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| PS Audio Direct Stream MK2 DAC As an owner of the DirectStream DAC Mk2, I must emphasize how wonderful this DAC sounds. It is probably the best sounding DAC under $10K, and may even be preferred by many listeners of much more expensive DACs. It provides clarity and detail, but ... | |
| ZEN Mini S vs. Small Green Computer Sonic Transporter i5 music server/Ultra Rendu Streamer Another vote for the Innuos Zen Mk 3 as long as you have an external DAC to work with it. I've owned a Zen for several years, and it's been great. Ripping couldn't be easier. The HDD vs SSD issue has not been a significant one for me. The drive is... | |
| New Class D amplifiers As @jeffseight mentioned earlier in this thread, there is an excellent recent YouTube video called "The perfect power amplifier?" by Harley Lovegrove of Pearl Acoustics. Harley praises the accomplishments of Bruno Putzeys and his colleagues on bui... | |
| THIEL Audio their demise... @dtich If you haven't already, take a look at the Thiel Owners thread. It's one of the longest and best threads on Audiogon, and "jafant" keeps it moving along smoothly.. Tom Thiel posts many very interesting comments there, as do a diverse mix o... | |
| Zavfino @treebeard1, I wanted to clarify an issue with the wire gauge in the Cardas speaker cable you mentioned earlier when discussing the 9 AWG wire in the Zavfino Prima cables. The Cardas Clear Beyond uses 8 x 10.5 AWG wires, which means that the tota... | |
| Innuous Zenith Mk3 and Phoenix vs Esoteric N-05XD Bossa, thanks for the clarifications. I thought that streaming was part of the picture for you, but I guess not. I still think that your choice of DAC is a very important decision. I have never heard any of the Esoteric DACs myself, but I have rea... | |
| Innuous Zenith Mk3 and Phoenix vs Esoteric N-05XD The best way to make a decision would be to try the gear you're considering in your own system. However, that may not be easy to arrange. I can see the lure of the Esoteric N-05XD as a streamer/DAC, but I'm not sure that DACs and streamers will e... | |
| Cables from amp to preamp or longer speaker cables… Since you have a lot of Benchmark gear in your system, you may want to check out the Benchmark website and look at their balanced interconnects. They use a Canare starquad cable and charge $144 for a pair of 25-foot cables. You might be able to fi... | |
| Thiel Owners @ronkent I appreciate your update on the sound of the new PS Audio DSD MkII DAC when feeding Thiel speakers. I'm using the original version of that DAC right now, and I'm looking forward to the possibility of trading it in toward the MkII version... | |
| Thiel Owners @ronkent Thanks for the update on your system and the advice on how an improved DAC can reduce glare and related digital gremlins in reproducing music from CDs. I've been following the comments on the PS Audio forum about the beta testing of the ... | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing @rajugsw Nice pic of your Class D amp. I noticed that you're using a toroid instead of the Hypex power supply you used in your earlier version of the amp. The Atma-Sphere Class D amp uses a toroid as well. What difference in sound do you notice ... | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing @atmasphere Thanks for the helpful comments in response to my questions about the choices of switching frequency and power supply for your Class D amps. | |
| Thiel Owners tomthiel, I agree with you. Even with the rebirth of increased interest in vinyl by some in the younger generations, there is still not a widespread embrace of hifi music reproduction. I'm even discouraged by old friends my age, who seem to have ... | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing @atmasphere You may have already covered these issues earlier in this thread, but could you please explain a little more about the following two issues with regard to your Class D amps? 1. I noticed that the switching frequency for your amp is ... | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing I'm guessing that "kuribo" is the same person who repeatedly posted very similar comments on another online audio forum using the name "goryu." That discussion was focused on comparing the sonic differences between Ncore modules and Purifi modules... |