milpai

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Agoners: Need Advice! Have 3K to spend on an Amp, what do I do with no way to audition?
IF you want a brand new one, then you should simply buy a Parasound A21 and spend rest of the money for buying music or upgrading other components in your system. 
When and how did you, if at all, realize vinyl is better?
@gregkohanmim,I spent ~35 years in software engineering and can hear the "code" in digital music reproduction and was always of the opinion that code was obsolete as soon as it shipped and should always be improved on.This is a completely new one.... 
Bryston BDA-3
Will do mahler123, if plans get finalized. 
Looking for a Speaker Recommnedation
@hddg,Thanks for the information. Will research more into these speakers. 
Bryston BDA-3
 I tell them that my stereo takes me to places that my car never will This is so true mahler123. Very well said.I will have to hear these 2 DACs personally. Thank You for your feedback. Trying to convince my wife to make a trip to Chicago AXPON... 
Fraud
Change your Audiogon password immediately! 
Bryston BDA-3
np mahler123. You are so lucky to be able to compare 3 very good digital products! If I read your post correctly, are you indicating that you prefer the Mytek over Bryston for CD playback? I have the Bryston on my mind for future upgrade. Can't af... 
Bryston BDA-3
@mahler123,I am wondering - DSD does not output from coax in case of Oppo. So how were you able to compare the same SACD on Bryston Vs Mytek? Or maybe I got it wrong, and you are comparing only the PCM on both the DACs? 
When and how did you, if at all, realize vinyl is better?
I tried to listen to LPs on a few occasions, at some dealers setup. And these setups were comparable, dollar-wise, to the digital rig in the same system, or my system. When you compare the dollar-wise investment in analog and digital, I found the ... 
Bryston BDA-3
@mahler123,How long have you been using the Mytek? Is the Bryston BDA-3 new in your system? Curious because many reviewers seem to like th Bryston. How are you playing the SACDs on the Mytek? 
High Quality Universal Player??
@thaluza,I hope Oppo gets the AKM top-of-the-line DAC in UDP-205. The best thing about this player is, it does not have the "apps" which would make loading faster. The only discouraging info in - they have decided to do away with HDCD. 
HOLO Audio Spring DAC: Affordable discrete R2R Multibit Dac, could be a winner.
George,I was wondering about the initial excitement about Holo and then things simply died down. I would be more interested to find how the Holo compares against Bryston BDA-3. And I am not interested technology-wise, but sound-wise. 
WHAT'S UP WITH MARANTZ?
Ye, bummer indeed. But looks like we will get another catalog with corrected photo. Man they have been sending many catalogs. 
Proac Response D 48/Tannoy Kensington
@kclone ,Yes, I have already figured out a dealer in Chicago area, for those. I will have to travel a few hours to get there. Also found out dealers for Spendor and PMC in that area. It is just a matter of time between job, family and other priori... 
Proac Response D 48/Tannoy Kensington
@heinrichmilw Would love to see your system, with those ProAcs. While I am eyeing them, they are a bit out-of-budget for me. But I can always ogle in other's systems :-)