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| Amps for Joseph Audio Pulsar 2 Graphene's? That said, Joseph Audio speakers can be quite warm and refined @blisshifi While JA speakers are definitely refined sounding, I completely and wholeheartedly disagree that they should ever be categorized as “warm” sounding unless they’re being d... | |
| Add External DAC or Upgrade to a New Streamer / DAC? What specific improvements are you looking for and what’s your budget? | |
| Amps for Joseph Audio Pulsar 2 Graphene's? If you’re liking the mids/highs with the BC I’d try to demo a Hegel amp that’ll preserve the good stuff but may well add some bottom-end oomph you seem to be looking for. Krell would be right up there as well but might be just a little more polit... | |
| NuPrime Customer Service Thanks for sharing and sorry you’re going through this. I had a very similar experience with iFi with useless and archaic “help” tickets that were no help whatsoever. I enlisted the US distributor and even he couldn’t get any help for me. Reall... | |
| DAC Under $3000 Here’s a Denafrips Terminator that’d be worth considering at $2595… https://echohifi.com/details/19355/Denafrips_Terminator-DAC | |
| Amps for Joseph Audio Pulsar 2 Graphene's? What improvements are you looking for and what sound characteristics are most important to you? Without this critical info this post is pointless. | |
| DAC Under $3000 Buy this and save yourself some $$$ or add a DDC and take advantage of i2S… https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/650000278-musician-aquarius-r2r-goodness/ https://soundnews.net/reviews/sources/dacs/musician-aquarius-r-2r-dac-review/ Best of luc... | |
| SET Lovers, what's the one solid state amp you love(d)? Hands down, this… https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisb2838-valvet-e3-single-ended-class-a-first-review-of-the-new-model-is-in-check-it-out-solid-state Single-ended Class A. Read the reviews. | |
| Perplexed on how single driver speakers can cover such a large Hz range EVERY speaker design has to compromise somewhere, and this is certainly no exception. In forgoing multiple drivers and crossovers the single driver will have limitations/distortions — it’s just physics. But, any skillful designer can effectively ... | |
| What speaker could safely be ordered without hearing it first? If I’m you I’d do all the research I can and then buy used as others have said. If they don’t work out you can sell and move on for little/no loss if you buy wisely. Also hard to see going wrong with Fritz if he offers a return policy. @phishhhh... | |
| End of life for Vandersteen IICe? Hope you at least fired the house sitter. That’s a shame. | |
| On the hunt for a non-tube preamp (or hybrid), long post... At this price level I’d shy away from balanced as truly fully-balanced gear ups the cost significantly. I think an LTA preamp combined with a Bel Canto amp would be excellent. https://www.ebay.com/itm/334888121947 https://www.ebay.com/itm/325... | |
| Can anyone identify these speakers? @larryi Thanks for the context — most helpful. I was gonna comment on the mismatch of this system, but you explained it nicely and now makes sense. Big fan of ProAc BTW. | |
| What speaker could safely be ordered without hearing it first? I think this is a relevant thread since reputable dealers are disappearing and fewer and fewer of us have access to good dealers/equipment within a reasonable distance. There are speakers that walk that fine line between detail and musicality tha... | |
| Budget preamp with quality volume control https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisb538h-placette-audio-passive-linestage-solid-state |