mikelavigne
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| MSB select II vs all dacs ? @worldwidewholesales here is what Bob (Rhapsody) said to me regarding the MSB, CEC and Rockna.>>>i did not go into any drastic back and forth comparison. But once i got the CEC i just never went back to the MSB because i was just totally ... | |
| MSB select II vs all dacs ? @mikelavigne--What does the rest of your system look like if I may ? like this;https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/615 my pictures and gear list are about a year old. it's mostly the same......but soon i will be updating it regarding recent addit... | |
| MSB select II vs all dacs ? What DACs that were much cheaper than the Select 2 have even grabbed your attention? Say something under $20k?i’m not sure i’m the right guy to answer that question, as it’s been a couple of years since i was really paying attention in that dac m... | |
| MSB select II vs all dacs ? @smodtactical--i was at Axpona in April, and RMAF in October, but don't recall hearing the Rockna Wavedream dac specifically; sorry. but i sometimes go in rooms and i don't immediately connect, and move on. i take pictures of most rooms i enter, a... | |
| System phenomenon when playing loud retaining coherence and detail as the music scales (get’s louder and bigger) is challenging. mostly (1) it’s the room, next most significant is (2) the set-up, and next (3) is the relationship between your amplifiers and your speakers.what you des... | |
| MSB select II vs all dacs ? @astewart8944--two years ago in Feb of 17’ i did audition the original Formula dac in my system directly compared to the Lampizator GG 1.5 and the Nagra HD and preferred the Formula for it’s greater space, lower noise, and more neutral and fast pr... | |
| MSB select II vs all dacs ? David,oh yes, loved those Found Music 2a3 amps. too bad i did not have the right speakers for them. still on my short list of favorite amps. congrats on owning those. a local friend, member jazdoc, has a 40+ watt set of Found Music mono block amps... | |
| MSB select II vs all dacs ? hello David,as my Select II sits it would list for $116,450.other dacs I have enjoyed......in no particular order;I would not call this second tier; but I prefer what hear from my Select II to what I’ve heard from these. so these are ’less preferr... | |
| MSB select II vs all dacs ? I own the MSB Select II with the dual powerbases and 33 Femto Clock. had if for 2 years now.as far as direct comparison with other dacs the closest I’ve done is listening to the Select II at shows and then listening to other top dacs in other syst... | |
| Has anybody tried Qobuz Streaming service? I have Qobuz and Tidal and overall prefer the sonics of Qobuz. and likely slightly prefer my files to Qobuz. I listen to lots of hirez files (I have about 17 terabytes of files). Tidal is still pretty good but I can see dropping Tidal as a possibi... | |
| What is the best solid state amplifier you have ever heard? my favorite solid state amp is the darTZeel NHB-458 mono blocks, followed by the darTZeel NHB-108 stereo amplifier.I'm a guy who loves tube amplifiers. and the darTZeel does have a touch of the breath of life of tube amps, combined with a very, ve... | |
| Kharma Exquisites Kharma is primarily distributed in Asia now.....and still a great performing speaker. I would contact one of the distributors there, I’ll bet you get a response. and possibly with the Axpona and Munich shows the North American distributors are not... | |
| Anyone heard Gobel Divin Noblesse? while I did enjoy the Gobel Divin Noblesse at Axpona three weeks ago, I preferred the performance of the Gobel Epoque Aeon Reference speakers I heard at the distributor’s showroom in South Florida in December, and at RMAF in October. it seemed to ... | |
| Does anyone use wood for vibration control? wood is too random and has unavoidable colorations. witness the tuning people do with wood, considering various tonal shades. and once you bring one coloration into the equation, then you have to seek another one for balance. every coloration redu... | |
| DartZeel NHB-108 Model One B (+SCNP) vs. anything from Pass Labs Brian,thank you for the kind words.my current speakers do not allow any bi-amping, although at 97db, 7 ohm they don't need it either. the single 108 stereo did a fine job even in my large room. the big mono's do an even better job. i used the pair... |