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phastm3

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Wharfedale Elysian?
so far they are great, but i made the mistake of replacing my DAC at the same time i replaced the speakers. I have an Audio Mirror tube DAC on it's way to see make sure that the Topping D90 DAC that i have now isn't a limiting factor. I'm not sayi... 
Wharfedale Elysian?
I just posted a couple pics of my Elysian 2s on my system page. I haven’t had a chance to listen too much yet, but so far so good 
Wharfedale Elysian?
I'll find out by the middle of next week if the Wharfedales and as good or better than the Focals, to me in my room. I had 3 sets of Focals, all with the Be tweeter, and they all would cause a slight ringing or irritation to my ears at semi loud v... 
Wharfedale Elysian?
I just ordered a pair of the Elysian 2’s. Should be here in a week. These will take the place of a pair of Focal Sopra 2’s.  
New tube preamp
I tried the bhk pre for a few days and I wasn’t impressed. I have a coda 07x now and it sounds a little better than the bhk. I didn’t like the click/pop sound of the bhk when it reached different volume levels. I like the simplicity and quietness ... 
Looking for a pre-amp (Pass, ARC, BAT, Sim, PS Audio)
@jmarshak i guess you're saying you got rid of the XP22? If so, what did you replace it with? 
New artist
This guy knows what he’s good at and he sticks with it the entire album. Very clean recording too. 
want to ditch my Brooklyn to streamer..thoughts?
keep the brooklyn and use the DAC in it along with the bluesound. Switch back and forth between the Node2’s internal DAC and the Brooklyn and sell the Brooklyn if doesn’t sound better. 
LS-50 Speakers (Passive)
crutchfield sells the LS50's with a 45 day return option...only costs about $10 to give them a try 
Schiit offering LISST "tubes" for SAGA & FREYA pre-amps
I had the Freya in my system with 4 different sets of tubes, and i was getting a lot of noise and hum in "tube mode". I was able to get most of the hum out, but i would still get random static and noise. Z reviews on youtube did a review of the Fr... 
Diana Krall
@rpeluso i have been on here about 6 months. I have been into building a serious audio system in the last year or so.  
Diana Krall
rpeluso, are Harry, Ron and Ken your brothers? 
should I go with the rega brio or schiit vidar
i would get 2 vidars if you have balanced outputs. 400 watts into 8ohms 
Calling all Schiit Freya owners: question about amplifier pairing and heat problems.
I’m really happy with the Freya and consider it a step up from the 6H30/EZ80 tube preamp I used previously. I’ve used (am using) the Freya with a Merrill Audio Taranis Class D power amp as well as Hegel H200 operated as power amp in HT bypass mod... 
Speaker help - Best all around speaker
I had the B&W CM10 S2's and i replaced them with a set of Klipsch Forte III's. It turned out to be a great upgrade