soix
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| Looking for Speaker Recommendations Just curious why the ma8950? Given what you’re looking for, I don’t think you could go wrong with the Joseph Audio Pulsar or Profile, Usher Dancer Mini Two DMD (diamond tweeter), ProAc D30 (w/ribbon tweeter), or Spendor 7.2. Also, the QLN Presti... | |
| Best budget USB @barts All my Lavris took about two weeks, and they were all bought in late 2021 so not sure if anything’s changed since then. Looking back it was well worth the wait IME. | |
| Best budget USB @barts Although at $174 the 1.5m Lavri Dual USB is $50 more than 1m if I was doing it over again I’d spring for it given the post @lalitk cites above, FWIW. Also, this was my first USB cable so haven’t as yet compared it to any others so I’d be v... | |
| Bryston amps VS the rest... too clear and neutral? This post is 20 years old — just sayin’ — but anyway, @mal11963 as you’ve found with speakers and preamps audio has advanced quite a bit over the past 30 years and that certainly includes Bryston. You could probably make a firm $2000 bid on this n... | |
| purchasing used Ayre V-5xe? good purchase? What improvements are you looking for over the Anthem, and what sound characteristics are most important to you? | |
| Class D for Repatriated Merlin TSM MMI Still believe super fast switching will never beat no switching...To be honest l, just don't understand class D schematics and topology. @pwayland Might be time for you to go listen to some of the better GaN amps from the likes of AGD, Atma-Sph... | |
| Looking for Speaker Recommendations Budget? What sound characteristics are most important to you? This info will lead to much better recommendations here. | |
| Ideal power cord lengths? But I am getting older and have a greater interest in getting to the final system in my lifetime. @ghdprentice Ha! We can dream I suppose. | |
| can i get a significant dac upgrade over my Lumin d2 for 2k? Yeah, the Gustard R26 seems like a damn good bet although I prefer using a separate active preamp. | |
| What do the arrows mean on my cable? I thought I read that in interconnects one side can be connected to ground, which makes direction an issue. Am I making this up or is it a thing? | |
| REL Carbon Special in the house! I’d highly doubt it. Too many new variables but who knows, might be a good starting point. | |
| Class D for Repatriated Merlin TSM MMI @sbank Nice recovery, and it’s probably true. | |
| Have opportunity to buy BHK 300's or Pass Labs 250.8 for my Thiel 3.7's- thoughts?? DOH!!! Thanks @unsound. What an amateur mistake. I feel shame. | |
| Have opportunity to buy BHK 300's or Pass Labs 250.8 for my Thiel 3.7's- thoughts?? Sorry both deals fell through — that sucks. As another potential option, McCormack and Thiel have always made for a synergistic pairing, and there’s a nice DNA-1 on USAM for around $2295 that’s probably negotiable as it’s been listed since mid Jun... | |
| What do the arrows mean on my cable? I inadvertently reinstalled the digital cable between my transport and DAC once and my system literally sounded broken. That was a miserable 5 minutes until I figured out what I did wrong, and once the cable was installed back correctly all was w... |