shkong78
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| Best headphone under 10k$ I had been listening to Raal Sr1a last two weeks enjoying its open an fast sound.Today I am back to Stax 009s driven by Kgsshv Carbon for comparison.009s is not a slouch in speed with more bass than Sr1a.Both of them sound nice.009s sound more a... | |
| Best headphone under 10k$ https://youtu.be/fsQhzutoKUc I am listening toGlazunov - Violin Concerto in A Minorplayed by Jasha Heifetz through Sr1a.Violin tone is sweet with marvelous details and wide soundstage.I had lived with Sr1a for two weeks now.This is a really amazin... | |
| What is the most FUN pair of speakers you've ever had and why? Apogee Duetta Sig driven by Krell KSA150 from 1989 to 1999.It gave fast and exiting sound although it wend to 35Hz or so.I replaced it with Avalon Ascent II to get sub bass.But I should have kept it until it got out of order although Avalon is not... | |
| Do you prefer tidy room to messy one with better sound? @mikelavigne Thanks Mike for your advice.I have limited space on third floor listening room thus it is too crowded with many equipments.Lase year I had wondered between Pacific Dac and Chord Dave Dac.With limited space, I had chosen smaller Dave.T... | |
| Do you prefer tidy room to messy one with better sound? @ teo_audioOne of your IC cable is tangled as triple combination of IC (one more than Doug Shroder Double IC).It does not look tidy, but it works. | |
| Recommendations on a digital system https://hifiheaven.net/shop/Cocktail-Audio-X40-HD-Music-Server-CD-Ripper-DAC-Network-Streamer-Black-Refurb Cocktail Audio X40 has headphone out.I had used X12 model for 6 years with no issue.Now I had been using X30 model for 1 year.I can recom... | |
| Do you prefer tidy room to messy one with better sound? @nonoise Thanks a lot for your kind word.I will also try to make room tidy by removing some tweaks that I may not need.I am lucky to use vaulted space as my listening room.bestThomas | |
| Do you prefer tidy room to messy one with better sound? @emailists I bought used Scaena 3.2.But it is a lot of work to re assemble the main tower.Thus I had attached two 18 inch subwoofers to my Lansche 4.1 as a first step, with excellent result.I may take turns at playing Lansche and Scaena speaker pl... | |
| Do you prefer tidy room to messy one with better sound? It is going to be best to have a tidy room which sounds well.But in reality, with so many tweaks. cables applied, it is not easy to organize it in tidy look. | |
| Can anyone explain in laymans terms why your gear sound better after warm up +1 to @testpilot Especially Dac is sensitive to stabilized temperature.Some Dac need at least 24 hours for optimal sound.Thus I leave my Dac on 24/7 on.But I never leave tube amplifier 24/7 on.You will end up retubing in a month. | |
| Do you prefer tidy room to messy one with better sound? There are three reasons that I got tangled wires.First, I had added four isolation transformers which made sound more refined and detailed.Second, I had ended up three parallel lines of IC and Speaker cables which also improved SQ lot.Third I ende... | |
| Itching for better sound +1 to @soix Rogue Audio makes nice products at decent price.I have nice collections of headphones including Stax 009s, Raal Sr1a and HD800s.But headphone can not beat speakers in dynamic illusion although Sr1a get close to speaker. | |
| Best headphone under 10k$ #9https://www.stereophile.com/content/gramophone-dreams-32-raal-requisite-sr1a-headphones-page-2Nice review on Sr1a by Stereophile's Herb Reichert .He also made comparison between Abyss 1266 Phi and Sr1a.Are the $3500 SR1a's better than the $499... | |
| Recommendation for higher power tube amp http://www.stereomojo.com/Onix%20XCD-50%20and%20XIA160%20review/XCD-50ReferenceCDPlayerReview.htm Vaughn Cabernet speaker worked well with Rogue Cronus Magnum II.It will also work well with your BAT VK-55 due to its high efficiency.I had kept it a... | |
| Recommendation for higher power tube amp I had been happy with Rogue Cronus Magum II for 6 years.But I doubt it will have enough power to drive your Thiel speaker. https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis9ibea-rogue-audio-apollo-solid-state I recommend you to stretch your budget to get Apol... |