mm1tt77
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| To Fritz, Quicksilver, and all the exceptional makers trying to get the word out Love this thread highlighting smaller boutique brands. I haven’t had the opportunity to check out Fritz or Quicksilver but have had my eye on Fritz speakers. Aric is another fantastic brand, one man show. I had a set of Omega speakers cust... | |
| Do Audio Hobbyists Commonly Fail to Fully Utilize Their Systems? Cycled through gear too quickly, ignored the synergy needed between equipment and room acoustics. Not paying enough attention to room acoustics. Not changing my seating position relative to speakers and or experimenting enough with speaker place... | |
| Solid state amp that tube fan can be happy with? Forgot to mention PS Audio, as another poster mentioned, their BHK line does a great job of blending tunes into both the BHK Pre Amp and their stereo and mono BHK amps. I have the BHK Pre and their stereo design blends allowing the tube stage to ... | |
| Solid state amp that tube fan can be happy with? Pass, Coda, Krell would be the top 3 SS amps I’d look at. Accuphase and Luxman would be in the conversation as well but I think they lean a bit more toward outstanding SS amps with a dash of tube sound, qualities while the other top 3 blend the b... | |
| Selecting Rear Surrounds for 5.1 system OP, I found my way to 2 channel via my love for HT when I was growing up. I prioritized having a HT right after graduating from College. Was always told that you had to match your speakers, really buy the same brand, line for things to sound rig... | |
| Entry Level Tube Integrated Amps Tubes are fun, rolling them can turn into an obsession. Great advice already, if you can, identify the sound signature you are after. It can vary depending on design. Some designs lean into tube magic, bloom. Other designs focus on bridging t... | |
| Retirement integrated amp for a “fiscal conservative” @ezstreams I had the PrimaLuna Evo 400 integrated and at the same time had the Coda CsIB, Krell 300i and a Krell 300xd amp that I paired with various Pre’s. Owned the Primaluna and Coda and had the Krell for about a week. Gave me ample time to c... | |
| Added a Schiit Freya+ to a Sansui 8080 @steam_engine enjoy what sounds good to you. It’s really easy to chase tweaks and changes in the pursuit of better and lose the magic of what got you excited in the first place. If you like your vintage Sansui, enjoy it! Measurements and s... | |
| Looking for High Quality Streamer Only Options (NO DAC)? @jbhiller thanks for all the details and sharing some of your audio journey. Makes sense to question the value proposition in streamers. You’ll find a lot of debate on if moving up in models, brands really makes a difference. Your comments on l... | |
| Looking for High Quality Streamer Only Options (NO DAC)? @jbhiller I’ve had 3 DAC / Streamer combo units and used them as both streamer only and all in one solutions, Node 2i, Lumin D2, Lumin P1. I’ve had stand alone streamers, Auralic G2 Aries and Lumin U2 Mini. I have found stand alone streamers to ... | |
| Would a DDC (Denafrips Iris) improve my system? @trivema thanks for the info, sounds very worthwhile for me to explore. @audioman58 not sure if I should thank you… now I want the Hermes instead of the more reasonably priced Iris… thanks for the info, appreciate it. I’m sure I’l be trying one ... | |
| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? @bunkertoy you’ve got an awesome streamer / server! I confused your set up with someone else’s in this thread who piggybacked off your initial question. Have fun with the DAC search! You have a great system that will highlight the differences. | |
| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? @marquis4099 what streamer / server do you have paired with the McIntosh DAC in your pre? I haven’t heard the DAC in your Pre but have read posts by others who own Mac gear and have very positive thing to say about the DAC. I’d get the HiFi Rose... | |
| Would a DDC (Denafrips Iris) improve my system? @jastralfu thanks for the helpful info, are you using the i2s output? | |
| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? @bunkertoy I wouldn’t blindly subscribe to all DAC’s in a $ 1,000-3,000 sound the same, even if they share similar designs. I’ve been able or lucky enough to be able to compare DAC’s in my system, have had Node 2i, Lumin D2 w/Sbooster, MHDT Pag... |