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| Audio Note 2.1.x DAC vs Wyred 4 Sound DAC 2 Yes, I experimented with many 6DJ8 variation tubes. The Amperex PQ Holland sounded just a tad too bright for me in my system and for the warm sound I like, and some USA made Amperex smoother than the Holland as well as JAN Amperex. Overall, for mu... | |
| Anyone ever hear Conrad Johnson Premier 9 Dac The Conrad Johnson Premier 9 is one of the most musical DAC's that I have heard. It is not overly warm, distorted, and syrupy gushy fuzzy like some of the earlier CJ equipment. It is beautiful and musical sounding without being lean or sounding ar... | |
| Wadia 170i Ipod Dock Vs Onkyo ND S1 Ipod Dock A guy from Japan on ebay sells them and they work fine with the switching power supply with USA 120V/60Z current. No import problem. Mine right out of the box sounded better to me than the Wadia. And, with some reasonably priced mods by Steve Sank... | |
| Are B&W Nautilus 804's too bright I found the 804's difficult to live with although inviting in a dark listening room with a few drinks in me. I ended up with some Zu Druids, which are non fatiging unlike the B&Ws and more my speed. The Zu Essence, on sale now no less, may tak... | |
| Sound of Zu Soul Superfly vs Zu Druid Speakers Zu has a BIG SALE this Thanksgiving weekend, by the way. I did forget to mention the increase in bass performance with the Zu Souls. I appears my comments and the most recent post sum up in simple straight forward language the basic changes noted ... | |
| Sound of Zu Soul Superfly vs Zu Druid Speakers I will answer my own question, although in a limited way, with one viewpoint in the words of someone who was selling his Zu Druids, to paraphrase, he feels the Zu Soul Superfly, although still nicely warm in the midrange, was slightly less so than... | |
| Cayin A-88t vs. Almarro A318B I owned both and liked them both. It is sort of an apples and oranges comparison. The better depends on your priorities. The richer midrange of the Almarro over the Cayin turned out to be a deciding factor for the Almarro although I missed the dyn... | |
| Audion Silver Night PX-25 vs. Almarro 318B vs.... I suspect that you haven't really heard at all what an Almarro 318B can sound like until you put in Mullard Brown Base ECC33 and CV569 (ECC35) tubes (previoulsy it sounded dull to me) (both comparisons done with 6C33 Svetlana power tubes - better ... | |
| Wadia 170i Ipod Dock Vs Onkyo ND S1 Ipod Dock Got my Onkyo ND-S1 iDock upgraded by Talking Dog Transducer company in Tucson. The sound was already better to me than the Wadia iDock, and now it sounded dramatically better than the stock unit. It even made the stock unit sound dull in compariso... | |
| Sound of Zu Soul Superfly vs Zu Druid Speakers Unfortunately, there appears to be a few individuals who wish to hijak this thread by contending that there is plenty of information out there already comparing the brand new Zu Soul to the older Zu Druid and who wish to limit further input.In tru... | |
| System Matching for Small Room Listening The Cayin A-88T is plenty powerful, even for a larger room and has a very dynamic yet warm tube sound. It is not overy warm like some older Conrad Johnson gear, nor is it clinical or sterile like solid state. On balance, it is one of the best amps... | |
| Sound of Zu Soul Superfly vs Zu Druid Speakers I found the 213Cobra (Phil) posts quit informative and detailed - although it seems 213Cobra doesn't actually own the Zu Sould Speakers, it apears he did some serious listening. However, the purpose of this new thread is to try and get more input ... | |
| What tubes for sibilant SET Triode amp I found the Telefunkens to be the smoothest yet still detailed 6DJ8 variant around | |
| Good evening,interested in moving to a DAC My Audio note 2.1.x dac sounds wonderful and I feed an ipod through an Onkyo ND-S1 (takes off digital sound from an iPod/iTouch like a Wadia 170i). The new Ayon CD-01s CD player/Dac(which has a digital in) is reportedly one of the best CD players ... | |
| Wadia 170i Ipod Dock Vs Onkyo ND S1 Ipod Dock As a side note, my Onky Ipod Dock produced much better soundstage and seperation of instruments and less compressed sound than my Squeezebox Touch. I really wanted the touch to sound better as it would relieve space considerations coming off my co... |