soix
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| A DAC that can make digital sound analog? I'd do a two-week trial of an SW1X DAC. Everything I've heard from owners of these DACs implies a very organic and 3D sound I associate with vinyl. Hey, they offer an in-home trial with very little financial risk (just shipping). AND, it sounds... | |
| Dac selections Flyby? Where r u OP? | |
| A comparison between two DACs, one R-2R, the other ES 9038-based. Huge +1 to @celander -- especially if both DACs don't have very good reclocking built in. It's pretty doubtful there is NO difference in sonic reproduction between these two DACs, so the question is why? I agree with @celander that if you feed t... | |
| Decided to buy a high-end CDP - Need help inn the last mile! You could upgrade your dac to a much higher end dac, and with a really good streamer you would hardly want to play a CD.I have to agree with @audiotroy as having a good streamer seems to be the way of the future, and I would trust their advice on ... | |
| Pass labs XA-160.8 monos - or - Mark Levinson 536 monos for Magico's It has been widely rumored that Alon Wolf is very fond of Hegel amps with his speakers, so I'd definitely add them to your list. Also, if Clayton M100s or M300s are available they're also worth a serious look along with Pass and ML. I heard the ... | |
| A tubed integrated amp for Joseph Audio Pulsars? @beeswax -- Nice! I heard "St. James Infirmary" (on vinyl of course) through the Pearls years back at a NYC audio show, and it still lingers in my mind as one of the most impressive things I've heard from an audio system ever. Would love to know... | |
| Don Sachs 2 vs. deHavilland Ultraverve 3 Hey Don, now that we've got your ear here, any plans to do an integrated amp in the future? | |
| A decent preamp to complete my setup? You really need to learn about budgeting! Everyone, but everyone,gets it all wrong. Except Harley.@millercarbon -- Wow! Really??? That is just an incredibly ignorant and arrogant statement. Sorry, but the only absolute in this hobby is that there ... | |
| Looking for Recommendation for AVR Do you know what the 720 gives you over the 710.No. I'll leave that to you. But I think the 720 will cost you quite a bit more, so whatever additional features it offers would have to be pretty important to you to justify the difference. does it... | |
| Where to hear ATC speakers It's almost as if the Wilsons push the image towards you, whereas my Thiels tended to create a solid image at speaker position and behind - more of an audience position.I hear ya. I'm in the same boat sonic wise. Have you heard the Vandys yet? ... | |
| Looking for Recommendation for AVR Accessories4less.com is a good source for discounted AVRs. I'd recommend Yamaha because they sound good but also seem to be a step up in reliability relative to most others. If you don't need all the absolute latest bells n whistles, you can sav... | |
| Which atmos reciever/preamp / integrated has the best room correction built in and atmos? What’s your thing with 10" drivers??? Yeesh. That’s a tough ask for a center channel speaker and most likely a bit of overkill, no? But since you asked, by far the best and most dynamic and neutral center channel speaker I’ve ever heard is the ATC... | |
| A decent preamp to complete my setup? If I'm you, I'd take a look at the Schiit Saga preamp and Mani phono preamp, which are $350 and $130, respectively. The Mani will handle MM and MC cartridges, so you're not constrained depending on which cartridge you eventually choose. The cool... | |
| A tubed integrated amp for Joseph Audio Pulsars? Great speakers! There's a nice VAC Sigma 160iSE available here (with extra tubes) now for $7500, which looks like half of retail so you can probably resell at little loss if for some reason she don't work out. Reason I'm recommending VAC is I be... | |
| Advice on bookshelf speakers (Sierra 2, Buchardt, Monitor Audio, LS50) Given you listen standing up a lot, I’d probably avoid speakers with a ribbon tweeter as their vertical dispersion tends to be limited. The Buchardts sound interesting but might be a little darker sounding than you might like given the review that... |