photomax
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| LTA Ultralinear vs Pass Labs XA25 I have upgraded to the Pass Labs XA30.8, driving my Spendor D9s with ease. Super happy... | |
| Suggestion for phono preamp in sub 2k price to complement Rega Planar 8 with Apheta 3 MC Check out the Rega Aria... | |
| What's the best non-DAC streamer? The Lumin U1 and U1 Mini don’t have DACs... | |
| DAC volume controls You will receive a ton of opinions on using a DAC’s volume control and pros/cons of having a pre in the chain. The best way is to carefully test it in your listening room. Try each way for a week or so.I tested using a Linn DSM straight into a pow... | |
| A warm DAC? At times I feared this thread had drifted into the weeds with nothing more than agenda filled rants. But when you distill all the contributions this is an excellent thread!Why? The answer is the passion from all viewpoints. In a way this is what ... | |
| A warm DAC? Fair point. But your determination (or mine) does not become the de-facto metric for everyone. I think in this audio arena the most useless term is “always”. I find that almost all absolutist statements can be countered with “it depends”. Folks in... | |
| A warm DAC? Then why do companies research, develop, market and successfully sell DACs that cost $2000, $5000, $10,000 or $80,000? Why do financially successful people buy them? Why do people who have spent time, effort, listening tests and lots of money on t... | |
| A warm DAC? DACs have the front end where the chip/tubes resides plus the power supply, the analogue conversion circuit, the cables, the case, the various connectivity ports, the feet, etc, etc. All of this combines to produce “the sound” and level of quality... | |
| A warm DAC? To the OP: you state your budget is $2500.This DAC gets a lot of great attention from owners and pro reviewers. It fits your budget down to the penny.https://www.audiomirror.com/product-page/tubadour-iii-se-nonoversampling-tube-dac-2500I currently... | |
| Newbie considering 3 streaming DAC/Servers If you don’t use Roon then you will want a unit that can handle those different files on its own, sound good without jitter, have potential power supply upgrades down the road and have a solid trouble free user application. I would look at the bes... | |
| A warm DAC? Many of these threads can contain posts that ignore the OP’s question. Look at his request again. He clearly states his mission, his concerns and the equipment he has. The major variables in this game are the listening room accoustics, desired aud... | |
| Aurender's "Sound" Interesting...I went the other way. After upgrading to Spendor D9 speakers I found that some recordings sounded a tad bright and cold. Using a Linn DSM with a Pass Labs XP-20 pre and a 250 watt Bryston. Prior to that combo I had Rega gear in the m... | |
| Experience with Linn Select DSM? Those are smaller range monitors. Known for accuracy and not for big rock and roll bass. Are they mounted on heavy stands? They might sound better quite some distance fron the wall. I would take care in finding the best sounding speaker position f... | |
| Pass Labs “House Sound” vs. McIntosh “House Sound” I don’t always agree with Erik’s posts, but his last post above is great advice.Buying audio gear requires two main things: time and money. If you really want audio quality you have to spend both. Sure, you can quickly spend $10,000 on a component... | |
| Finally took the Bryston 4B Cubed plunge How many of you Brytson guys have experienced the squared and cubed series? I have read that the cubed series has a mellower trebble? I ran a 4BSST-2 with a Pass Labs XP-20 preamp. Playing vinyl and most digital sounded great, especially at higher... |