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| A move from Harbeth to... Wilson? I am a Harbeth 40.2 Anniversary owner and although I have no desire to upgrade, I have always been interested in Wilson's. Since I have never spent any real time listening to Wilson speakers I really can't say what they sound like in comparison, ... | |
| Holo Audio May DAC @nonoise Thanks for posting this review. | |
| TONEARM DAMPING : DAMPED OR NOT ? ? USELESS ? ? WELCOMED ? ? I tried some fO.q tape on my Tri-Planar arm and hated it. I also do not use the damping trough. My TT is an SME 20/2, which does an excellent job of isolating the plinth on its own. I know that tonearm resonation is partially caused by the vibr... | |
| Tom Petty's Wildflowers in HiFi sounds spectacular on KEF LS50 Meta It's also spectacular on My Harbeth 40.2's. What you're hearing is a great recording. Very well engineered. | |
| Phonostage recommendations under $3K I'm interested in hearing a Herron phono stage. I've had a JC3+ for a few years and have tried a couple others costing quite a bit more. Neither of these were anywhere as good as the JC3+. | |
| What are Your Favorite and Most hated Record Manufacturers When you say manufacturer it can be confusing. Most record labels do not press their own vinyl. Analogue Productions controls their pressings through QRP, as they are under the same ownership. This is important because most record labels cannot... | |
| John Coltrane A Love Supreme Acoustic Sounds 33 1/3 vs Analogue Productions 45 My copies of the new issues of A Love Supreme and Ballads arrived today. Played them this afternoon and all I can say is I am very satisfied. The ALS version is the best one I've ever heard. Sadly, this album has been reissued many times with s... | |
| Record Store Day (RSD) Drop #3-Today! I picked up a few:Grateful Dead Box SetBoth Dexter Gordon titlesMingus Ah Um ReduxAllman Brothers 2LP Live I got the last copy of the Allman Brothers release and another customer offered me $100 for it. I said no. Only missed out on one thing I ... | |
| Next Best Upgrade for Tidal MQA? @bruxesq Don't rule out the streamer. The quality of the source with digital is huge. The DAC is also hugely important. Cheers | |
| Next Best Upgrade for Tidal MQA? It seems to me the weak link in your system is the BluSound Node. I would look into a new server/streamer. Innuous Zen or Zenith will be a significant upgrade over the Node. After that you can consider a DAC upgrade but the DAC you have now is ... | |
| Who's using Harbeth with tubes, what speaker model and how many watts per channel? I've heard my 40.1's and now 40.2A's with Primaluna and Cary tube amps and thought they made lovely music, but once I switched to solid state amps (LFD NCSE and now Hegel H590) I am much happier with the sound. The 40 series speakers are hungry f... | |
| Holo Audio May DAC @redwoodaudio I agree with this assessment. I made a similar comparison to the Mytek Brooklyn. The Mytek is a wonderful DAC but the May DAC just sounds more "real" than the Mytek. Difficult to describe but once you hear it you know. Herb Reich... | |
| Holo Audio May DAC @cal3713 They offer a 10 day satisfaction guarantee. Not very long but for me it was immediately evident how great this DAC sounds. Keep in mind that you will pay return shipping to HK if you return it. Probably best to sell it if you're not ha... | |
| Holo Audio May DAC @phastm3 I look forward to hearing your thoughts on how the May DAC compares to the Gryphon. | |
| Holo Audio May DAC Brief follow up: I'm about six weeks into ownership of this DAC and can say with confidence I have zero regrets. I've been doing a lot of streaming from Tidal recently since my CD transport is in the shop. I like streaming while I'm multi-taski... |