nitewulf
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| Biggest impact: moving from integrated to separates I'm eventually going the opposite route, going from separates to an uber class integrated like Gryphon, Vitus or T+A. | |
| Focal Kanta No.2 speakers - any thoughts? Also in comparison with Sonus Faber Olympica 3s? My thoughts...whenever I heard Sonus Fabers, they seemed laid back to me. That seems to be what they are tuned for, a darker sound. And Focals are quite opposite. So you can't really compare them. Plus you don't want to rush into buying something... | |
| Magico A3 @ebm you're bang on about Absolute Sound...I ignore anything they write about Magicos. | |
| Magico A3 For an experimental office system I'd pick single driver speakers and a low power tube or ss integrated. | |
| I love my PS Audio Direct Stream with Red Cloud :) Metrum is r2r, but there's FPGA processing:http://www.the-ear.net/review-hardware/metrum-acoustics-adagio-dacpreamplifier"New to the Adagio are Transient DAC Two modules, a further development of the Transient and FPGA architecture used in the Pav... | |
| Magico A3 It's an interesting thought. I think if this is say, the flagship, I'd assume a smaller floorstander (minus one woofer) at 8K and a monitor at maybe even 5/6K. Or if this is the middle of the range, a larger floor stander at 12-14K.Either way, si... | |
| I love my PS Audio Direct Stream with Red Cloud :) I believe Exogal Comet and Merlot dac are also FPGA, and of course the Metrum dacs. I like PS Audio, own a PWD M2 and it's very good, but I believe that one is delta sigma using burr brown chips. | |
| I love my PS Audio Direct Stream with Red Cloud :) Isn't the PS Audio still a delta sigma dac? I mean it does use off the shelf dac chips right? | |
| PS Audio PWT and PWD MK II--recent acquisiton Dynaudio C20s, Totem Model 1 Signatures if you can find a pair, Dynaudio Special 40s, or any model from Legacy Audio in your budget, however they use AMT tweeters and I'm not sure how you'll find them. I think your main issue may be you just aren'... | |
| Which watts are the right watts in SS amps? From my real world experience, when I'm looking at the VU meters of my 250 watt/ch power amp, even at loud listening levels, they stay around the 2.5 watts to 25 watts range (MacIntosh MC 252), hovering more towards the 2.5 watt gradation. But my ... | |
| Gryphon Diablo 300: at the top of Integrated Amps? Slightly off topic, but what about the price and performance of the Gryphon Diablo 120:http://www.gryphon-audio.dk/products/integrated-amplifiers/diablo-120.aspxAnyone heard this unit? Given my room size...this may be good enough for me. I'm highl... | |
| Former Tekton owners: What have you moved on to? @stereo5 , HAHAHAHAHAHA...yes! | |
| Ayre Acoustics AX-5 Twenty That's very difficult to say. Dynaudios typically demo with Octave gear, so no doubt there's great synergy there. I heard the C20s with Primaluna, which also sounded great. As for Ayre, if their entry level preamp is this good (K5xeMP), then I'd ... | |
| Ayre Acoustics AX-5 Twenty Sorry - to answer your question, I think if the speakers are somewhat efficient (don't know which model you're talking about), ie, like 87db and up, the Ayre would be a very good match for Dynaudios. | |
| Ayre Acoustics AX-5 Twenty I own Ayre K5xeMP and owned Dynaudios (Focus 140) before. I wouldn't call Ayre dark, or Dyanudios lively. In my experience, Ayre is dead quiet, noise free if you will, very open and transparent, and believe it or not, it's a bit sweet, I certainl... |