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| Jolida 502B upgrading to Accuphase E206 The Accuphase will sound "better" - without sounding as good,That means the E206 will give a clearer slightly "clinical" sound with better bass BUT the tonality will not be equal to a tube amp.The Accuphase E206 is an excellent amp - unless you ar... | |
| $7000 preamp vs $700 receiver - Is the difference THAT significant? Tube gear sounds better than Solid State. You can get Burmester SS gear and it will be very smooth and resolving and dynamic. But it will not warm your heart. There were excellent companies producing tube gear. THE FISHER, SCOTT, MARANTZ, SANSUI, ... | |
| Desire to try tubes "Try to get something used and vintage on the cheap and have it serviced. You don’t need to make a perfect decision on your first try...just get something decent in the 15wpc-35wpc range and you should be fine. Your speakers are pretty efficient s... | |
| why a 75 dollar blue ray smokes all 2k CD players and any turntable??? "why a 75 dollar blue ray smokes all 2k CD players and any turntable???"This might be true, if digitally connected a mediocre multichannel receiver with really bad phono-in.A "75 dollar blue ray " is some cheap mechanic - which mainly works or d... | |
| Are there any tube amps that don't give off any--- What you need is a single ended 2,5 Watt tube amp with highly sensitive horn speakers or a fullrange Tang Band ...You than might add an small active subwoofer for lower mid and bass | |
| Are all Audiophiles masocists? << Are all Audiophiles masocists? >>Of course they are. Get a proper tube amp, a non-oversampling DAC and enjoy the music and stop chasing new gear. | |
| Where do you buy your CDs these days? Epilog: Today most CDs are mastered way to LOUD. You can find the problem described if you search for LOUDNESSWAR on youtube..Because of the LOUDNESSWAR, I do not buy new CDs ever.LPs can NOT be LOUDNESSWAR mastered, so new albums sound way better... | |
| Most organic / real / analogue sounding DAC (ideally with Volume Control) for $1500?????? audiofun4The 777 is a tube DAC. I do have a tube amp, so I do not need the "infusion of happy vibes" a tube might give you with SS gear.I am a sucker for a "mellow" sound - and with my tube amp and the Metrum Octave I had before I already got me t... | |
| Most organic / real / analogue sounding DAC (ideally with Volume Control) for $1500?????? three_easy_payments4I do own a Metrum Amethyst Non-Oversampling DAC (1.3k) and a Systemdek IIX / SME / MC / Ortofon Prepre feeding my tubeamp.Than I have a dedicated LOKI DSD DAC...The DSD DAC is a € 100 device and is on par with the Non-Oversamp... | |
| Is Wife Acceptance Factor (WAF) sexist? See it from a woman's perspective.To make a home which is looking nice, she has to constantly manage things, which means prevent the home from cluttering.To keep the home clean and manageable so it can be decorated and looks nice while everything ... | |
| Most organic / real / analogue sounding DAC (ideally with Volume Control) for $1500?????? When talking about R2R NOS-DACs, Metrum Acoustic is worth considering.Metrum makes their own DAC chips, which divide 24 bit in two 12 bit DACs and fuse it together after for real 24 bit in the new DACs.My philosophy is a mellow and natural sound a... | |
| 1st SACD Purchase Natasha Barrett - Trade Winds SACD-----------------------------Natasha Barrett is holding a PHD and at the moment professor for 3D sound at the university at Oslo. Sound with "plankton micro details".Quite nice and relaxing music.Louise Rogers - B... | |
| Best DAC for around $2,500 or less The sound quality above a certain level - when all niceties which can mess up the sound are avoided - comes down to the DAC-chip(s).Everything "Delta-Sigma" is internally upsampling, downsampling, interpolating and "improving" your signal.The othe... | |
| Considering getting a CD player (again). Used? New? Criteria? I do have the combination of a Metrum Amethyst DAC (non-oversampling DAC) and a "Pro-Ject Dock Box S Digital" iPod-Dock with a iPod Touch. (iPod Classic with SDXC-card would be better).I rip my CDs and convert them to AIFF lossless. The iPod-Dock ... |