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| Combo Streamer/Headphone Amp Well, I’m an Apple user and they offer an adapter that allows you to charge and stream simultaneously, so there’s probably something similar for your Samsung. Here’s the Apple version just fyi… https://www.amazon.com/Apple-Lightning-USB3-Camera-... | |
| A reasonably priced DAC upgrade from Schiit Gumby Looking for a reasonably priced DAC upgrade from the schiit Gumby I have now. Which I absolutely love but feel could be a bit more open. What exactly do you mean by being more “open?” What exactly is your budget, and are you looking for new o... | |
| PS audio or Moon What’s the rest of the equipment in your system, what sound characteristics are most important to you, what’s your budget, and are you looking for new or used? This info would help greatly in making more targeted and meaningful recommendations he... | |
| New speakers unveiled from Clayton Shaw - Caladan @woodsage So, what’s your point here cause I don’t see one. A guy with more speaker design “bonafides” than you’ll ever know in your lifetime puts out what looks to be a potentially very high value product and you have to crawl outta your hole an... | |
| Warm Up Time/Cost of Operation It could vary by amp design I suppose. The designer of my McCormack amp is adamant it should be left on unless leaving home for an extended period. I will say my amp lasted 30 years being left on 24/7 90% of the time. Turning a component off and... | |
| Is it worth it? DAC question There is no HDMI input to the Zen DAC that I can see so not sure what you’re talking about here. You need to run a USB cable between the Node and the Zen DAC. | |
| Combo Streamer/Headphone Amp First and foremost, best wishes with the surgery and for a speedy recovery. Especially if this is a temporary stopgap during your recovery I’d consider an Audioquest Dragonfly Red and just use that plugged into your phone or tablet. I drove my H... | |
| SVS or REVEL Subwoofer Congrats! I’m sure you’re gonna be thrilled, and let us know what benefits you hear once you get it dialed in and have some hours on the if you could. | |
| ATC buying advice Yes, you can do an analog active loudspeaker. The only good reason to do that is you do not have the engineering to do it digitally. @mijostyn That’s just simply not true — there are lots of benefits to an analog active speaker, but I’m sure @... | |
| Denafrips Pontus 2 Price increases You are 100% correct as I just checked the web site again the US Dollar price is shown as $1,792.97. This was my mistake and I have to own up to it. It’s an easy mistake to make, and frankly the website should do a better job of letting you k... | |
| SVS or REVEL Subwoofer Thanks for all your input. My local dealer has offered me a great deal on a B&W DB2D. It meshes perfectly with my B&W 804s. Way over my budget but hard to turn down, maybe. I’d think hard about this one. A lot of people here have said t... | |
| SR8015 + 2ch amp VS separates @rudyc You could plug the front L/R preouts from the Marantz into an unused input on the NAD (if there is one) and get rid of the switch altogether — less is sometimes more. Just a thought FWIW. | |
| SVS or REVEL Subwoofer Whatever brand you decide and especially because you’re using the sub for 2-channel music I’d recommend getting two subs. You could get two SVS SB2000 Pro subs for under $2k that will get you down to 19Hz (-3dB) and would be good for both music a... | |
| Electronics for Harbeths -- $5-10K I’m sure you’ll be plenty happy with the Ayre. Great stuff and can’t really go wrong. | |
| Electronics for Harbeths -- $5-10K If you’re considering the H590 you might consider the H390 as it’s a little lighter and still puts out 250Wpc, costs a lot less, and Soundstage found them to be sonically very similar. https://www.soundstagehifi.com/index.php/equipment-reviews/13... |