soix

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Six DAC Comparison
I sell my self Denafrips products ,I hear a lot of equipment to the many audio get togethers I have gone to over the past 2 years , in the $3k range the Pontus Gen 15 is not a  bias it is far better built then anything in the $3k price class but ... 
???What's The LEAST Expensive "End Game"Amplifier You've Ever Heard???
An integrated wouldn’t be my “end-game” amp.  Get a non-functional McCormack DNA 0.5 for around 500 bucks and send it to SMcAudio and have them rebuild it for you.  Absolute SOTA amp on the relative cheap, and then just buy the preamp flavor of yo... 
Looking for a narrow baffle small footprint speaker
Joseph Audio Perspective 2.   
What exactly is PRaT???
@atmasphere  Hey Ralph thanks so much for at least trying to explain what the hell I’m missing.  I get that a system needs to be fast enough to reproduce music effectively, but I just don’t get it.  It’s not a “thing” for me I guess.  Tone.  Imagi... 
What exactly is PRaT???
A please define for me what "imaging" and "3D soundstage" mean.  In relation to what?  And why are they important? @dogearedaudio  Really?  Seriously???  Why are you even here if you don’t get these simple concepts?    
What exactly is PRaT???
Speakers from Joseph Audio, Magico, Audio Physic, Vandersteen, Totem, Marten, Thiel, get imaging and soundstage.  Simple in your face speakers like JBL or Klipsch speakers, not so much.  They are in your face and can’t capture the beauty and Grace... 
What exactly is PRaT???
@dogearedaudio Yeah, I agree timing, pace, and rhythm, whatever that is is important and significant, but I just don’t get or sense it. When you can “see” the three dimensional images of musicians performing in a 3D space I get that. That they’re... 
What exactly is PRaT???
A please define for me what "imaging" and "3D soundstage" mean.  In relation to what?  And why are they important? @dogearedaudio  You and I are clearly on different planets when it comes to sound.  If you don’t understand what imaging and 3D s... 
What exactly is PRaT???
Seriously? What could be more essential to the performing arts than pace, rhythm and timing? And what could be more easily comprehensible? Pace is the speed, rhythm is the repetitive beat, timing is the emphasis. @dogearedaudio  Why is it that ... 
What exactly is PRaT???
So far no one has been able to give a reasonable objective definition of it that folks agree upon and makes sense to the folks trying to understand which says to me that no one really knows what it is. @jastralfu Bingo!!!  That’s exactly what I... 
Streamer for LTA Aero
Thank you, zlone. My main caution with Innuos is the quantity of posts with owners describing the number of ancillaries they added to attain optimal SQ. What are you even talking about here? You can add an LPS to something like a Zen Mini or Pu... 
Add a subwoofer?
Thanks to all who offered their thoughts on this. I went with one SVS SB 1000. Easy to tinker with settings through the app. Huge positive change in my system. I can see where 2 would be peachy, but down the road maybe. Don’t think I could go bac... 
What exactly is PRaT???
One question: do you experience some systems as more rhythmically engaging than others? @stuartk No. I do not. A system either plays music the way I perceive it or it does not. If a system truncates highs, sounds bleached or lacking in tone, o... 
Holographic DAC With Air And Decay
I think the new Denafrips Pontus 15th would be well worth a try.   
What exactly is PRaT???
WhatHiFi is, IMO, one of the more reliable review sites and they devote a fair portion of every review talking about the equipment’s ability convey joy and rhythm, and generally a good musical experience. Nothing wrong with that. @dogearedaudio...