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| DAC Under $3000 Based on your sonic priorities (clear, detailed, separation), look into a Weiss 205 (if you don't need the features of the 204). I would guess the "street" price for a NEW unit would be something like $1300. Based on my extended listening w/the bi... | |
| The best speaker cables you’ve had Best I’ve had? Easily Black Cat Cable - Stargate. Sadly unobtanium at this point. Paired with a few speakers that have 6-8ohm loads. Haven’t heard it with really high or low ohm loads. | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? Hi @nyev - I don’t have anything to add to the Hifi Advice comparison of the Grimm and Playback Designs piece, other than to say it’s consistent with my experience. I’ve been using the Playback with a stock Roon Nucleus and I’ve been very happy wi... | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers @donquichotte prof knows the 96 better than I do, I would just encourage you (if you do buy one) to buy one used at a good price for later resale if necessary (which shouldn’t be difficult, the Devores have a healthy secondary market). Reports of ... | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers On the classic Spendors, always wonderful to read a speaker description from prof! @donquichotte - if you want an upgrade within the same family of sound, the obvious thing would be to stay within the same BBC heritage family. I personally thi... | |
| Streamer/dac …. Organic/euphonic sound signature Totaldac core plus streamer board…used, bit over budget if new | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? @shkong78 I find those comments a little strange (Grimm doesn’t sound polite to me) but in any event, those two options are 2x the price of the Grimm. If we’re talking about the same price class, the Playback Designs MPS-X is the interesting comp... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend Big fan of the Meitner MA3, would be curious what you think of their new preamp as well as the NS1 streamer. When I had the MA3, I only got the magic with an external pre and separate streamer. | |
| New DACs High End Munich 2023 The Playback piece is superlative and the trickle down is already here…in the form of the Playback Edelweiss MPD-6 - still well over $5k however | |
| Curious to know your streaming and dac set up and the best recommended streamer under $15k @lalitk who is DP? For folks interested in the Playback Designs streamer, suggest reaching out to a dealer — not many but they are excellent and that’s what they’re paid for. Will have it next week but I am traveling | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? The [insert the name of the DAC you own and favor] (“Your Amazing DAC”) is a marvel of impeccable engineering, parts quality, and price-to-quality ratio. Your Amazing DAC slays better known DACs in head to head comparisons with one channel tied be... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? On digital cable length -- I have used the same make of excellent AES cable, with different lengths (both 1.5m and less than 1.5m), in my rig and I cannot distinguish the difference. YMMV. | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? @peter_s My Grimm dealer believes that the best way to feed the Grimm is a high-end CD transport. Of course that's not the typical use case and would defeat the goal for many folks. Can't answer definitively, but I'd analogize it to DAC pairings.... | |
| Grimm MU1 Streamer - Really "The Best"? @peter_s The Grimm can serve to multiple endpoints. No need (in fact you shouldn't -- it would confuse the computers!) to have a NUC and Grimm on the same network. | |
| Curious to know your streaming and dac set up and the best recommended streamer under $15k No demo, I bought it outright through a dealer! Which I usually don't do, but I am fairly confident it is going to be very, very good. |