milpai
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| Line Stage Preamps that blew you away $2500 Edition If you can lay your hands on a used Backert Rhumba 1.3, it will bring smile on your face when you introduce it in your system and listen to it. Unfortunately they don't show up often. | |
| Experience with Inakustik 3500P Power Conditioner?? +1 @fastfreight My laptop power is connected to a outlet which is not on the dedicated line. While using my laptop as the source, I simply unplug the power cord from the laptop and use it on battery power. I have changed the power option to "per... | |
| Best drum solo (best drum sound) I have ever heard... and its a YouTube MP4! Charlie Byrd - Direct To Disc Found the link on youtube to the complete album. Sounds good on my Grado SR80 Did not try on the main system yet. | |
| SACD Players: Models with DSD Processor (used and new) (not dsd converted to pcm) The newer Oppos do not convert DSD to PCM. Marantz and Esoteric do not convert DSD to PCM. I know that Luxman players do - read that on their site somewhere. You need to be similarly aware about DACs. Many DACs can play DSD withour converting. So... | |
| Next best exponential DAC quality level? It's funny when I read posts that tell others what they should like. For me it sounds like this: Person1: I like Chocolate ice-cream Person2: What! You are wrong. You should like Strawberry ice-cream Person1: But I like the taste of chocolate ... | |
| 750$ Intel NUC vs $6000 Aurender N200: I don't hear the difference Wow, melton = melt down? Man take it easy. Don't have to be harsh on someone who is reporting their own findings. I think this is a great thread for folks interested in investing in streamers. Can someone throw some light on why a dedicated strea... | |
| 750$ Intel NUC vs $6000 Aurender N200: I don't hear the difference @essrand, What a timely thread for me. I was thinking of posting one asking users here if they have compared a NUC to a streamer. I currently use an older Asus laptop and feel that a streamer might help my cause. But Roon themselves advice on a N... | |
| ROON Black Friday Special (3 months for $1.00) Thank You @mofimadness . I have signed up, since I have NEVER tried Roon. I would like to try the Ethernet streaming Vs USB. I know that Roon supports Tidal and Qobuz. But I am going to stay with Spotify when my Tidal subscription ends in Jan. I ... | |
| looking for a chair My current chair is from World Market and is super comfy. I went with this chair because I could not afford the Le Corbusier LC2 or LC3 chairs, and this chair has similar "functionality", as I call it. But in my mind, these type of chairs are the ... | |
| Listening to music I don’t particularly like @emiliop, I think it is fine to be a "equipmentphile". Don't be ashamed of it. Most audiophiles want equipment that make their music shine. I don't have a single non-audiophile friend who cares for their equipment or how the music sounds. The go... | |
| Class D amp recomendations please @zappas , which class D amps did you audition at home? What traditional amps did you compare them against? | |
| LSA Voyager GAN 350 versus Merrill Audio Element Amps or AGD Grand Vivace and Vivace Amps @twoleftears , I am also intrigued by the Starkrimson Ultra Stereo. I do not find much discussion about that amplifier. I am wondering if Marantz will at some point think of getting out a Purifi or GaN based amplifier. | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @yyzsantabarbara and @wharfy , congratulations! Hoping to her your impression about this DAC. On the other post on this DAC the OP mentions that he prefers this DAC over the Holo May....which is a big deal comparing the price difference and the fa... | |
| Tube Line Stage around $5k +1 on the Backert Labs Rhumba. Sounds amazing. | |
| For SACD fans only @fred60,Just like you, I like SACD/DSD. I think you have made a great choice going with the Esoteric. One piece of information is that the Marantz SA-10 converts everything to DSD internally.Also, ignore posters who say that players/DACs do not ma... |