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| Legacy Focus SE or PS Audio FR20 It’s bad enough audiotroy shamelessly pushes his own products here, but that he frequently denigrates both competing products (as he did here) and recommendations from other members is what I find particularly egregious and inappropriate. Nobody e... | |
| Streamer & DAC under $1000? Here’s an idea for a separate DAC and streamer that’s in your price range and gives you the flexibility to upgrade the streamer or DAC in the future as tech progresses. I think it’d be tough for a combo streamer/DAC to beat or even match this pair... | |
| Spectral preamp/cables Were you using RCA interconnects before? If so could be the higher output signal with XLR is too high for the preamp. Just a semi-educated guess. | |
| Pass XA25 for my system Congrats! I’m sure you’ll be happy with that great amp and look forward to your thoughts. | |
| Single ended speaker cables or Shot gun config? As mentioned above, it probably depends on how your speakers are designed so you might wanna talk to them and get their take. My experience was that shotgun bi-wire provided marginal improvements not commensurate with the cost over single wire wit... | |
| Which DAC - Streamer or Preamp? @glennewdick Agreed the DA2 is a big improvement over the DA1 module, but just because it’s better doesn’t mean its sound characteristics match the sonic preferences of the OP, which brings me back to finding an external DAC that does exhibit the... | |
| Which DAC - Streamer or Preamp? I thought about jumping to the A8 right away, but its an upwardly slippery slope If it was me I wouldn’t do that — I’d get a separate DAC to use with the A6. DACs are a personal choice and sound different, and what are the odds that the DAC in ... | |
| Pass XA25 for my system @jayctoy brings up a good point about Plinius, and this SA103 is a really nice Class A amp at a very good price, and it’s got plenty of power for your Dynes. Plus it has a low-bias switch so you can leave it on and warmed up without killing your ... | |
| DAC vs CD Player for cd playback with computer audio - Help old timer out Your CD player doesn’t have a digital input so cannot be used as a DAC for streaming. As @ghdprentice mentioned, it’s best to get a dedicated streamer for best sound. The DAC8 has both AES/EBU an SPDIF inputs (no USB) so you’d need a streamer th... | |
| Which DAC - Streamer or Preamp? I believe there are two versions of the Mac DAC cards, call them DAC 1 and DAC 2 — forget what they’re actually called. The first version is not very highly regarded and the DAC2 was apparently a big improvement. You might want to check which D... | |
| Pass XA25 for my system I noticed the input impedance is 37 kohms. I think the LTA is 50 ohms so it should be okay? Any concerns about impedance mismatching or the pairing with the LTA? No, you’re fine. You want the input impedance of the amp to be at least 10x the o... | |
| There Is Nothing Like the Real Thing - Our State of the Art As you say we are at the mercy of what the recording engineers lay down, and that’s always an interpretation of the original event to some extent. Also, when you hear live music it’s often in a larger, open venue as opposed to our relatively smal... | |
| Totem Arro specs? Yeah that seems strange. I don’t think using a higher-powered amp would be a problem and may help avoid clipping distortion with that load. They may work 6” from the back wall but that doesn’t mean it’s at all optimal. My experience with Totem ... | |
| Need input on new speakers This Joseph AudioRM22si is a fantastic-sounding speaker, and as a smallish floorstander would work well in your room. They image/soundstage like demons, are very natural sounding, and they pull off a disappearing act among the best in the industry... | |
| Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs? Soix how many songs you can play in one day be realistic . Thru it’s nice to have millions of choices but you can even play 10% of those millions in your life time. Is this like Imelda Marcos having thousands of shoes? That she did not wear?I res... |