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| What Digital to Digital Converter Do You Use? Why? Well, I just took the plunge and bought a Denafrips Iris DDC. My Pegasus DAC shares some of its DNA with the Pontus ll, and the review of the Iris on The Audio Beatnik makes me pretty confident I’ll realize some significant benefits. I was eyein... | |
| B&W 705 Signature Feedback ? I got to hear the 805 D3 vs. the Pulsar in my system and the Pulsar just did everything better. The 805s did a great job with detail and transparency and in producing very good sound, but the Pulsar equaled it in detail/transparency and far surpas... | |
| Positioning B&W 802’s with spikes in hardwood? @nyev Could you possibly share your impressions when you get them installed and have a handle on what improvements they make? I’m planning on getting them in the near future so would be good to hear from someone here with a good system. I’d love... | |
| B&W 705 Signature Feedback ? I worked for Magnolia and am very familiar with both speakers. If I were you I’d highly recommend going to listen to similarly priced models from Joseph Audio, ProAc, or Usher if you can. Pairing the 805s with that amp is a mismatch in quality and... | |
| Am I Better Off With Limited Low Frequency Speaker In A Small Room? Downside is that the speaker can sound bright but at the same time, not all that airy in the soundstage. And tonally, it sounds a bit gray. Nothing is so harmonically fleshed out that I believe it’s real. This largely seems odd (except the airy... | |
| Need help. I need recomendations for amp, or amp/preamp There’s a nice McCormack DNA 125 with the coveted SMcAudio upgrade that bring this amp to near SOTA performance levels available on USAudiomart for $1750, which is a relative bargain given the pricey upgrades we’re done in January 2022. Pair this... | |
| NY audio show 2022 I’m surprised at how few exhibitors there are, but there are still several I’d be very interested to hear so I’ll likely go. Quality trumps quantity. | |
| Am I Better Off With Limited Low Frequency Speaker In A Small Room? If your cubical room is a problem you may want to try a diagonal setup in your listening room. I completely agree and I believe the OP is already doing this. At a show in NYC Jeff Joseph was showing hiswonderful Pulsars in a very small room an... | |
| Help fine-tune my speaker search Any particular Proacs that you recommend now? No, not really as I think they’ll all sound really good and share the ProAc sound profile so I’d just try whatever is closest to your price range and ask Johnny R as he obviously knows it all and ca... | |
| Positioning B&W 802’s with spikes in hardwood? I’m going to try these that not only make it a cinch to move speakers but several people much prefer them for sonics over spikes… https://herbiesaudiolab.com/products/threaded-stud-glider | |
| What Digital to Digital Converter Do You Use? Why? While it obviously can happen in certain cases, I think it’s fair to say people who prefer other connections to i2S are in the minority so for most it would be worth exploring if their DAC has an i2S conncection. | |
| Class D Amplification Announcement @pehare What tube amp were you comparing the Atmaspheres to? | |
| Boulder 866 vs Gryphon Diablo 300 Almost sounds like the Esoteric was hooked up out of phase. Congrats on the Luxman. | |
| Recommendation for Headphones under $250 There’s a pair of Hifiman Sundaras on Amazon being sold in “Like New” condition from a very reputable seller for $240 (retail $299) and you can have them by this Tuesday with free shipping. Great headphones. Check out this video review. He also ... | |
| Class D Amplification Announcement There’s also the LSA Voyager GaN 350 from Underwood HiFi. |