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| New Dennis Had amps Doesn’t sound very “retired” to me. Guess when you do what you truly love you never work a day in your life. Reminds me quite a bit of Don Sachs. | |
| Speaker Stand Help btw Sonner speakers are beautiful. I think Dynaudio should’ve consulted with Sonner before they designed their Contour line. Yeesh. | |
| A question about headphones Heh heh. Damn those pesky unknown unknowns. I prefer to think of it as ignorance is bliss. Much easier that way. Of course in this day and age you could always just make up your own alternative facts to explain/rationalize anything and just keep ... | |
| Do I need a streamer? +1 @vthokie83 Exactly. | |
| Aurender ACS100 as streamer/player I've heard about Innuos Zenith Mk3 (with CD ripper), but I prefer the remote apps offered by Aurender or Auralic. Why? Innuos’ latest upgrade of their Sense app has been getting very high praise from users. Should be on your radar IMHO. | |
| Recommendations for HDMI cables specifically for audio quality That being said, if you are using an HDMI cable as an i2s digital connection between a streamer/player and a DAC using the i2s interface, then it is definitely recommended to use the shortest cable possible (like 1 meter or even 0.5 meter). This ... | |
| A question about headphones @r042wal I’ve read that McIntosh configures their headphone output differently and that taps into their amp section. I’m not really a Mac amp fan, but I don’t know why more amp manufacturers don’t take advantage of their amp sections for headphon... | |
| A question about headphones But have fun! I love my Sennheiser HD800s… open backed and simply phenomenal. But until I had a phenomenal high current tube amp they were like many people describe them too trebly and a bit lean. Not at all in my system. I think @ghdprentice n... | |
| LTA microZOTL or Backert Labs Rhumba Extreme 1.3? I agree with @jasonbourne52. The EAR 868 is well regarded. The preamps you listed are likely a lateral move. No, they’re absolutely not a lateral move. They’re a “different” move, but whether that’s better or worse depends on what the OP is... | |
| Do I need a streamer? Optimized rendering via USB, I2S, coax, AES/EBU with PC requires JCAT or Pink Faun boards powered via external lps. Rendering via motherboard, even with optimized OS leaves much to be desired. Ethernet optimization effected wit... | |
| LTA microZOTL or Backert Labs Rhumba Extreme 1.3? From what I’ve read I’d guess the LTA and Backert might sound a little less rich and add more upper-end detail — a little more white wine or Rosé and a little less red wine. But that’s just a guess. Member Terry London reviewed both the LTA and Ba... | |
| Speaker Suggestions $30K Sasha DAW competitor? I totally agree with you — it’s unforgivable to me they don’t list a dealer network. No excuse for that in any way. You have to call or email to find a dealer, which is just absurd in this day and age, and I even wrote them an email about it about... | |
| Speaker Suggestions $30K Sasha DAW competitor? Hear that? The Joseph Audio Pearls are calling your name. Imaging/soundstage to die for with a total disappearing act JA is known for with plenty of detail that sounds natural and not forced. Worth a trip IMHO, especially at this price level. ... | |
| Headphone „limiter“ on iPhone As an aside, if you’re using the Apple Camera Adapter do yourself a favor and order this dongle from LavriCable. It uses 5N silver wire and sounds much better than Apple’s adapter. Very worthwhile upgrade for not much $$$. https://www.lavricabl... | |
| A question about headphones Congrats! And that’s for the follow up. RCA Output 2 on my preamp ran directly to the line inputs on my SVS SB-2000 Pro sub. I plugged these directly into the line in on the LYR 2. Line out on the LYR 2 goes to the sub. When the headphones... |