nymarty
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| Anyone want to share your speaker sound around NY? Also, go see Larry Borden at Distinctive Stereo in River Vale, NJ. Great listening room with Genesis speakers by Gary Koh. Sounds fantastic. Also carries Canton and German Physiks. Larry is another great guy in this industry. i would also go ... | |
| Anyone want to share your speaker sound around NY? My advice is to go see John Rutan at Audio Connection in Verona, NJ. He has Vandersteen, Fyne, Proac, ATC and Magnepan. Great showroom and John is just a great guy. His team is also very good. Just go listen to music and hang out. Worth the tr... | |
| Considering a New Tube Pre-amp Unfortunately I don’t have experience with those preamps. I started with Schiit Freya + and then moved up to a Supratek Chardonnay. I highly recommend the Supratek. Small company out of Australia. The Chardonnay is their least expensive preamp ... | |
| Are the Anthony Gallo Reference 3.5 still up to it? Yes, the Gallo 3.5s hold up very well. My friend brought his pair over a couple of weeks ago and they sounded great. They image well with a wide soundstage and good dynamics. Very impressive speakers. He loves them and I can understand why. If... | |
| Best Used Tube Based Preamp $2k Or Under? @nightfall The Supratek preamps do have remote control volume and there is a US tech for repairs or upgrades. I bought mine used on USAM and have had no issues with it. There are also plenty of owners on A’gon for questions. It’s a remarkable... | |
| Best Used Tube Based Preamp $2k Or Under? I have a Schiit Freya + and a Supratek Chardonnay. Both are very good preamps but the Supratek is my favorite of the two. It does everything well, has variable gain on output so you can better match to your amp, balanced input and output, and re... | |
| Vacuum Tube Preamp for Solid State Power Amp Pairing I have a Supratek Chardonnay with 6SN7 tubes and it has adjustable gain. It’s a great preamp! It also has true balanced input and output so I have it paired with Orchard Audio Premium Monoblocks. Great combo. | |
| Do you have a perfect digital marriage? Mac Mini M4 with Roon Server and HQPlayer Deaktop on wired Ethernet network connected to Holo Audio Red (Roon and NAA endpoint) via Ethernet-fiber switches. The Red then outputs via i2s or USB to a Holo Audio Cyan 2 or Denafrips Pontus 2. Sounds... | |
| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? There are soooo many DACs. I’ve been using a Denafrips Pontus 2 for the past couple of years and just picked up a new Holo Audio Cyan 2 on the used market. I wanted a DAC that was R2R, had i2s input, and could take an upsampled DSD signal so I co... | |
| Looking for High Quality Streamer Only Options (NO DAC)? Holo Audio Red $800 Roon Ready + NAA for HQPlayer Lots of outputs: USB, i2s, AES, coaxial | |
| Don’t buy used McCormack DNA 1990s amps SMcAudio is a boutique brand at this point - selling high-end amps, preamps, etc. and they also rebuild old McCormack amps. I’ve heard nothing but great things about them. I still have an original McCormack DNA-1 Deluxe and have exchanged email ... | |
| Recommended amplification I don’t think you need 200 watts for the 3a Signatures in that size room. But I think those speakers like more power than 10 watts. I have them and they sound better to me with more power - particularly with high current amps. The bass is more c... | |
| CLASS D Orchard Audio Starkrimson monoblocks work well with my Devores, which don’t really need the power but come alive with it. | |
| Supratek Owners Thread @tksteingraber Glad you like the remote! The instructions are on the product page on AliExpress but you figured it out. I think Mick should buy a bunch of these, screenprint a logo on them, and ship them with his preamps. They’re much closer to... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread @evank Thanks! System is looking good. Did you move? Are you going to CAF? @tksteingraber Thanks! The noise isn’t much of an issue and only happens with remote, so will just ignore it. @jslateiv Thanks! I’m going to DM you about something... |