rhg88
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| Point of higher priced streamer? One reason why I have not yet decided on a streamer/DAC combination to get is Roon compatibility. Many of the newest high performing and reasonably priced models such as the Minidsp SHD, Matrix Audio Mini-i 3 Pro, Arcam ST60, etc., have not receiv... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? yyzsantabarbara1,914 postsI broke down and bought the UltraCap LPS 1.2 based on the comments here and the ASR links posted here. Let me see now if that was money well spent.https://uptoneaudio.com/products/ultracap-lps-1-2?variant=6075727314979The... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? I think that some of @Audio2design posts and comments are quite insightful. Perhaps the rest of the contributors can lower the level of personal attacks. | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? @yyzsantabarbara Thank you for your response to my question regarding room correction. I will read the threat that you have pointed me to.Regarding your suggestion of replacing the USB connection by optical to prevent analog noise contamination ri... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? I’ve been reading this post with great interest since I’m in the market for a streamer/dac combination. One issue that was not mentioned at all in this discussion was room correction. I’ve read and have verified in my own system that room correcti... | |
| Upgrade DAC recommendation If you are looking into strict D/A conversion performance, it seems like there are quite a bit of new high performance and reasonably priced DACs, such as the brand new SMSL SU-9 Balanced USB DAC (US $439.99), which perform better than most R2R DA... | |
| Upgrade DAC recommendation https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?pages/Audio_DAC_Performance_Index/ | |
| purchasing US made speakers Salk makes some lovely costumed made speakers. I ordered a Supercharged SongCenter center speaker in teak veneer and I am delighted with it. It really has improved the surround system's tonality, imaging and dialog comprehension. You can also cons... | |
| Magico A3 jo1mtb1You won't be disappointed. Ive had them for almost two years and they are wonderful. | |
| what's the point? I have to confess that I found the information in the link posted by to OP and the related article interesting. It tends to substantiate my own experience. If two amps have a flat frequency response between 20Hz and 20KHz and provide ample non-cli... | |
| Your favourite music movie? I’m surprised that no one mentioned Amadeus. I guess that there are very few classical music fans in audiogon. Amadeus won 11 Oscars in 1985 including best picture, best director and best sound mixing. It did not win best sound track because, as M... | |
| Magico A3 I have a pair of A3s and I don't find them dark at all. As a matter of fact, one of the reasons why I chose them after evaluating a bunch of speakers in its class, was that I did not find them to be overly bright (brassy). Of course, it is all in ... | |
| Can you live with your current speaker until you die? I lived with a pair of Koss CM1030 speakers since I bought them new in 1978. I recently bought a pair of Magico A3 speakers, which unfortunately I don’t expect to be able to keep for that long. I still have not given away my Koss CM1030s and I’m h... | |
| Integrated Amp to match with Magico A3 Audiotroy, I don't quite understand what you mean by "The quality of the volume regulation preserves time and phase information which can increase of decrease your image." | |
| Integrated Amp to match with Magico A3 Audiotroy, thank you for your feedback. As it turns out, we did at one point bypass the AV7704 and use a much higher quality preamp. Nevertheless, I did not hear a big difference between the two amps.Are you suggesting that an integrated amp migh... |