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| Pulsars and the Mythical Armchair Speaker Maker So why cant you take a mid priced speaker costing say $500 a pair and instead of using drivers that cost $50 a piece, use state of the art drivers costing $300 a piece? that would still only be $250 more per driver which means $1000 more than the ... | |
| Power Amp advice Here's a rare and beastly McCormack DNA 2 LAE a bit over your price target but may still be worth a look...https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649428780-lae-mccormack-dna-2-amplifier/ | |
| Pulsars and the Mythical Armchair Speaker Maker They’re struggling. Why? Brand recognition.@erik_squires -- Yup, that may be the biggest problem with the direct-sale business model. It's a real uphill battle for them. Never heard of Taylor. Did you mean Tyler? Heard nothing but good things ... | |
| Pulsars and the Mythical Armchair Speaker Maker Big +1 @erik_squires and well said. You could give me and Mario Battali the same ingredients to make a bolognese sauce, but does anyone think they'd prefer mine? Ha! Would you pay more for Mario's sauce? I know I would if I really want to enjo... | |
| Non-Oversampling (NOS) vs, Kid of like the tube vs. SS camps. As someone else mentioned above, always tradeoffs in this hobby.@bigkidz -- I was just about to write the same thing. BTW, what DAC do you make? | |
| Bel Canto Dac 3.7 in 2018? I'm confused. Do you have the DAC1.7 or 3.7? You state in your equipment list that you have the 1.7, but in a later post you say you have the 3.7. C'mon man. Let's get this straight here! If you have the 3.7 I'd absolutely look to upgrade to ... | |
| Bel Canto Dac 3.7 in 2018? Yeah, @audioman58 has some really good points. Just to reiterate, I had the BC DAC3 and DAC3VB in my system for a long demo. The VBS1 is an absolute necessity if you’re getting a BC DAC -- IMHO. I’ve heard them both back to back in my system, and ... | |
| Yamaha integrated amp as3000 vs Pass integrated It always baffles me when people ask what specific piece of equipment they should buy rather than stating what aspects of sound reproduction they value most and/or are looking to improve upon. Without knowing the latter, how can we possibly recom... | |
| Graduating to separates need help DACs look good but only pass 96/24 on toslink input?Why in the world would you even use the toslink input? Just use SPDIF. | |
| Suggest Transports that can be Demo'd at home According to Bel Canto website, that cdp you suggested is no longer being made, as the drives are no longer available. I'd be nervous purchasing a unit for which no drives were available, in case of failure. Couple thoughts. Bel Canto may have a... | |
| Digital clock - any recommendations? It depends on how good the reclocker is in your Marantz. It's really DAC dependent. The Empirical Audio Offramp is a well-respected design. | |
| Graduating to separates need help The modded Adcom might still be useful for the time being. I’d focus on the preamp, as a good stereo pre will provide a big performance boost over the preamp section of an AVR. As others have mentioned, a separate DAC is a better idea than an onbo... | |
| CD Transports Buy this Bel Canto CD2 and pair it with an Empirical Audio Offramp and you'll be good to go for years and years...https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649501384-bel-canto-cd2/ | |
| New Joseph Audio Pulsar Graphene 2 @kenjit"the best way to do infinity slopes is active. its hard enough doing 4th order using passive. The use of passive crossovers has no advantages. That alone diminishes the quality. You need to eliminate that passive crossover first before you ... | |
| Review: Silverline SR17 Supreme speakers @seanheis1 -- in what ways did the Regas surpass the Minuets? |