nickolaspappas
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| Lumin X1 or dCS Bartok Also, don’t agree that the X1 isn’t a good value because it runs a Sabre chip. There are DACs based on the 1704 chip which cost a few hundred dollars, while the Trinity DAC uses the same chip and costs $60,000. So much more to it than that. | |
| Lumin X1 or dCS Bartok I’ve heard the X1 and Bartok in the same system, and they definitely have different sound characters. I preferred the X1 by a considerable margin, in fact I thought the Lumin T2 bested the Bartok (at less than 1/3 of the price). The Bartok is no s... | |
| Topping D50 vs the "Big Boys" Just picked up a totaldac - bent metal case, cheap remote and all. It sounds spectacular, and I would gladly put up with even shittier casework and remote. Superb sounding. | |
| single driver speakers You can’t understand what “coherent” means until you’ve heard a good single driver speaker. They have their weaknesses (like everything), but they have a naturalness and coherence that nothing else can compete with. | |
| Review: Resolution Audio Cantata Music Center CD Player i just upgraded to the 3.0 as well. the improvement is not subtle. i can honestly say that playing 16/44.1 through the cantata 3.0 sounds better to me than any hi-rez, DSD or MQA i have ever heard on any dac. i think the secret sauce is jeff's app... | |
| News: Qobuz Hi-Res platform's debut is scheduled for this October. See Qobuz Links below 16/44.1, 24/96, and 24/192 all sound great. as I mentioned the selection of rock/pop content is terrible. For most of the artist I like, if they had 10 albums Spotify usually has 9 -10 of them, TIDAL might have 6-8 of them, Qobuz seems to have 2-4... | |
| News: Qobuz Hi-Res platform's debut is scheduled for this October. See Qobuz Links below sound is excellent, but the catalogue of pop/rock/alternative is terrible | |
| Jay’s Audio CDT-3 - Impressions of a Great CD Transport What DAC is that? | |
| Auralic Vega G2 vs Aries G2 It’s not marketing nonsense because the manufacturer is on record on several forums stating that if you just want to stream Tidal the Vega G2 will suffice. Aries might add a slight bit more to streaming in addition to being a server.As a Vega G2 o... | |
| High End Ethernet Cables ....Real Deal or Snake Oil jinjuku,do you think that your test involving one higher priced ethernet cable proves that they're all "snake oil"? | |
| Nativ Sound Vita i have a vita which i actually am about to sell (just got a new dac which has a built in streamer). it's pretty cool. sound wise, it bested my mac mini running audirvana. you can operate using touchscreen or remote, and an app is coming soon. very... | |
| For tube sound, which is more important: preamp or power amp? i 100% with avanti1960. the majority of the tube sound/magic/characteristics comes from amp. | |
| Review: Resolution Audio Cantata Music Center CD Player thanks for the reviews of the 3.0!!!! are you guys using the usb input? does the 3.0 use the same usb receiver as previous model, or was it updated for the 3.0 version? | |
| Metrum Hex vs. Pavane or Menuet? thanks for that info mitch. been thinking about trying a metrum for a while now. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Guido,Thanks for sharing your insights/experience with the volume control. My amp might be what sounds better at higher levels, as opposed to the Aeris. Whichever it is, the Aeris sounds great and has been a pleasure to listen to. Have you listene... |