soix
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| Odyssey Audio Kismet Mono Blocks Got it, and thanks for adding more meat to the bone here — very helpful. I had two amps in my system that were outstanding in terms of imaging, image separation, and the ability to throw a large and transparent 3D soundstage. One was the Rogue Med... | |
| Digital music questions What’s your budget? | |
| Odyssey Audio Kismet Mono Blocks I’d first focus on what sonic improvements you’d like to achieve and start with that before worrying about amp configuration. If you share that you’ll get much better thoughts/recommendations here. Just my $0.02 FWIW. | |
| Front or Back wall diffusers @seanheis1 @axo0oxa I’m seeing several people here advocating for diffusion over absorption. Are there any general rules as to when/where it’s better to use diffusion or absorption? I’m very interested and not clear on this at all. My guess is ... | |
| Streamer+R2R dac+True balanced Class A preamp all-in-one? Ibid. | |
| Streamer+R2R dac+True balanced Class A preamp all-in-one? This manufacturer called Gustard (that you suggested) has gotten 2/3rds of the way there with the integrated streamer+ R2R dac for 1650 USD (8350 under budget). But, all of a sudden, integrating a higher quality class A preamp into that unit woul... | |
| Streamer+R2R dac+True balanced Class A preamp all-in-one? I am of the belief that a integrated streamer+dac+preamp unit eliminating unnecessary cabling and non-merging of different design ethos’ from different manufacturers can churn out better in execution. I’m sorry, but at your $10k price level I c... | |
| Using biwired cables on speakers with only 2 connections As others mentioned I’d try using both on the speaker binding posts if possible, then put some electrical tape around one of the cable’s connectors and see what you think, then put electrical tape around the other connectors and check that too. I... | |
| Advice on Speaker upgrade vs System Component Upgrade Congrats! Keep us posted on your impressions of you could. | |
| Blue Sound Vault Thinking about it further, if I’m you I’d start saving for an Innuos Zen Mk3 that’ll undoubtedly boost your sound quality significantly rather than spending $$$ trying to make the Vault sound better. They can be had around $2k used, and if you se... | |
| Streamer+R2R dac+True balanced Class A preamp all-in-one? This is a pretty tough ask as most R2R DACs tend to be just DACs. The only thing I can think of is the Gustard R26, but it’s well below your price target and not sure if the preamp section is fully balanced or Class A. Is there a reason you want... | |
| Arcam AVR20 vs. Denon AVR-a110 anniversary edition... Me neither, but they are very neutral and transparent (probably why they’re used in recording studios) so were very good at clearly revealing the differences between the AVRs I compared. | |
| Which do u think is a better power amp? Cary Cad120s vs vtl st-150? You’ve got two very different sound signatures there and not sure they’re substitutes, and I completely agree with @blisshifi assessment of the two. One of the big deciding factors for me would be that VTL’s customer service is legendary for being... | |
| Arcam AVR20 vs. Denon AVR-a110 anniversary edition... I compared the Arcam to the Yamaha driving a pair of B&W 804 D3s extensively in the in the same system with audiophile-level recordings and it wasn’t even close. The Arcam sounded just like the Denon and Onkyo while the Marantz sounded like mu... | |
| How to Connect Headphones to a SMSL DAC You could get this and plug the one side into the RCA output of the DAC and plug the two pair on the other end into your speakers and the headphone amp of your choice. It’s a cheap and effective solution I’d think. If you have a budget in mind f... |