mikhailark

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What the Best Dac have you heard or owned. How could you tell it was that good.
Denafrips Terminator II. Upgraded from their Venus II. Also using Iris DDC for USB. I know it is good since it resolves details I haven't been able to distinguish before. Particularly in low regions. I can clear hear bass player taking several di... 
Buying Used Speakers
I practically only buy used gear. There are not may high end stores where I live, their selection is narrow and they charge exorbitant prices. I never bought speakers used, but I did buy a number of headphones. It is very difficult to find a place... 
Denafrips Terminator vs. Venus
I purchased Venus II and then upgraded to Terminator II (not plus). As the previous poster said, Terminator does resolve more details in bass region. I ran both with Iris DDC, with Terminator connected to Iris clock sync. My previous DAC was Aura... 
Am I right for this forum?
Cost does not matter. What makes you happy matters. I always looked for gear that would make me listen to music more. Some gear sounded nice, but for some reason I ended turning it off after couple of hours. Eventually I built system I can be list... 
Stereophile review of the $30,000 tekton speakers
At any rate, it all depends how speaker sounds to YOU with YOUR gear and the music YOU prefer. Who cares who rates what if you like it? Having said that, I always read measurements, esp speakers since I can predict pretty well if I may like or di... 
How Is This Possible? Must be Counterfeits
’Counterfeit’ is when product of inferior quality pretends to be a real thing. As far as I can tell, Chinese knockoff do no pretend and simply advertise as ’same schematics’ for amps or ’same materials and technology’. Prices of ’real’ thing are ... 
15k for streamer and dac....how much on each?
7k for Denafrips Terminator R2R DAC + Iris DDC. Streamer is just a glorified computer, so maybe 1K. Buy yourself Denafrips Artemis headphone amp and nice cans for the remainder.