seanheis1
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| what dacs are fast, lively, energetic? For the perception of speed you don't need to spend much. Delta Sigma DACs maximize speed and resolution...if you wanted depth or a DAC that resembles analog...then you need to spend. RME ADI 2 FS & Benchmark make good non-Chinese Delta Sigm... | |
| Is all the hype warranted 2 year waitlist?? I wonder what Steve is doing with the deposit money. Hopefully it's in a trust account. | |
| Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say? The irony is your friend would likely not like your system as well. It might sound too dead to him or too lively. ;-) But telling him you don't care for his system would be a demonstration of poor social skills and would reflect badly on you. You... | |
| PayPal Friends & Family listings. Why is this becoming so common? “It seems like buyers demand around a 20% discount to take on the added risk of F&F. ” I have not experienced that at all…my last 12 transactions on USAM, all F&F ranging between $16K - $150. I have sold items within 95% of my asking pri... | |
| Room with glass windows as a walls. there is no evidence that glass performs differently than drywall...except in the lower frequencies. the challenge with glass is that you can't really hang art or other things like you can with drywall...so you get bad flutter echo. Modern roo... | |
| Magico speakers too clinical and fatiguing? If a speaker is revealing like that...they will not only showcase the weakness in a bad recording....they will also highlight the weaknesses of your room, including any lack of symmetry or close reflections. | |
| Anyone hear the Van Alstine CA1 Control Amplifier or NP1 amp demoed? @gano true. If you're gonna cost twice and still be made in China (Hegel)...that gives me pause. | |
| Anyone hear the Van Alstine CA1 Control Amplifier or NP1 amp demoed? The Hegel costs more than twice. So I am not sure you are calling this a great value or not. (By great I mean fantastic in comparison to similar amps. Is it as good as an amp twice the price?) Van Alstine is factory direct. With Hegel, you have... | |
| Anyone hear the Van Alstine CA1 Control Amplifier or NP1 amp demoed? @grislybutter I use Van Alstine SET 120 Power amp. Check out part time audiophiles review of it. Re: CA1. I have not heard it. From how folks are describing it, it is not the sound that I chase ;-) | |
| Anyone hear the Van Alstine CA1 Control Amplifier or NP1 amp demoed? @gano curious what your questions were? | |
| YouTube Indicates What the Future is For Audiophiles - Interesting Demographics. If, as some have suggested, this is a societal issue, another sign that the gap in wealth is growing and being concentrated more among an ever decreasing percentage of the population, then that’s a sad indictment of where we’re all at. The good... | |
| YouTube Indicates What the Future is For Audiophiles - Interesting Demographics. Yes Krell is for old farts. There were two videos with contrasting appeal referenced in the OP for that reason. I guess we take away what we want to take away. AI determines who your videos are shown to. This has to do with your topics AND the ... | |
| Any owners of Schitt Bifrost 2? You said the main reason for Bifrost is that it's upgradable. Unfortunately it's not user upgradable. You have to mail it to Schiit and they do the operation...so you're looking at about a $350 upgrade and being without a DAC for a bit... | |
| How do you add remote control to a preamp, here's how. I don't think the Schiit Saga passive can be beat for transparency...looks like they ditched the tube with the latest model. With the relay stepped ladder volume control, you get perfect channel matching and no noise or distortion. It's as transp... | |
| YouTube Indicates What the Future is For Audiophiles - Interesting Demographics. Krell is a legacy brand from the 1980s...same with Levinson. So that explains the age demographic. If you were to look at YouTube age demographics for YouTubers that promote mid-fi and chi-fi, you would find mostly men under 50...the Reddit crowd... |