably doesn't have English as a 1st language. | |
| Looking for an amp that punches way about its weight and I can grow with If you want tubes you can't go wrong with either Rogue or QS. Biamping MLs with tubes for the panels and SS for the bass will greatly improve SQ, especially the bottom end. | |
| New Bluesound Node – First Impressions oops I forgot to mention the streamer I have is actually an Elac Discovery running through the Pure Audio DAC. | |
| New Bluesound Node – First Impressions The equipment that you have deserves a much better streamer than the Bluesound. There are numerous posts on Audiogon which mention appropriate options. I have a Pure Audio Lotus 5 that I am happy with but you might like to look at streamers even... | |
| When does one know it's time to upgrade? When you get an itch audio nuts tend to scratch it. | |
| My conclusion: mid level $$ analog vs digital Difficult to do a blind comparison as the surface noise on analogue would be easily identifiable. | |
| I must be old What do clicks and pops have to do with music? | |
| My System's Weakest Link - What Say You... Weak link? You are kidding. | |
| Best DAC / Budget As you have all tube amplification you might find R2R doesn't do it for you. I tried MHDT, Denafrips Pontus and couldn't hear any difference between those DACs and the DAC in my CD player. Even the Denafrips distributor indicated that I would nee... | |
| VINYL SUCKS! While I agree with you ,you risk being crucified on this forum. | |
| Streamer wanted Cambridge Audio has a lousy, almost unusable app so give it a miss until they come up with something better or , of course, subscribe to Roon. | |
| Your thoughts on my plans.. Maybe take another step in your journey with a Hegel or Prima Luna integrated amp. | |
| Some DACs I am Considering-Any thoughts? Depends on the rest of your equipment. I found that tubed DACs made little difference to my tubed pre and power set up. I tried Denafrips Pontus and MHDT Orchid and Pagoda before settling for a Pure Audio Lotus 5 , which is a delta sigma DAC. It a... | |
| Remarkably better sound possible with just 1 system component change? Speakers are the weak link. Get the best electrostatics you can buy for your $10k, new or used. | |
| Preamp choices:Short list Frank Van Alstine was once reputed to say that "balanced is a solution looking for a problem". I'm inclined to believe him. |