mgrif104
Responses from mgrif104
| Moon 390 Network Streamer Costa: glad you’re here and participating in these forums. Also glad to hear your company is doing well. I recently bought your new 761 amp for one of my systems. I considered the 861, but it wouldn’t have fit in my cabinet well. And, I consider... | |
| New Amp Advice It seems to me you have a very nice system. Some have suggested upgrading your speakers instead. I disagree. Those are particularly nice speakers and it would cost a great deal more than $40k to meaningfully improve upon them - if that’s even doa... | |
| Moon 390 Network Streamer I’ve heard nothing about Sim struggling. They came out with the North line which appears to be doing well. Many dealers - lots of support. Great warranty, reliable build quality It seems to me that they’re more likely to be around longer than the... | |
| If you HAD to purchase a used (over 4 years old) DAC, what would it be? @rhg3 +1 I have the DAC 200 in a 2nd system. The rumors are true - it is remarkably good. And when decoding native DSD, is shockingly so. | |
| Audio stores near Bloomington/Normal Illinois? This brought back memories. I bought my first decent stereo gear (a demon integrated amp and matching tuner - both in beautiful rosewood cabinets) from Geoff and Glenn Poors back in 1981. Yikes! Where it all started for me. | |
| ??? What Is The MOST Expensive System You Ever Heard ??? What Was Your Opinion ??? I’ve heard three systems that were roughly $1M (or more) all in at dealers where they were not fighting show conditions. Wilson with Burmester electronics Wilson, D’Agonstino preamp/amp and DCS Varese MBL Extremes MK II and MBL electronics The... | |
| Retirement integrated amp for a “fiscal conservative” Perhaps there’s a different way to approach this. You might want to connect with Ralph at Atmosphere regarding his Class D amps which are supposed to be wonderful (please note - I haven’t heard them). Ralph is a long time tube amp manufacturer wh... | |
| Signalyst HQPlayer - Is it worth the upgrade? @milpai Noted and good to know. I absolutely will try HQplayer and DSD 512 and 1024 and report back my results. Best, | |
| Audience FrontRow USB - I’m puzzled Curious. Is it a longer demo cable or roughly the same length as the others you tried? Like you, I struggle to understand how a cable can work intermittently though I could see how a long cable “might” introduce communication issues. I think you... | |
| Signalyst HQPlayer - Is it worth the upgrade? Thanks @milpai I hope it’s the upgrade you suggest. I wasn’t able to audition the new DAC in my system against the DAC 200. But, it also comes with a particularly nice preamp. So, I’m reasonably confident I’ll be pleased. (It does mean I’m now s... | |
| Signalyst HQPlayer - Is it worth the upgrade? @milpai Good points. I did post something similar over on audiophilestyle forums - and on what’s best - but haven’t gotten much guidance. However, there are a lot of DAC 200 owners so I’ll try a parallel path to what they’re suggesting. I only ... | |
| Signalyst HQPlayer - Is it worth the upgrade? @milpai thanks for reviving this thread - it’s now highly relevant for me. My DAC sounds better decoding DSD than PCM. My current path is Auralic Aries G2 streamer>Auralic Sirius G2.1 processor>T+A SDV3100 dac. I use the Sirius to conver... | |
| Matthew Bond Audio speaker cables - observations As the speaker cables have broken in fully, they’re better than ever. So, I pulled the trigger and purchased a pair of Matthew’s Analog Reference interconnects. I’ll share my observations on those after they’ve settled into the system. They’re rep... | |
| No bass on B&W 800D2 @seb_audio any progress or resolution on your speakers? Did you try a new amp, or move them around the room to see if it was a node issue? Hoping you’ve got it resolved and would like to hear an update if you have one. Best, | |
| dCS Mosaic Vs Roon Nucleus Plus - Titan Like @audphile1 , I found the native app (Lightning DS) to sound significantly better on my Auralic gear than Roon. I wasn’t initially expecting that result, but it was clear. While i greatly preferred the UI of Roon, I also preferred the sound of... |