shadorne
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| McIntosh Guy Going Tubes? (Maybe?) C2600 preamp with a good quality SS power amp is the way to go, IMHO. You can roll tubes taste... | |
| If You Like Funk: Check Out Vulfpeck Check out how good these guys were live...https://youtu.be/BciFJFrssSQ | |
| If You Like Funk: Check Out Vulfpeck Great cover of higher ground. 12/8 is not often used in funk.Stevie Wonder seems to have borrowed liberally from James Brown who released this a month earlier...keyboards substituted for rhythm guitar.https://youtu.be/3qixQns6Xs4Funnily enough the... | |
| Comb Filtering - Quick way to Tell Comb filtering really sounds bad. It is best avoided.i think the Enzo only uses 1 of those tweeters in the top octave.examplehttps://youtu.be/4qgmY8jIGi0 | |
| What makes a speaker sound great at low volume? A tube preamp will help. | |
| NAD C 275 Bee Great value. Really good amp for the price. I have one for surround speaker duty. Works great.It is neutral and won’t be musical like McIntosh. | |
| If You Like Funk: Check Out Vulfpeck @frogman I have so many of Maceo’s albums - all with great musicians.i find Jamal Thomas particularly tasty with Jerry Preston of course it helps to have Pee Wee Ellis and Fred Wesley...The groove is sublime and the drummer is deep in the pocket w... | |
| Digital Interface @jim204 So so we agree! The Schiit Eiitr is just a USB bridge to coax - so it probably will improve the PS Audio Direct Stream too. DACs mostly all need a band aid to actually work properly but there is no reason they can’t work properly without /... | |
| Pre amps cost vs. value ... what I discovered last month. @brianlucey Benchmark is as you describe. I use tubes also to warm things up. Thanks for the info on Solaris. I agree that there a lot of great DACs out there nowadays. It often comes down to system synergy or taste. | |
| Best Rocking Speakers 15K and Under +1 ATC - active ATC work well with the C2600. The tube pre adds some warmth but without losing detail. If you like loud with effortless ease (no boominess or dustortion) then ATC are among the best. | |
| Pre amps cost vs. value ... what I discovered last month. @astewart8944 +1 on sample rate or high resolution. With the right DAC there is no audible benefit to higher sample rates. Unfortunately, most DACs are rather non-linear and a higher sample rate actually helps “randomize” noise from these poorly c... | |
| Pre amps cost vs. value ... what I discovered last month. Bob Katz compares the Cranesong Avocet to Benchmark DACs in his review!So, what does the Avocet sound like? For digital (PCM) sources, its DAC sounds indistinguishable from the Benchmark, one of the best DACs I’ve heard regardless of price....I us... | |
| New Tweak --- Its Fantastic and yet you continue spewing your nonsense hereSince this entire thread is all a bunch of nonsense claims about TC paste, more nonsense really doesn’t add or subtract anything (except maybe you’re angry because it subtracts from your sales and pr... | |
| Digital Interface @jim204 It is self evident that a DAC designed for high fidelity should reject jitter. After all, jitter is nothing new and if a $150 Schiit Eitr can fix things then it is self evident that the manufacturer of the DAC could improve their design su... | |
| Digital Interface It depends on your DAC. A properly designed DAC with excellent jitter rejection won’t benefit. Unfortunately most DACs aren’t properly designed. I would recommend a Schiit Eiitr as it is cheaper than Singxer and does the job! |