paulfolbrecht
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| Schiit/DSD Question To add some color to my comments above: I'm listening now to Blakey's classic "Keystone 3" on my Yggdrasil (+ Kara). I listened first to the Redbook version - it's a textbook example of the horrid mastering (likely dropping bits and creating nast... | |
| Schiit/DSD Question I have long thought DSD is a great format. You can take that incredibly high sample-rate one-bit stream, filter it, and you have an analog waveform. Doing this with discrete components or FPGAs gives wonderful results in my experience. In additio... | |
| Flexible Power Cords I don't need 8 3m cords - I need 8 cords, with a max length of 3m. That's two of them. The rest will be 1 or 1.5m. | |
| Streamer/DAC/Crossover Combo Ok, let's forget the built-in server. How about a primo DAC with crossover, in either digital or analog? | |
| Hybrid amps with bipolar output Thanks - I was not aware of Circle Labs! | |
| Desktop ESLs It's big but you can't get away from that. This is awesome - thank you! | |
| Desktop ESLs Thanks for the suggestions which are reasonable. I think the Eminent Tech speakers are nice and so are Maggies, but neither can come close to a full-range electrostatic in doing what ESLs do. I have Martin Logon hybrids on the desktop now. They ... | |
| Desktop ESLs Magnetic-planar speakers are not electrostats. | |
| PS Audio Sunlight Firmware I won't mention other DACs to avoid being called a shill.I listen to ESLs of one sort of another - mostly Electrostatic Solutions' restored Quad 63s. | |
| PS Audio Sunlight Firmware PS should not use USPS for shipping. Mine came 3 days late. | |
| Desktop DAC/Amp I went with a Technics SU-G700.We heard a system with this amp, playing MQA files, at Axpona a few years ago, and were blown away.Paired with Martin Logan speakers, we'll see what happens! | |
| Desktop DAC/Amp The Nova and Ragnarok are both great suggestions.The Schiit Yggy was my main source for years. Their gear is killer. | |
| Solid-State Preamp/Crossover Anyway what I'm doing now, DirecStream DAC into Marchand XM66, does sound excellent. I've wanted to avoid the DAC's internal attenuator but the cost of using it (over a higher-quality analog circuit) is probably minimal.(But even PS told me it wou... | |
| Solid-State Preamp/Crossover Thanks for the responses.Rather than offering "all" xover points in an analog circuit, a few between, say, 60-100 Hz would serve the needs of many users, me included, and be practical.I've used DSP and just never care for it in the long run. There... | |
| What tube amp for Harbeth 40.1 Have you seen the video where and where A. Shaw demonstrates that the big Harbeths easily pull 500W on transients?No offense, but you're cheating yourself using tubes of almost any power level with these speakers. They need lots of power, and are ... |