rbstehno
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| What Matters and What is Nonsense The room is the area that you need to get right 1st. Most people don't treat the room and they think it sounds fantastic, they just don't know.Next, I would put SYNERGY as #10. If you go out and buy a nice Wilson or Magico speaker for $100,000, ar... | |
| Best balanced linestage/preamp for $4000 or less ??? Check out the McIntosh C47 for $4000. Check out the TAS review of the McIntosh C52 and you give up nothing in performance by going with the C47. | |
| Is this MQA news a big deal? I wouldn't spend more than $500 on a dac without MQA. $7000 on a dac without MQA is foolish IMO. You might not like MQA right now (with the right equipment, it can sound fantastic), but if they make future improvements and then you want it, your $... | |
| Which is better - Hi end CD transport or Music server into DAC? Neither. The best setup is using a network card inside the dac, for example the Bridge II cars in the ps audio DS or the DCS network card. Sell all the so called ultimate usb cables, all you need is a good Ethernet cable (say cat7 or cat8 from aud... | |
| New Speakers up to $15k - The more I read the less I know! I would look at Totem and usher. I have had both and just moved up to the usher x-towers for a little less than $15k. The usher be-10 and be-20’s are also excellent sounding speakers. | |
| Ready to move onto next stage of streaming I have been down the paths of using a computer with an external dac and then replacing the computer with a dedicated streamer (auralic Aries) with a separate dac. Why do you want to use 2 boxes linked with an inferior usb cable when you can use an... | |
| Stereophile, no more bench tests????!!!! You can only hope that they remove them. IMO they are worthless. Good or bad measurements doesn’t tell you if the unit sounds good or bad. The manufacturers stats should tell you enough if it will fit into your system or satisfy your needs at the ... | |
| Speaker Cable Upgrade... Advice Please I would go back to the AR and ps audio dac. Cables will not make a cold sounding system sound like a tube system. | |
| Ethernet Cables, do they make a difference? I love it when somebody wants to convince the world that they are right by stating they talk to an engineer and he said blah blah blah! I don’t give a rats @$$ What an engineer says, if you have to rely on somebody else’s opinion then you don’t kn... | |
| PS Audio Direct Stream JR If you don’t think the jr has enough output voltage, you can change the attenuator setting to high and you should have plenty of voltage to power your amps. Attenuator setting “in” is the low setting but it’s also the quietest. | |
| Preamp under $2,000 used I just purchased a Hegel preamp because I own the Hegel H300 integrated and it sounds fantastic. I am teaming up the Hegel preamp with a pair of Classe ct-m300 monoblocks using xlr with very good results. | |
| Jolida Integrated or Rogue Integrated MAgnus Cronus II Rogue hands down, even when you go up the Jolida chain to their monoblocks. I have owned both a 1501 and the 1301 which were nice, I have heard the Jolida mono’s and the better Jolida integrateds at shows and friends houses. I bought the rogue Cro... | |
| Digital Audio for Dummies I listened to both the Sony and the bluesound and I bought the Auralic Aries which blew those 2 away in sound and especially the DS Lightning iPad software to control it. I bought the Auralic Aries mini for the living room which I think is superio... | |
| Should I eliminate my preamp? Willemj- how do you know what an album is supposed to sound like? Are you telling me by bypassing a preamp you are closer to the master? If you like vinyl these guys will tell you their master is more realistic. There are many reasons to go thru a... | |
| Ethernet Cables, do they make a difference? These naysayers have no freakin clue about how audio works. These guys claim that all digital is just zeros and ones and nothing will have an impact on the sound. Cable sheathing, cable terminations all make a difference. Ask these guys why fibre ... |