oldschool1948
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| Are Preamplifier’s Relevant Today or just a Hinderance with Digital Playback ? @yyzsantabarbara My streaming path is Cardas Ethernet to an Innous Zenith MK2 via WireWorld USB cable to a Matrix X via a cheap .5 meter HDMI cable to my DAC. I hear a clear and distinct SQ improvement using the Matrix as opposed to going direct... | |
| Are Preamplifier’s Relevant Today or just a Hinderance with Digital Playback ? At this point in my life, I listen less to vinyl and do more streaming. My digital rig sounds really good to me, and while my vinyl rig sounds better it’s not by much. A while back, I was considering selling my Technics 1200G and Herron VTSP-2A(r0... | |
| My NAD 3020 D proves your Class D tropes are wrong I have four power amps: NAD M22v2 (Class D), PS Audio BHK 250 (Hybrid Class A), McIntosh MC 2600 (Class A), and Pioneer SPEC-4 (Class A). My vintage Mac and Pioneer amps work well in my rec room, but not so much in my listening room. In my liste... | |
| What phono preamp are you using? I went from a Parasound JC3 Jr., to Herron VTPH-2A, to PS Audio Stellar. With a 1200G and Ortofon Quintet Black. Surprisingly to me, the Herron and PS Audio were basically a toss-up. The Stellar is dead quite and sounds great. | |
| Best DAC / Budget The Audio Mirror is too laid back. I'm not sure what laid back means, but like any piece of gear, the sound depends on everything in your system. In my system, the Audio Mirror Tubadour lll SE sounded great. At the time, I had a Herron VTSP-... | |
| Class D for a Tube Lover NAD M22v2. Very nice sounding power amp. | |
| Preamp for Herron VTPH-2A I started with a VTPH-2A with a VTSP-3A(ro2). Loved the sound. Now I have a PS Audio Stellar phono pre into a PS Audio BHK pre amp. In my system, that combination sounds better. The Stellar phone pre is worth a listen. Mine sounded great rig... | |
| Worst Concerts You Have Attended ?? James Brown in the mid 60’s came on stage and started singing. Ladies in the first rows started screaming. “Mr. Brown” started screaming through the mike, “Stop the music. Stop the music.” Music stopped. “Mr. Brown” said, if you all want to h... | |
| Technics 1200G phono recommendations I’ve used a Parasound JC3jr, Herron, and PS Audio Stellar in that order with my 1200G, with an Ortofon Quintet Black cartridge. The Herron sounded best, with the PS Audio an almost dead heat second. I kept the PS Audio pre because I have their BHK... | |
| Are your current amps and other gear the best you've ever had? The best I ever heard was north of $350K. So not even close, but it's good enough for my ears and budget. | |
| Grant Fidelity parts ways with Psvane My BHK Pre had Psvane S12au7's. While they sound pretty good, I much prefer Tungsram 7DJ8s. I get a warmer, fuller sound with no loss in detail or dynamics. I should note, I'm also using Tungsram 7DJ8's in my BHK 250 power amp. | |
| Some DACs I am Considering-Any thoughts? +1 Audio Mirror SE - very good DAC. A used PS Audio DirectStream DAC is a better choice. | |
| Back to vinyl need phono stage help! PS Audio Stellar is an excellent choice in the $2,500 range new, used for maybe $500-$600 less. | |
| what is the advantage of having a Roon core that's not on your computer? I started with an Innous Zenith MKII hosting Roon Core. It wasn't powerful enough to use DSP or upscaling so I purchased a Small Green Computer sonictransporter i7 for Roon DSP w/o storage and everything worked fine. I used it for over a year bu... | |
| Frail and Bedazzled @snackeyp +++1Vinyl - Technics SL-1200G w/ stock arm and Ortofon Quintet Black cartridge. Digital - Innous Zenith MKII, Matrix X-SPDIF, and PS Audio DirectStream DAC. I do more streaming these days because I’m getting too lazy to flip vinyl for ... |