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| LAIV Harmony with the issues LAiV is having it cannot be a very good DAC. @tkrtrb125 That’s not a fair conclusion at all. This is a new product, and it’s not at all unheard of that any new product can have an unforeseen issue. The key is how the company ha... | |
| Use of Denafrips Iris 12th DDC with computer Your most effective upgrade by far would be a good separate streamer, but it’s hard to think a DDC wouldn’t provide at least some improvement over that mess of a signal coming out of your computer. I put an Iris between my streamer and DAC and th... | |
| Amp for Persona B Speakers I’d highly recommend this upgraded SMcAudio amp as it will very likely do everything you’re looking for in spades. You’ll save a bundle, and if you like what you hear you can send it back to them to get their latest mods for even better sound and... | |
| Six DAC Comparison Great info. As a former reviewer I’d make two observations FWIW: We as humans are inherently awful at judging a piece of equipment on its own, which is why I regard reviews that don’t include comparisons to anything else (looking at you TAS) as... | |
| Six DAC Comparison Thanks for all the great info and follow up, but this is such a tease! 😜 Really looking forward to your thoughts, and Mojo is now back on the short list for my next DAC upgrade — very interesting about the choke power supply. My main concern wit... | |
| New speakers for 15*12 room powered by Lamm 1.2s? Dump the Thiels....the crossover is sucking all the music out... Well that’s just a complete load of crap. | |
| Power amplifier longevity… thoughts? Here’s another SMcAudio amp with more than enough power and basically a new amp as of 2015 with the Ultra upgrades. Best of luck. https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/650135552-mccormack-smc-audio-ultra-15-dna-1-power-amplifier-upgraded/ | |
| Can You Trust a Shipper? (UPS, Fed-Ex, etc) I always use FedEx, never UPS. | |
| Integrated Amps I wouldn’t add a separate power amp — the preamp is too important so I’d just get another integrated. What specific improvements are you looking for? | |
| PS Audio IRSV selling +2 @roxy54 Yeah, especially for that price it’s not worth having to live with the constant fear of what the hell to do if any of those many, many drivers fail. No thanks! Have a feeling Paul will be living with those old monsters a lot longer. | |
| NAD T777 (1st gen) - worth repairing? Older/outdated AVRs depreciate rapidly so likely not worth the cost/hassle to repair. | |
| critique my setup -- weak link? best way to improve? Your biggest limiting factor is placing your speakers on a sideboard. The best/cheapest thing you can do by far is get your speakers on some stands and position them properly. Upgrading speakers would be an obvious area for significant improveme... | |
| New speakers for 15*12 room powered by Lamm 1.2s? Giving it some more thought, if I’m you I’d strongly consider doing a trial of one of the excellent tube preamps out there today as you may find that alone could breathe new life into your excellent Thiels. Preamps are critical IME, plus it could ... | |
| New speakers for 15*12 room powered by Lamm 1.2s? Given you’re coming from Thiels I’d search out Joseph Audio, ProAc, Sonus Faber, Usher, Vandersteen, Wilson, Rockport, and Acora while you’re at the show. Enjoy! | |
| Upgrade to PS Audio Direcstream Mk1 and Mac Mini? I’d have to think adding a good pre like the Lamm would bring significant improvements, but definitely something well worth a try. You could do a trial of the new Spatial Audio Raven preamp that’s getting fantastic reviews. I’d keep the streamer... |