mdalton
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| Tube Pre-amp Suggestions. Fezz Audio Sagita Prestige - fully balanced tube preamp for $3495. | |
| Need New amp or integrated...have some options I have the Rotel A11 Tribute (last Ishiwata design, apparently) in our bedroom system. Replaced an Audio Refinement Complete integrated, which itself was pretty legendary. Didn’t do a true A/B, but I think the Rotel spanked the AR. And I love t... | |
| Garrard 301 - Project Ben Webster is a personal fave - I have 28 of his lps! Three go tos not mentioned yet include Ben Meets Oscar Peterson, Ben Meets Gerry Mulligan, and Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben (track 2, side 1 is beyond brilliant). | |
| We Need To Talk About Ones And Zeroes white paper @devinplombier Here’s a Fyne white paper on their super tweeter. Notice that it has measurements and actual citations, including to peer reviewed papers published in the Audio Engineering Society Journal. So while there is some co... | |
| We Need To Talk About Ones And Zeroes @lalitk Cheers my friend. Btw, I’ve recently discovered MJ Acoustics, a UK company that specializes in subwoofers. Long story, but they’re custom finishing a sub to match my restored Altecs in my vintage system. If that project is as successf... | |
| We Need To Talk About Ones And Zeroes @lalitk You know I love your system, and I’ve always enjoyed your contributions, but I am gonna have to disagree on this one. Am reminded of Ptolemy. For gosh sakes, everybody watched the sun go around the earth, and that fit nicely with some ... | |
| Looking for new speaker cables I am not a “cable denier”, but I am a “cable skeptic”. In other words, I know they can make a difference, but I would never spend more than a couple thousand on a speaker cable, even in a $50k+ system. It bothers me that some cable companies hav... | |
| Recommendations for a new subwoofer? I just recently discovered MJ Acoustics (UK). I’m having a custom finish done on their top of the line sub to match my restomod Altecs, all without hearing (gulp). But their reputation is fantastic, and my experience with respect to their custom... | |
| We Need To Talk About Ones And Zeroes one of my favorite threads ever. starts with servers - one guy claims servers need a couple weeks burn-in before their sound is optimal - but then makes a hard right on page 3 to switches, where one guy explains that the reason you can’t hear a d... | |
| We Need To Talk About Ones And Zeroes switches | |
| We Need To Talk About Ones And Zeroes honestly, I think there are folks who champion high end streamers whose arguments are the functional equivalent of those who call themselves “Creationists”. It’s essentially pseudo-science. | |
| Integrated all in one for a second system I’d look at an Accuphase integrated, and a separate dac/streamer, which wouldn’t cost much and can be tiny (if that matters), and prob still outperform most internal streamer/dacs. Thst way you get the warmer, legendary sound of the Accuphase. | |
| Integrated amp under $5k btw, if you relax the class d requirement, but definitely want solid state, you might want to consider Simaudio 340i X. Priced at $5k. | |
| Integrated amp under $5k @aj523 You didn’t mention speakers it would be paired with, but I’m assuming the Fyne 1-8S from previous thread? If so, I’d be careful with a hypex/class d - my understanding is they’re optimized for 4 ohm speakers, and your Fynes are efficient... | |
| Are streamers digitally enhanced? yes, there’s a whole new class of plastic surgeons popping up in LA. |