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| Preamp: Parasound P5 vs Rotel RC1590 I’ve owned both the P5 and the RC-1590. I purchased and promptly returned the Rotel and purchased the P5. I didn’t like the presentation of the Rotel. Sounded masked and had a much smaller soundstage then the P5. P5 was much better sounding to me | |
| shipping boxes for heavy electronics I have received an Esoteric I-03 and a Mark Levinson No 585 in the past couple of months that weighed 98 and 92 pounds respectively. They both arrived triple boxed in the manufaturer’s packing. | |
| Class D Technology The Esoteric I-03 Class D integrated is one of the best implementations of a Class D integrated amplifier ever made! BOLD WORDS for a stellar integrated. MSRP was $12,000.00.With all that said, I don’t think the snobby audiophiles went for it.To... | |
| New Sony HAP-Z1ES Firmware Out Today @pro_info - make sure your Sony is set to - DSD Output (DoP) - On | |
| New Sony HAP-Z1ES Firmware Out Today @highstandards - My settings on my Sony HAP-Z1 to connect to the Auralic Vega DAC are:DSEE - AutoGapless Playback - AutoVolume Normalization - AutoDSD Remastering - OnOversampling - OnUSB Digital Output - Auto- DSD Output (DoP) - OnFade In/Out - O... | |
| Timbernation Platform Problems Received my new rack from TimberNation today. Awesome piece of furniture. Wonderful craftsmanship and hassle free!See photos here - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1XHvw-Pjor7jPjOd-Mb2NIhX2ZxYLQ4qK | |
| Equipment that has made you 'stop' looking? After auditioning several integrated amplifiers over the last two years I have settled on the Mark Levinson No. 585 integrated. It will stay around for a long time. I’m also be happy with the recently acquired Focal Sopra No. 1s. | |
| Worst Rock Band Ever !!!! I will really go out on a limb here and say U2, Kiss, Phil Collins | |
| Anyone tried a Mark Levinson 585 integrated amp with Focal Sopra No. 1s or Sopra No. 2s @Joey_V - not really a fair comparison of the ML 585 DAC to the Emm Labs DAC2X at $15,000.00 MSRP or the Esoteric K03X at an MSRP of $12,000. | |
| Anyone tried a Mark Levinson 585 integrated amp with Focal Sopra No. 1s or Sopra No. 2s @mmcelyea - I plan to compare them in the next few days. I can easily start the same song streaming at the same time through the PS Audio DAC and the ML 585 DAC and see what I hear. | |
| Class D is just Dandy! It seems clear @bluesy41 doesn’t have a clue about Class A Amos. You can’t make broad statements about any amp Class. There are Class A amps on Amazon starting at $500.00 and some of them they sound pretty bad. | |
| Class D is just Dandy! @bluesy41 - since you haven’t heard all Class D amps I wonder how you can make a blanket statement. If your $12K Class D amp was the Esoteric I-03 and you didn’t think it was musical then I wonder what “musical” is? I own the Esoteric I-03 and the... | |
| Anyone tried a Mark Levinson 585 integrated amp with Focal Sopra No. 1s or Sopra No. 2s The new to me Mark Levinson 585 Integrated Amplifier arrived today triple boxed and in great condition. On first listen it sounds wonderful! To be honest when I first started listening it sounded similar to the Esoteric I-03, which is a Class D de... | |
| Anyone tried a Mark Levinson 585 integrated amp with Focal Sopra No. 1s or Sopra No. 2s @uberwaltz - I made an offer on the Esoteric and had also made an offer on the 585 the previous day, which I was sure would be declined. It wasn’t so now I have to make a decision regarding which one to keep. Can’t afford to keep both!Also, I have... | |
| New Sony HAP-Z1ES Firmware Out Today @highstandards - need to have DSD/DOP set I think, but I don’t remember what else. I will look tomorrow. Has been working without a hitch for two years. |