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| Down sizing Is your cartridge MM or MC? | |
| tube pre & ss amp integrated If I was you I’d seriously consider this hybrid Pathos Classic One Mklll. It has that nice warm tube sound and puts out 70Wpc, which is plenty for the Forte. And it’s also drop-dead gorgeous to look at. Plus, at $3200 it’s less than half the pric... | |
| Power isolator versus need for a better Power supply If you have a good “power isolator,” whatever that is, not sure the refrigerator should make much difference. What power conditioner are you using BTW? | |
| In-Store (Best Buy) KEF R3 vs B&W 705 S2 Comparison I worked for Magnolia for a short while and am very familiar with their speakers. In short, the B&W 700 series is ok but certainly nothing special. Personally I’d take the new LSA Signature 80 over the 705s any day, and they’re only $1300. Alt... | |
| Opinions on speaker upgrade choices Not sure I’d choose any of those speakers if you’re looking for something that leans slightly to the warm side. My recommendations for that sound signature would be: Verity Audio Lakme Sonus Faber Olympica Nova ll (review makes interesting compa... | |
| Zen Stream - How to limit Qobuz streaming to 96Khz You can go to the Qobuz website and go to settings>streaming and you can set the resolution there. I started with Tidal, but once I tried Qobuz there was no going back — more hi-res music, better user interface, and none of the silly unfolding... | |
| Which Ethernet filter? @lollipopguild Congrats on the SCM 40s — great speakers. Best of luck with the streaming and interested in hearing what you find with the various options. It really is a wonderful, awful hobby, isn’t it? | |
| tube pre & ss amp integrated Yeah, but that’s a $15K tube amp! @jasonbourne52 That wasn’t the point. The point was that the speakers can thrive on 20 Watts of power and 200 Watts is complete overkill. | |
| Down sizing You can probably count the number of preamplifiers with really good phono stages on one hand, so you’ll be greatly limiting your options. Honestly, how much space are you really saving by eliminating a separate phono pre? | |
| Chris Sommovigo has passed away OMG! He was so young. Prayers for his family, and what a loss for the audiophile community. | |
| Are there any more good multi format disc players out there? If you cant get yours fixed this might be your best option… https://www.ebay.com/itm/195278625432 I’m really not interested in streaming. I like physical media. And does streaming really sound better? Don’t forget, I’m mostly interested in the ... | |
| musician aquarius r2r dac any good? @auroravengeance Did you have to do anything to get the Douk to work with the Pegasus? I have both but I get no sound when trying to use the Douk into the Pegasus’ i2S input. Thanks for any tips. | |
| tube pre & ss amp integrated The most important consideration is what sound characteristics you’re looking for. Are you looking for something more neutral or more in the more traditional warmer tube sound? What other aspects are important to you? That said, the MA352 puts ... | |
| Help with iFi Zen Stream and mconnect HD @jackd The ifi.local site is a bit of a bugger. I found that once I connect the Zen Stream to Wi-Fi on my iPad I can then go back to ifi.local and it actually works. iFi has some work to do. | |
| Help with iFi Zen Stream and mconnect HD @jackd Thanks for the suggestion, and I think you’re probably on to something with the IP address thing as mconnect is clearly not recognizing the ZS for some reason. There is no iFi app involved, only the mconnect HD app and http://ifi.local sit... |