mdhoover
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| Rank the top reference DACs you've heard Just took possession of a Gryphon Kalliope yesterday. To my ears and to my wife’s ears, it is absolutely fabulous. Smooth as silk without being gooey or sloppy at all; dynamic as hell; extremely fast and incredibly detailed without being etched, g... | |
| Wadax Reference Dac and Reference Server--arrived in my room. Like a lot of other Audiogon members, I appreciate you taking the time and making the effort to post here. It's quite useful to be privy to the perspectives and impressions of a consumer who has extensive direct experience with ultra high end aud... | |
| Headphone Amp I have the same amplifier. I don’t know if there’s one that’s better. I love mine so much that I haven’t even bothered to look. I would ask Zach. He’ll tell you the truth, even if it’s not going to get him a sale. That’s what he did when I asked h... | |
| I agree with the comments that Zach at ZMF Headphones is the “Rock Star” of the HP world! His is a wonderful and welcome success story in high end audio. I own the Verite Closed and am absolutely thrilled with them. Overall, to my ears, they even outperform the fabulous HiFiMAN HE1000 version one (which I've owned for 5+ years). Can't ... | |
| Best headphone under 10k$ @mglik said: "Good enough is good enough. $2500 ZMF Verites!"I own the Verite Closed headphones by ZMF. These have garnered high praise from the headphone audiophile community. I am personally astounded by their sonic excellence. I own the HiFiMAN... | |
| Comparative Thoughts - Merrill Audio Element 116 vs Veritas Class D Monoblock Amplifiiers Dr. Bump,Thank you very much for providing such a credible comparative assessment of two (apparently) very fine amplifiers (I've heard neither, so won't pretend to know just how good they truly are). It's nice to have access to a post from some... | |
| High order crossovers There is one company that I think deserves mention here:Induction Dynamics.I've only heard their two way speakers. They use a 4th order "brick wall" crossover in their speakers. My (admittedly limited) experience with other higher order crossove... | |
| Fun Adaptations to Hi Fi Looks intriguing. But I’m already satisfied with (the insanely excellent sound from both) my main rig and headphone setup, so my logical side says that buying this would be difficult to justify. Still....your write-up is quite intriguing--especial... | |
| Review: Intuitive Design/Pitcher Sound Labs Summit PSL 624 Speaker "Now back to the music." -bobheinatzThat pretty much says it all, Bob. :D | |
| My first visit to AXPONA Great thread. I would particularly agree with the general concept that higher prices DON'T have a linear correlation with performance. There is certainly correlation in many cases, perhaps even the majority, but exceptions abound. For example, ... | |
| Just some ADS history here "Wasn’t one of the designers for ADS, Michael Kelly? The guy behind Aerial Acoustics now? I may have the name wrong. I use to own ADS 320i speakers for auto applications that he was the designer of.????" -slawI was told that this is the case by my... | |
| How old are your speakers Current speakers purchased new in late 2005. | |
| Still looking for speakers in the 10-20,000 range I’m not current on the state of the art in loudspeakers in that price range, simply because I stopped looking years ago after finding something better than what I had been looking for. That said, JUST TODAY, I heard the (relatively) new Aerial 7T ... | |
| Review: Intuitive Design/Pitcher Sound Labs Summit PSL 624 Speaker nicksgem10s: I’ve had great luck with my Odyssey Stratos Extreme monoblocks, which have been upgraded.....some...how....by Klaus. I don’t know the full particulars with respect to my pair. I do know that they sound great with the Summits. Mine ar... | |
| Are you getting ridiculous offers from new members "Yea, he might be flipping it on eBay or another site, not surprised he asked for more."I honestly hadn't thought of that. Well, at least nobody died (as far as I know, anyway). |