soix
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| I have a feel good story.... From what I hear, Luke could learn a lot from his ex-wife when it comes to customer service at VTL. Then again, maybe that’s why she’s his ex-wife. | |
| Seeking Amp / Preamp Upgrades This is a bit of a different option, but you could buy a used McCormack DNA-1 amp for $1200 or less and have Steve McCormack do his full upgrades and be around $4k and a SOTA amp (he’s got my 0.5 RevA in for full mods now). Add a Linear Tube Audio... | |
| Seeking Amp / Preamp Upgrades What’s your budget? | |
| Help me choose speakers I’d get a pair of LSA-20 Signatures for $1699/pr. and a DSpeaker anti-mode 2.0 that can help deal with your room/placement issues. There’s one available here… https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisai689-dspeaker-anti-mode-2-0-dualcore-da-convert... | |
| Price Isn't Always Indicitive of Quality or Performance My experience is similar to @charles1dad in that my Acoustic Zen and LavriCables as well as some VooDoo cables I demoed are detailed but also tonally full and natural sounding. I don’t think you can paint all silver cables with the same brush as ... | |
| What cable companies make the best cables and sell them directly? If I had it to do over again, I’d buy used Acoustic Zen Silver Reference interconnects and Satori speaker cables (double barrel shotgun if you can bi-wire). Buying good, used cables is one of the best bargains you can get in audio because you can... | |
| Should I add a DDC? Looking for experienced advise please. I’ve never read anything but very positive reviews from people who switched to an I2S connection, so as soon as as budget allows I’m buying a Singxer SU-6 DDC. My Musician Pegasus DAC also has an I2S input and seems a shame to not use it. FWIW. | |
| cheapest cable upgrade ever Hey @antigrunge2 thanks for sharing! How many expensive tweaks get promoted here with dubious results? This one’s darn near free so if it helps at all it’s a huge return on investment. If not, take the battery off and use it somewhere else. I ... | |
| Home Theater Newbie Seeking Advice for Cornwall IV Setup This is a ridiculous quote IMHO. Your speakers are very efficient and need nowhere near 200Wpc, so you can save $$$ by not buying unnecessary power. Frankly, if I’m you I’d seriously consider buying an Anthem MRX540 A/V receiver that’ll sound gr... | |
| How to Add Remote Controlled Volume to Dac + Amp That Doesn't Support It Not sure how much you want to spend, but a used Bel Canto DAC would do very nicely and not take up much space. That’s what I’d do. https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisai340-bel-canto-design-dac-3-24-192-d-a-converter-with-dac-3-7-digital-input... | |
| ATC SCM 40 question Are these new or the original version? I don’t think driving your amp with the RME DAC is doing you any favors here so you might entertain adding a good preamp, and it’d be good to know what cables/interconnects you’re using. Do you have a carpe... | |
| What cable companies make the best cables and sell them directly? The best? Who knows as it’s very taste/system dependent, and then there’s budget that I don’t think you specified. Good news is pretty much all have generous trial periods, so read reviews and have at it! Cullen makes very good and reasonably-pric... | |
| Please tell me there is a better solution for travel LavriCable used to make a lightning to Dragonfly adapter that’s a little smaller and more flexible than the Apple Camera adapter, and it sounds a lot better too — more transparent with better 3D imaging and larger soundstage. Mine was about $115 ... | |
| Please tell me there is a better solution for travel The Campfires and Cobalt are a great combo but this connector situ is unacceptable What about that setup is unacceptable? | |
| The new LSA Signature 50 Monitor "Disruptive Product" @amorstereo Looking forward to your review. I think you have the Statement-20s? — and if so it’d be very interesting (bass extension aside) how the new monitors compare, especially from the mids on up, imaging/soundstage, ya know — the good stuff... |