mikelavigne
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| best transparent pre amp I just received the brand new battery powered solid state darTZeel NHB-18NS preamp. I owned the previous model for 9 years. it's astonishing how 'not in the way of the music' it is. and also the super low noise floor and amazing dynamics. the thin... | |
| What would you do? does anyone really ever buy anything at auction?in my 15 years on Audiogon and hundreds of transactions I've never participated in or even paid attention to an auction. it's all just 'for sale' stuff......so there is no relevancy to these comments... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable earlier in the thread I had some comments about my recent experience with 'crazy expensive' Tara Labs Grandmaster Evolution 1.5m XLR cables. one thing I mentioned was that they 'got out of the way of the music'.Devilboy writes;One thing they DO NO... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable I've recently jumped into the very deep end of the pool with interconnects for my 2 new dacs.I purchased a set of Tara Labs Grandmaster Evolution w/HFX 1.5m XLR's for my Trinity Dac. these are the ones with the floating shield design and dual mono... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I have 17 Quad dsd files so far. done right (native) they are remarkable through the SE Lampy GG in my system. the native PCM through the Trinity is also remarkable.original analog remastered through Quad dsd will be a crap shoot.....with variable... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD As it stands I believe I am the first in the world to have this system and I am utterly disgusted at al of you for not thinking of it sooner. It is the proverbial "No Brainer".Matt,I enjoyed your 'poke' at all of us audio nerds who take ourselves ... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Is it just laziness?most high end forums are run by audiophiles....and use generic software which gets updated as part of the licensing.Audiogon is a business with a closed/unique piece of software. the forum part is an 'expense'....and not a 'fun... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Norm,I hate (and I mean actual hate) the Audiogon forum interface. it's mostly driven me away from the forum. but there is an easy way to get to the latest post without going through the whole thread. just select 'last' 24 hours of forum threads a... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt,I'm a solid state guy with my darTZeel, always aiming for natural neutrality and having a signal path that gets out of the way of the music. the Trinity is certainly that with ultimate transparency and linearity......along the lines of my ana... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt,I heard the MSB V Diamond with Galaxy clock at RMAF.....if only on CD....which was disappointing as I wanted to hear it in high rez PCM. but my impression on the familiar piano CD that they played is that the Trinity dac I'm now using is bett... | |
| Marten Duke 2 anyone own or heard these? I owned the original Marten Dukes back in 2005-2006 and thought very highly of them as a great value and beautifully built. I used them as rear channels in a top flight music surround system. I also listened to them in 2 channel occasionally and t... | |
| Any thoughts on passive v. active speakers? passive speaker = open systemactive speaker = closed systeman open system can evolve and grow with your tastes....and is more flexible for the next owner and therefore has better future value.a closed system allows advances to pass it by and so it... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt,i find your speaker quest very interesting;I definitely am drawn to a truly full range speaker with deep extension, accurate reproduction leaning towards the forceful side; with a sense of impact and scale that some speakers sacrifice to repr... | |
| Most suitable and effective isolation platform worth at least looking at is the 'ultimate' solution; which is the Herzan TS-140 which is what use under my Wave Kinetics NVS tt here.properly implemented active isolation will dramatically reduce feedback and is the only isolation approach that c... | |
| Tenor OTL 75wi vs 175s I owned Tenor 75 watt OTL's for 3 years, 2001-2004.amazing sound. still one of my 2 or 3 favorite tube amps at any price. but they did ignite on occasion and destroy speaker drivers and needed to be matched to the right speakers.the Hybrid 175 is ... |