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| Things that make you go, "Hmmmmm...." I admit I still have a lot of CDs. And I will always want something to play them.Why??? It’s like saying I still have a buggy whip, so I want to keep a horse around to use it. Seriously. When you can either load your CDs onto a server and/or, b... | |
| Things that make you go, "Hmmmmm...." It’s called a DAC. | |
| Belles upgrade?? Not sure going to monoblocks is going to do too much to help add richness. There’s a nice McCormack DNA-2 on US Audiomart for $1750 that, if you want, you could send to Steve to do any level of his upgrades to make a very special amp. I find McC... | |
| Belles upgrade?? What specific areas would you most like to improve upon? | |
| Help me build a $2,500 system I just want the absolute best sounding set up I can have.You’ve not given us much to go on here, as you’re the only one who knows what the best sounding system is to you. What are the most important aspects of system performance, such as tonality,... | |
| My “Dream” system needs a preamp Yeah, definitely completely disregard the multiple recommendations for Sachs SP10, LTA, or Backert and just go with the Audible Illusions that nobody recommended. Good call. Why did you even bother posting here? | |
| Buying Speakers Based on Specs According to NRC research it will tell you about 98% of the performance of speaker.@jaechang -- Ha!!! That is such a loada crap! Nothing tells u 98% of the performance of a speaker except ur own ears. Ur a measurement moron who probably can’t trus... | |
| A brief review of 15 high-end speakers on home demo including B&W, Boenicke, Magico,Wilson What a great selection of speakers to audition. I find myself asking, why oh why didn't the OP make an effort to address his self-proclaimed, in-room bass hump? Would've made life much easier. C'mon. Man up here! | |
| Why don't Joseph Audio Pearls get more love from the audio press? It's like reviewing the Sophias but not the Alexandrias. Or the Quatros but not the Model 7. Or the Q3 but not the Q7. As far as everything getting a positive review, that's just a false argument IMHO. As a former reviewer I can tell you that ... | |
| Why don't Joseph Audio Pearls get more love from the audio press? Yeah, but never the Pearls. Strange. | |
| Cables of the past - which still rock? I'd recommend buying used Acoustic Zen Silver Reference interconnects (I or II, but II marginally better), and Satori or Hologram speaker cables, which can be had for very reasonable prices, and then let something else knock them off the shelf. I... | |
| Help me put together a $1000 (give or take) headphone rig -- new or used From Bluesound site..."Our Gen 2 Players feature a dedicated headphone output driver. The driver is rated 0.0055% THD @1kHz, 35mW. It is designed for use with most headphones, with a minimum impedance of 14 ohms."Michael Lavorgna in his Audiostrea... | |
| Help me put together a $1000 (give or take) headphone rig -- new or used Yeah I'm thinking finding a good used Node 2 may be the best way to go. Anyone know if it's got a decent headphone amp in it? | |
| Help me put together a $1000 (give or take) headphone rig -- new or used So, my bias right now I'd to minimize cost to get up and running now with the intention of upgrading components in the future. My first shot at a very cost-effective system would be:Chromecast Audio > FX Audio DAC-X6 > Sundara phonesThis is... | |
| Help me put together a $1000 (give or take) headphone rig -- new or used Thanks guys. I'm looking further into all the good recommendations here and look forward to more thoughts and recommendations. Still wondering what would be the best and most cost-effective way to wirelessly stream to whatever DAC, etc. I end up... |