rbstehno
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| How many dealers do you use? 0 for over a dozen years.last dealer was the used dealer in pdx. I attended ces and rmaf and got many ideas on what to get. Problem with most dealers is that they don’t have all the gear you want. 1 dealer might have the speakers you want, but not... | |
| Best Preamp and Amp combination, interesting finding!!! oldaudiophile - your statement isn’t true for all cases. I thought the same way by owning nice integrated amps costing $6000 or more. With those systems I used more efficient a little smaller speakers. I upgraded my speakers to larger bigger speak... | |
| Best Preamp and Amp combination, interesting finding!!! Why do you need a preamp? I eliminated my analog setup so I use my PSA DS sr dac straight to my amp. I think the amp is more important than a preamp: some of the speakers I have owned required a more powerful amp to get the best sound out of the s... | |
| What speaker has the best tweeter? Usher DMD Diamond tweeter | |
| Revel Performa F228 Be speaker... thoughts? I like the revel line of speakers. The 228’s are very nice but I preferred the Salon and Studio 2’s. When auditioning speakers a few years back, I ended up buying the larger Usher speakers instead of the Salon 2’s. I prefer the DMD Diamond tweeter... | |
| How many of you are digital only systems? Again, somebody doesn't know what they are talking about in regards to RTR. RTR has a 3-3/4 speed not 3.5. BTW: I've owned a few 10" RTR 15ips decks and RTR sounds great at 15ips, ok at 7.5, and terrible at 3-3/4 and 1-7/8. Too hard to get tapes a... | |
| Need a DAC Recommendation. Save your money and get a used ps audio DS jr dac, it will blow these mentioned dacs away in sq and in features. For example: do the other dacs above have an Ethernet connection? Fpga based? I2s input? (I2s and Ethernet are the best inputs to use ... | |
| PS auido Direct stream Dac IMO, the PS Audio DS jr dac surpasses most of the dacs listed on this thread. You get around 80% of the SQ of the DS sr dac for 1/2 the money. I owned 1 for 2 years and moved up to the DS sr. A word of caution when people are negative about this d... | |
| Bookshelf/Small Speakers I used to have many pairs of totem speakers: model 1’s, arro, and a couple pairs of mani 2’s. I used a Rel sub with the model 1’s. The mani’s are far better than the model 1’s but you need a very good powerful amp, even the model 1’s need a good a... | |
| Seeking advice on power conditioners/regenerators If you size the ps audio regenerator right it will improve your amps too. Conditioners are notorious for limiting amp sq and if you get too small of a regenerator you will be doing the same thing. Ps audio had an in-home trial policy so instead of... | |
| Did I damage my speakers? You just put new amp in, can you put the old amp back in to see if the distortion goes away? Eliminate the last change 1st | |
| Millercarbon's Mega Moab Mod Meander There is no way you can claim your Tekton speakers are equivalent to a Porsche in status or quality, you either don’t know Porsche cars or you don’t know audio, or both. What you are trying to do is to take a Corolla equivalent speaker and make it... | |
| Best Digital Interface Usb is a flawed interface. People try to add many tweaks/accessories to try to get it to sound good. Moved from USB to Ethernet and i2s. | |
| Insuring Your Vinyl Collection and Equipment I was in a fire and everything burned up. Just because your belongings were insured for X $$$, it doesn’t mean squat on what you might get from the insurance company. To issue a claim against that insured value, you have to specify how many forks ... | |
| 6.5 vs 8 vs 10 woofer I like many different kinds of woofer setups in speakers: multiple smaller drivers in the Revel Salon/Studio II and the Raidho’s, multiple larger drivers like in the Wilson’s, and right now using the 11” single Eaton driver in my Usher floorstandi... |