philgo01
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| Masimo Acquires Sound United - Are Denon, Classe, Polk, B&W, Marantz, going to fade away?? I am no Harvard or Stanford MBA but I fail to see the business rationale for the acquisition by Masimo, a medical technology company, of Sound United, a pure play consumer audio and video entertainment umbrella of companies. I hope I am wrong but ... | |
| Apple iPad music streamer As long as you are happy with the way it sounds and the way it works..... There are tons other "streamers" out there that are controlled by an APP at all sorts of price points... from < $200 (Raspberry Pi based, Arylic, Wiim) to > $25K !!! ... | |
| Integrated tube amp vs Tube amp? Separates are usually better in the long run but you need to be practical too (e.g. space, upgrade possibilities years down the road).... You also need to know how to pair them properly... I prefer integrated tube (Rogers 65V-1) due to its s... | |
| Primaluna? I too was looking at PL's but decided to go with Rogers High Fidelity's Integrated AMPs. Super happy with it, costs less than PL and are hand made in the USA. Roger Gibboni is the owner and he is great to work with. Complimentary lifetime upgra... | |
| Tube integrated amps -- new Value Leaders? Great question posted. Inquiring minds want to know.. Cayin seems to be VERY WELL BUILT. The Canada based audio folks on youtube (Jay, Audio Excellence Canada etc) are very high on Cayin. I ended up with Rogers High Fidelity integrated amp and... | |
| Suggestions for high efficiency speakers? I am partial towards Klipsch's Heritage Line... The Cornwalls are an amazing speaker due to the size. I wish I had space for LaScala or even the Klispchorn. SIZE MATTERS (due to physics I think).. :) | |
| Best place to purchase a new Denafrips Pontus II From what I recall, Vinshine (in Singapore with Alvin Chee, the proprietor) is the only official dealer for all things Denafrips. I bought my Denafrips Ares II directly from him and he has been amazing to work with ! Outstanding customer servc... | |
| For SACD fans only My concerns with I2S connection (via HDMI) are the pin-outs are not standardized AND I am not clear if it can transmit DSD signals to a I2S input of a DAC. I've inquired with Denafrips' dealer on this very issue and if my memory is correct, he i... | |
| DAC - DCS Bartok or the new Berkeley Alpha DAC 3 With the quality and cost of DACs that you are considering, I would opt for a much higher quality streamer than Bluesound... Perhaps something like Aurender, Auralic, HiFi Rose ??? Bluesound represents spectacular value but it is also considere... | |
| Better CD Sound: The Search If your are willing to use your existing player as a transport, I would urge you to consider external DAC like the Denafrips Ares2 (sub $800) or better models. I love mine. If you are willing to replace your Sony player, the Marantz SACD30n (~ $... | |
| external DAC with SACD DSD's are not available on digital coax nor toslink digital output ports. It's only available on I2S outputs (PSAudio uses HDMI type of connector but it is different from the normal HDMI port available on many blu-ray players that contains video a... | |
| Streaming virgin I started this journey ~ two years ago and here are some of my lessons learned:1. Determine what "STREAMING" means for you: It can be just an online music service like SPOTIFY, Amazon Music HD, Tidal, Qobuz etc. It can also be a bunch of downlo... | |
| Nagaoka MP-150 vs MP-200 @chakster Just because you were born in the former Soviet Union does not make your sweeping generalities that all Chinese nationals are communists or support the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) true. There is a lot of dissent towards the CCP both i... | |
| Nagaoka MP-150 vs MP-200 I don't understand why we have racist comments in this forum. I too expect better from this forum. It has no place in a civilized society. How can we stop this especially in this much enjoyable forum? It's very disheartening that people harbor ... | |
| Got a Node 2i, what's next? Assuming you are able to stick to your budget of up to $1K, please keep us apprised of what you ended up with and feedback would be appreciated... I |