newtoncr
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| Can anyone recommend a good streamer/DAC? @lukaske I wonder if you have listened to the wolf.i have compared it extensively with the flagship lumin , innuos and aurender streamers and the wolf sounded better in my system . Yesterday I listened to the aurender streamer w20 Se through the B... | |
| Can anyone recommend a good streamer/DAC? To the op ,I have tried innuos statement and lumin u1 streamers . I had the lumin in my system for over 6 months.i now have a wolf streamer. The best . Far superior to my lumin in every musical way . Most importantly the people behind wolf are fri... | |
| Speaker upgrade @duke , I talked to Jordan from asc who did my room treatment. He had also worked with yg Acoustics Sonja 2.3 at the rmaf 2019. He tells me the dispersion pattern for the blades and Sonja are very similar and not much changes would need to be done... | |
| Looking for phono preamp suggestions Got the Lyra Etna lambda sl catridge to pair with the van den hul the grail Se phono stage ( which is current amplifying) . The match is perfect . Am in vinyl bliss . Also got the Nessie vinyl master record cleaning machine which makes vinyl clean... | |
| Wolf alpha 3sx streamer vs lumin u1 @three_easy_payments Lumin and innuos were pretty close , innous was more brighter but lumin sounded more solid on the bass range .wolf is better in every aspect of music incl soundstage . | |
| Wolf alpha 3sx streamer vs lumin u1 @three-easy-payment .yes the innuos was more expensive too but the wolf was a better upgrade to the lumin than the innuos statement. | |
| Dac upgrade Listened to the t+a hv 3100 , the standalone dac with preamplifier. Compared it with my ayre qx-5 ( my love ) .the t+a sounded better with more control on bass , cleaner mid and highs and a tighter overall sound . I paired it with a wolf streamer ... | |
| Dac upgrade @bigkidz agree with you 100%.i love the sound of ayre gear .i have heard most of the other brands and have not liked them like I do ayre .i love their clear , 3D soundstage ,resolution with delicate vocals and clean bass .so I am glad I get to hea... | |
| Dac upgrade @audioman58 will try the mojo audio dac before deciding .@ozzy i tried the lumin x1 , my lumin u1 with the ayre qx-5 was much superior . smoother highs, wider and deeper soundstage , much more mid presence .@lukaske did not like esoteric tone , ha... | |
| Dac upgrade Appreciate all your input. Dcs is “digital done right” if there is one lol. I am sure Totaldac is amazing , briscati I have heard and I preferred the ayre in my system, more magic with ayre .esoteric I haven’t heard .i would like to know about t+a... | |
| Dac upgrade Hi verdantaudio ,I had the chord Dave dac before I switched to the ayre.i had got the chord because everyone raved about their dacs. I started with the qutest , didn’t like it and then got the Dave with m scaler . Found the sound to be very clinic... | |
| Looking for phono preamp suggestions Thanks everyone for your advices. I have decided on getting a van den hul , the grail Se version .it seems to meet my requirements the most .Will report on how it sounds in my system soon . thank you | |
| Looking for phono preamp suggestions Thank you , I will check the ps audio | |
| Looking for phono preamp suggestions Ron Sutherland replied to my query about balanced input saying he’s going to release an upscale version of phono loco with balanced input and balanced output at 16,500 .that brings it to the same price range as van den hul grail se version and bou... | |
| Looking for phono preamp suggestions Sutherland does not have balanced input and output . They use the same tech as the grail . Still deciding between boulder 1008/1108 and the grail sb/sb |