milpai
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| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? @lak No issues at all. Being on this site for about 20 years now - I very well know the "regulars" and you are one of them! Good to know that the LAIV have provided you with a realistic sound - especially when you have experienced all the very ... | |
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? @lak , What was your previous amplifier? Can you please describe the changes that the LAIV brought to your system - pros and cons - if you don't mind? | |
| Eyes open or closed? +1 @gdaddy1 When your system throws great images, no point is not watching them dance in front of you. That is the actual fun! | |
| How competitive are you with your system? I did not realize that I was supposed to build a system that competed with other. I built it for my listening pleasure 🤦♂️ | |
| LTA Ultralinear 12AU7’s Psvane Horizon @jaybe, I love these and HAD high hopes. They sound amazing - no doubt. But the tube life itself is pretty short. I got a pair and one of them went bad within 6 months. Psvane honored their warranty and sent me another pair. One ... | |
| Any love for Cullen Cables? Been using the Cullen power cords for more than 10 years and they are pretty reliable. About 3 years ago I had to send them out to Wyred4Sound for splitting the cables into 2 shorter lengths and upgrade the connectors. Shortly after that Cullen ha... | |
| Make speakers disappear. Simple, cheap With eyes wide open you can 'see' the musicians. Instead of staring at a wall. @gdaddy1 if you are staring at the front wall (without the paint/fabric in place), then you still have to work out your speaker placement, since you are not able to ... | |
| Make speakers disappear. Simple, cheap | |
| Make speakers disappear. Simple, cheap Lighting is important but the blackness of the wall is the most important...by far! Lets agree to disagree on this one @gdaddy1. In my room, my lighting is such that you can get all the "sound stage" that was meant to be in the music. My setup ... | |
| Thoughts on using the DAC in my oppo 205 with a CD Transport. @big_greg It's the DAC in your Oppo that's holding things back, not the transport. This is SO true. While the DAC inside the Oppo is pretty good - it simply does not compare to great stand alone DACs. This is based on 7 years of experience, u... | |
| Make speakers disappear. Simple, cheap You need to create the 'canvas' for the image to appear.The back wall behind the speakers should be flat black and as dark as possible. NO lights on the center back wall. My favorite is a matte dark black fabric that also aids in reducing reflect... | |
| Audioquest thunder vs tornado HC powercords I've been saying no audio and cable company knows how to make the power cable properly, except me. I will bite @mihorn - tell me. | |
| Audioquest thunder vs tornado HC powercords @milpai yes 100% system dependent. Yes give AQ a shot. I would bypass Thunder and start with Tornado or Hurricane. Be careful buying AQ on a used market. Too many fakes. @audphile1, I intended to go with either Tornado OR Hurricane source for t... | |
| Audioquest thunder vs tornado HC powercords Thanks for the details @audphile1. My guess is that cables are system dependent. BTW, those Nordosts are quite a bit more than the budget I have set. | |
| Roon hq player @newtoncr, I am surprised that the techs at T+A actually asked you to do that. Was that in a direction communication with them? Jussi Lako, the creator of HQ Player, himself is very satisfied with DSD256/512. Of course, you can go up to DSD 1024 ... |