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| why expensive streamers @12many Not sure what your dac is, but any differences you hear may have to do with different processing. The N150 definitely reclocks, for example. In addition, if the n150 is upsampling, but the Node isn’t, you’ll definitely hear a differenc... | |
| why expensive streamers @jaytor yes, it’s the combined system, precisely. We don’t care what a streamer sounds like without a dac or source, because it has no sound. So if you say it adds noise to the system - i.e., it conveys noise that manifests thru the dac that c... | |
| why expensive streamers @nonoise sorry, noise in the digital domain is not mystical, it’s easily measured. now in the analog realm, I sing a very different song. Measurements are very limiting there. | |
| why expensive streamers @nonoise Streaming is not a new technology. I for one have been streaming since about 2004 (starting with the original Yamaha Musiccast system). Moreover, the fundamental job of the streamer, moving a data stream from server to dac, is rather ... | |
| why expensive streamers i’ve met a bunch of folks over the years who think they’re perfect….including my father-in-law, my oldest sister, the list goes on. | |
| why expensive streamers @jaytor respectfully disagree. maybe i’m not following, but not sure your objection is any different for measuring dacs. regardless, others have done it; for example, you can measure at several different dacs with a control source (e.g., a comp... | |
| why expensive streamers noise is easy to measure, which is why I find it extraordinary when high $ streamers are advertised as lowering noise without any measurements/data to back it up. However, there are a few places where some analysis of the differences - or lack th... | |
| why expensive streamers there are two separate camps on this topic lurking here on this forum. One argues that spending a significant amount of $ on a streamer can be a waste of your precious resources, because the science, measurements and their experience tells them... | |
| Phono pre amp recommendations? - upgrading from ICON AUDIO PS1 MK II couple thoughts, based purely on my own experience: 1) Synthesis Roma 79DC - Synthesis has beautiful stuff, always tilting warm. I have its predecessor, the Brio, and use it with a Koetsu! 2) Leben RS30-EQ - I have this one in another system, p... | |
| Tube amps under $7500 it’s very much like a net present value calculation of an investment that yields income. the npv = discounted cash flows + resale value. so for a piece of gear, the “cash flows” are the annual benefits of enjoying the gear. so, one piece of gea... | |
| Tube amps under $7500 @hickamore one more thought: in the manual for your speakers, there’s actually a pretty lengthy discussion of biamping, and combining tubes with SS. In that context it references something called an “amp balancer” available from your Legacy de... | |
| Tube amps under $7500 OP, early in this thread, @bluethinker recommended the Audio Hungary P200. I’ve heard very good things about this company. Am not sure their stuff tilts warm, but wanted to make sure it got your attention. Build quality is superb; friend of min... | |
| Tube amps under $7500 +1 @larryi My listening values are pretty much the same. I have no experience of Legacy speakers but I take the OP at his word that they are non-negotiable. That’s why I suggested the possibility of bi-amping, as one approach to solving these ... | |
| Tube amps under $7500 @hickamore yeah, vu is not really a distributor, though he’s listed as such by Synthesis. He’s a dealer - from whom I bought my amp. One of the reasons Synthesis has been way below the radar screen in the U.S. is that they’ve never had an actu... | |
| Tube amps under $7500 by distributor, if you mean deja vu, pretty sure their website is not up to date. my understanding is that the Prime series - which includes the Ovation and my Ensemble integrated - has been discontinued. But @audiotroy will know better of cours... |