nordicnorm
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| Preamps opinion I would check out the Don Sachs linestage. Hand built, point-to-point wiring. Uses 6NS7 tubes.You can call and talk to Don directly. He will custom tweak the unit to best fit with your amps.Incredible performance for under $3,000. | |
| Best Bang for your Buck DAC ? What is the highest resolution you will be listening to? If you don’t listen to hi-res beyond 96kHz/24bit, then there are some terrific deals to be found in older, higher end DACs (e.g., Ayre, Esoteric, Benchmark, Meitner, etc.) as people upgrade ... | |
| Reccomend a good preamp for me. Lots of recommendations for a Don Sachs preamp. I have one and am extremely impressed with it.Don will customize it to your specs. He’s a great guy to talk to.One caveat: Don no longer builds his preamps with balanced outputs. Inputs, yes. Outputs... | |
| Looking for my Final Pair!! What is in the rest of your system? Speakers alone cannot give you what you are looking for. It’s all about the synergy. | |
| Preamp recommendation; ≤ $5k A Don Sachs linestage is worth considering. He will tweak the output to match your amp’s impedance.They start around $2,600 and you can customize it with better caps.http://www.dsachsconsulting.com/custom%20line%20stage.html Oops, never mind, I ju... | |
| Need preamp suggestion Put the Doge 8 on your radar.It’s an exceptional performer that comes in under your budget. FWIW, Arthur Salvatore rates them quite highly (Class B).Be forewarned that it is very sensitive to your choice of tubes.When I had mine, I ran Siemens ECC... | |
| Need DAC Ideas What is the highest resolution you be listening to? Red book? 96kHz? DSD? | |
| Tube preamp suggestion You won’t regret buying the Don Sachs.I certainly haven’t. | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Glad to see so much recognition of Pink Martini! Great band!Ok, let’s try again, shall we?The Grapes of Wrath - All the Things I Wasn’thttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy6sNR9CYrU | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Pink Martini - Splendor in the Grasshttps://pink-martini-heinz-records.myshopify.com/collections/digital-downloads/products/splendor-in-the-grass-digital-download | |
| How to go about collecting Classical Music @joanathanje $3,000 is more than enough for a SACD player.Here’s a used Krell SACD MkIII on USAudioMart for $1,600:https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649702894-krell-sacd-mkiii/ It’s been upgraded at the factory and the laser mechanism replaced s... | |
| What are all these metal cans/pods sitting on top of electronics? One of the cheap tweaks I would use was to open up a cheap CD player and coat the inside walls and top with plumber’s putty. It would add about a kilo of weight to the CDP and dampen (reduce) the vibrations.On most players it would make an immedia... | |
| How to go about collecting Classical Music There are some very good labels to be on the lookout for: Telarc, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Harmonia Mundi, RCA Living Stereo, Tacet are a few that consistently put out very high quality recordings. Now, whether or not you like the music is anot... | |
| Modern DAC Replacement for a Sonic Frontiers SFD-1mkii Congrats on your new purchase! | |
| Can’t recommend ASUS VivoMini enough if you need Roon Core @dfairc777a Really, any fan-less, small form factor pc will work. |