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| Who says studio monitors are "cold and analytical"? ATC is another speaker that was born out of the need for speakers to go loud in a studio environment. Furthermore, they know nothing about speaker design since they started off as a driver manufacturer…ATC is a marketing company…There is no subst... | |
| Looking for recommendations for new receiver I think sticking with Yamaha makes a lot of sense. They’re always highly rated for their sound and are one of the most reliable AVRs you can buy. Plus, you can buy them on accessories4less.com and get a like-new unit at a large discount. Best o... | |
| Cen. Grand DSDAC 1.0 (vs Pontus II) @pindac You’re kidding right? You pull the Pontus outta the box and compare it to DACs that have already been broken in and you think your initial impressions are worth anything??? Go home and come back after the Pontus has at least 100 hours on... | |
| Amp for Vandersteen 2ci I don’t even know what that means. Best of luck, and Peace Out. | |
| (Hegel vs Luxman) vs PS Audio That helps a lot, but what are your room dimensions and how do you have your speakers set up in the room? Also, what room treatments, if any, are you using? You have good equipment and many of the things you’re looking for can be greatly affecte... | |
| Seeking DAC using the ESS ES9038PRO, but not a streamer What’s your price range? Agree you’re barking up the wrong tree just focusing on the DAC chip. That’s like choosing a speaker based only on its tweeter. Does the Trinnov output i2S? | |
| (Hegel vs Luxman) vs PS Audio What improvements are you looking for, and what sound characteristics are most important to you? Also, what’s the rest of the equipment in your system? | |
| Dac Upgrade What kind of sonic improvements are you looking for? | |
| Amp for Vandersteen 2ci Looking at your RC-995 preamp, the balanced output is in name only BTW because it’s clearly not a fully-balanced preamp so paying up for an amp with balanced inputs really doesn’t get you anything (except higher cost). Frankly, I don’t think the ... | |
| Joseph Audio: Perspectives and Pearls @prof Did they give you any estimate of when you’d get them back? Looking forward to your thoughts. I’ve read the graphene drivers are nice but maybe not exactly transformative on the Pulsars, but in the Perspectives they make a not insignificant ... | |
| Cen. Grand DSDAC 1.0 (vs Pontus II) Congrats and 🤞🤞🤞things just keep getting even better! You really couldn’t have chosen a more different design/philosophy from the Denafrips, but there’s more than one way to skin a cat so be interested in your thoughts going forward. If you ever... | |
| Tube Preamp for Pass XA25 under $3,000 Great preamp and I’m sure you’re gonna hear some pretty big improvements across the board. Now time to work on getting a decent streamer. Even adding something like an iFi Zen Stream for only $399 will sound dramatically better than a computer. ... | |
| Innuos PULSE Mini? @charles1dad That is one beautiful piece of work, and goodonya for supporting our friends in Ukraine in this difficult time. @akgwhiz If you’re interested in ripping I think the Zen is the better value than the Zen Mini because you don’t need to... | |
| Requesting recommendations for simple and easy to use music streaming devices Keep the amp and the streamer separate. I’d recommend the new Innuos Pulse Mini that’ll kick the crap outta any Node for sound quality, their new Sense software sounds top level and is easy to use (and is free), and Innuos’ customer support is exe... | |
| Amp for my B&W 802D3s and HTM2D3 If I was you I’d totally audition the new Atma-Sphere GaN amp for your 802D3s. I’ve got a lotta experience with the 80?D3s and know their sound character well, and if I owned them I’d RUN to hear this amp with them. MacIntosh? Only if you want you... |