rbstehno
Responses from rbstehno
| Comparison of latest DAC chips Get a FPGA based dac and forget about the chips. Software can be updated much easier than replacing or upgrading chips. | |
| Why you want upsampling and upconversion in a server and why it sounds way better! I let my PS Audio DS sr dac do the conversion of redbook to DSD, no reason for Roon do it on the server. | |
| Streamer opinion.. Pease comment on validity. The node 2 streamer is a mid fi device at best. I liked the Auralic Aries mini much better, but I only used that for background music. I’ve had the dedicated music servers in the past (Auralic Aries and the Auralic Aries mini using usb into an ext... | |
| Recent upgrade to Cronus Magnum I had the Cronus magnum II with the kt120’s and it was nothing like you described. I also switched out the preamp tubes to PsVane tubes. I liked the Cronus much better than the prima Luna integrateds, which I thought were so so and not very powerf... | |
| So What Is Real? “I'd like to know when the "cable" people last had a hearing test? Can you hear 20k HZ? Probably not.”You are asking the wrong people, this statement should be asked for all cable naysayers. If we can hear a difference between cables, then there’... | |
| Which combination of components (Streamer, DAC, Preamp, Amp, etc.) are most future-proof? A new $2k dac is not going to blow away a new $10k dac. A $2k dac will sound very good but won’t have features that more expensive dacs have.95% of the dacs on the market are stuck with what you have is what you will always have. Another few % wil... | |
| There's a lot more bass in a 6.5" driver than most of you think You are talking about many different things in this post: smallish apartment rooms, added subwoofers, and room treatments.Sure, smallish rooms can better support smallish speakers.Room treatment in every room can have a dramatic effect on SQ.Subwo... | |
| Which type of cable sounds best for Streamer to DAC: AES/EBU or DIGITAL COAX or USB ?? Ethernet or I2S. You don't want any computer in your audio room | |
| Help in putting together my system with used equipment on Audiogon and eBay. Totally untrue about an integrated will better any separates. If you limit yourself to $1000, possibly, but after that, going separates Will get you a better system.To make recommendations, you really need to make some decisions.You seem you are u... | |
| What's Worth More on the Open Market - Your Records or Your Audio Gear LP’s are not worthless. I’m in the process of selling all of my albums and I have averaged around $10 an album, I have sold 100 so far. All of my sales have been thru Facebook marketplace and local online outlets | |
| What's Worth More on the Open Market - Your Records or Your Audio Gear LP’s are not worthless. I’m in the process of selling all of my albums and I have averaged around $10 an album, I have sold 100 so far. All of my sales have been thru Facebook marketplace and local online outlets | |
| Small living room speaker options.. Totem Arro? 213runnin- you know nothing about totem speakers. The model 1’s still blow away many of its competitors. Same for the Forest and Hawks. I’ve had many totem speakers in the past and for the $$$ they are very good. They are inefficient and need goo... | |
| How good can it get, really? - my stereo sounds amazing! The Cronus is a nice sounding amp. I had the same amp with the kt-120 tubes and the only thing I did was to replace the preamp tubes, change to a 4 ohm load, and got a nice power cord, which makes a big difference in any system above the Best Buy ... | |
| Lumin X1 latest Review like we have been saying Typical sales pitch. Have you ever heard this guy recommended d something that he doesn’t sell | |
| Watts and power I don’t care about all the mumbo jumbo on how things are calculated just like I don’t care about how cubic inches relates to horsepower. IME, quality SS amps that doubles its power from 8 ohms down to 2 have been better sounding amps to me. Tube a... |