nnsixx
Responses from nnsixx
| Dark Horse DAC Changed my mind on the value proposition. If I didn't already have a Doge I 'd pick one up before they ran our. Until I hear something better it hard to quantify but if any one of these is try a giant killer it the Doge imo | |
| Dark Horse DAC @Brauser I know where you coming from because the Doge 7 mkii is my reference and I too wonder how it could be any better. There’s a guy that reviewed three different tube dacs that preferred one called Audio Note I believe and of course everyone ... | |
| Dark Horse DAC @jjss49 my apologies, I didn’t realize you were an owner. My concern was non-owners dismissing it out of hand. Yes, I think the nos tubes juiced mine up cause mine is louder if anything than my other dacs. I didn’t particularly like the balanced o... | |
| Dark Horse DAC Although very good, the R26 can’t compete with a Doge having 2 Marconi GEC tubes in the power positions along with 6 nos Telefunkens. Listening to Flight of the Cosmic Hippo’s the bass has more impact and plucking of the strings is more insightful... | |
| Dark Horse DAC @sgreg1 Thanks for the advice. Enjoying the big sounstage and excellent clarity and coherence so far, but only has about 24 hrs. Glad to hear the highs smooth out because that’s exactly what I wanted with my amplification (AS2200). Right now it ca... | |
| Dark Horse DAC I've had one a few years and agree it is great. I swapped out the original tubes with nos Telefunken and GEC. Have an R26 on the way to see what all the fuss about r2r's is about and will compare. | |
| Tube or R-2R DAC for Tube System You mentioned the Doge 7 tube dac. I have one with 6 nos 12ax7 West German Telefunkens and 2 GEC Marconi 12au7 power tubes I stream hi-res with ifi Neo streamer to a Vincent Class A hybrid amp to Forte IVs. The Fortes were a bit too sharp until... | |
| Just Curious - About using a AV Receiver as main unit Well the Yamaha is broken in now. I have to say, there is something special about running your speakers full range in stereo without a sub to see what they can do. I like percussion and in my bedroom the R300's really slam on drums. I'll be moving... | |
| Just Curious - About using a AV Receiver as main unit The Yamaha as-2200 arrived yesterday. The first thing I noticed is it accentuated the top end and sounds more refined overall. Playing rock like Led Zeppelin I didn't think the difference was night and day but liked what I heard. Today I hooked up... | |
| Just Curious - About using a AV Receiver as main unit Ordered a fully balanced Yamaha se - 2200 integrated recently which should have an advantage over my old Denon AVR in terms of sound quality for music. I love researching audio equipment and this amp will allow me to hook up my tube dac using XLR ... | |
| Just Curious - About using a AV Receiver as main unit You guys love to exagerrate and speak in generalities. Cheap stereo integrated will not be better simply by virtue of that layout. The highest end AVRs back in their day were made to meet or exceed separates for home theatre and many thought them ... | |
| Just Curious - About using a AV Receiver as main unit https://hometheaterhifi.com/volume_12_4/denon-avr-4806-receiver-12-2005-part-5.htmlThis is the benchmark test from Stereophile showing the 4806 does everything well and puts out 181 per channel in 2 channel mode.This is the model below the flagshi... | |
| Just Curious - About using a AV Receiver as main unit It doesn't clip. In fact it goes from -100 to +12 db and at 0db it is very loud! Seriously, if you don't have direct experience with the models being spoken about you really have no idea. Its driving my KEF R200s. Kef 1600 center, Kef surrounds an... | |
| Just Curious - About using a AV Receiver as main unit Also, for 4k these days you can stream in dolby vision and run optical to your old AVR in 2 channel, or to play 4k blue rays in surround buy a cheap 4k player and run hdmi to your old AVR and picture is still amazing but not 4k I guess. I'm more a... | |
| Just Curious - About using a AV Receiver as main unit I have an old Denon 4806 as the hub of my system and its incredibly versatile and sounds amazing to me whether I'm playing DSD through Denon link and doing room correction in the digital domain using Audessy or switching through numerous component... |