tby
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| 40+ watts SET, cost is not a problem Phasemation MA-5000 | |
| Small factor phono stage Check out the Lejonklou Slipsik/Entity (mm/mc), very "tube like" sound, hard to beat for the price. | |
| Aric Audio doodlebum, I use to run a pair of Zu DW, worked surprisingly well. I have since moved on to a pair of Lii Song origin s10, match made in heaven. | |
| Aric Audio I can only join the choir singing praises for Aric. Happy owner of Super 2A3 SET for little more than 3 years now. I have yet to consider looking anywhere else for another amp. Feed it from a passive Slagle autoformer preamp, audio bliss. | |
| Best Full-Function Preamplifier EAR 912 is excellent. | |
| Next High End Bookshelf Upgrade - Marten Parker/Oscar Duo Owners Welcome I would toss Kroma Mimi Xtreme in there, superb speakers, if you have a chance to audition them I'd put them on the list. | |
| Hegel owners - what speakers are you using I've got a pair of Dynaudio Excite x32 paired with a Hegel H160, sounds great! | |
| Mono block Preamp Lejonklou offers an excellent mono preamp: Lejonklou Sagatun Mono | |
| Budget Phono preAmp https://www.sixacoustic.com/product-page/york-phonobnThe Hagerman previously mentioned is also a good deal. | |
| Low gain dac! I had the same issue with my headphone amp and DAC. I bought these http://www.rothwellaudioproducts.co.uk/html/attenuators.html and it works very well for me. | |
| Looking for a phono preamp that has volume control Graham Slee Accession has a volume control. | |
| USB cable less than $100, what's your favorite and why? I have found that Supra and Mogami wires work great with my systems and have not observed any audible gains from using much more expensive brands. Might be my ears or equipment that is not "there" but saves me $$$. :-) | |
| USB cable less than $100, what's your favorite and why? My living room system is all Supra cables. I live in Sweden and they are made here so the price is quite nice, for example a Supra 1.0 meter USB cable is $28 here. However, I believe Supra makes great cables. I had the opportunity to borrow a Ansu... | |
| PC/stereo setup and/or cable question I think your best bet is to get a dedicated transport and place it next to the DAC, for example, allo usbbridge or a hifiberry device. Of course, this depends on your source, if you only play local files from you NAS it's a good approach. If you w... | |
| DAC upgrade suggestion I will give my vote to MHDT Labs Orchid.I have three DACs, the one I already mentioned and a Jolida glass FX tube DAC III and an RME ADI-2 DAC FS. I personally prefer the Orchid out of these, it's very smooth non-fatigue sounding in my system.Just... |