nordicnorm
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| I need a new DAC! Advice/Recommendations? For $1,500, you'll be hard pressed to beat a Denafrips Ares or Gustard x20 Pro. If you're streaming music through USB, then add a DDC, like the Singxer SU-1. You'll thank me. | |
| whats the very best sounding cables for realistic money Mains, you owe it to yourself to try Teo Audio Game Changer interconnects. He offers a very generous money-back guarantee, so if you don't like them, the most you'll be out is the cost of the postage. | |
| Seller has not contacted yet. How long should I wait... I would flag it with Audiogon just to be safe. | |
| Who listens primarily to Redbook CD? I listen to physical CDs... and SACDs... and digital files... and vinyl. I used to listen to R2R tapes but my Teac A3340S didn't survive my last move (sob!).Why limit oneself to only one format? | |
| Best tubes for sonic frontiers power 2? Shuguang Treasure KT88-Z will give you a ’dark liquid’ sound, although it won’t come cheap!Black Treasure KT88-z will set you back $110 each at TheTubeStore. | |
| Tube preamp with or without phono stage? Check out the Coincident Technology preamp $3,295 : https://www.audiogon.com/listings/tube-coincident-technology-statement-line-stage-pre-amp-2017-05-19-preamplifiers-49783-sault-sainte-mar-mi A review by James L. Darby. | |
| Greatest rhythm sections Someone has already mentioned Little Feat:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qQnGfZpIfY Paul Simon always managed to assemble a killer rhythm section:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUvQl2OZBD8 | |
| Should I Switch Preamps? The 1230R looks like a real sleeper!Let us know how it sounds in your system. | |
| Glare on Choral recordings, classical vocals I would recommend that you audition a Lampizator DAC, but whatever you choose, listen to it in your system in your own home.Only then will you know how it sounds. | |
| Best imaging up to 3k used? You might be able to find a Lampizator DAC for that price? | |
| Need Amp Advice It would be worth your while to look at these babies:Blue Circle AG-8000 monoblocks $5,998* Four separate chassis: 2 monaural amplifiers, each with its own separate external power supply. * 150 watts into 8 ohms * True balanced topology * Tube inp... | |
| Looking for a Phono pre around 1K Check out Blue Circle Audio phono stages. The designer (and owner), Gilbert Yeung, is big on tubes EXCEPT in phono stages.Here’s one for $1,295, which is close to your budget: http://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/649341370-blue-circle-audio-flt-... | |
| Richard Clark $10,000 Amplifier Challenge - Why Couldn't Anyone Pass this Test?? @geoffkait Hmmm. Interesting. Perhaps there isn't as much difference between violins? What do I know? I'm only a trumpet player. ;^)That doesn't mean that musicians are unable to tell the difference between other instruments (as in my Oscar Peters... | |
| New Release CD Players $1000 - $1500 Or check out the Denafrips Ares DAC $600. | |
| Richard Clark $10,000 Amplifier Challenge - Why Couldn't Anyone Pass this Test?? @geoffkait Yes, I did read the article. I don't understand your question though? Nowhere in it are they talking about differentiating between "live" instruments? Which was the basis of my post as I was responding to your statement:" Why couldn’t t... |