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| Best Phono Stage The post for the aesthetix rhea is correct. Great liquid sound. Even though it has high gain I don’t recommend it for lomc as the gain is all tube. I replaced the critical last three tubes with nos Hammond organ 12ax7 from a vendor. If you use... | |
| Too many choices for R2R DACS--opinions appreciated First exposure to r to r was la scala. Way over my budget. Went through reviews of the Chinese manufacturers and they all seemed good. Liked the reviews from hans b on you tube for the audio gd r7 mark 2. Multiple matches of nos to uosampling. ... | |
| Your thoughts on my quest for new speakers Fyne 702. Price has gone up like almost all audio but. Still sun 10k. Don’t need much power and concentric tweeter midrange and down firing bass make them room friendly. In love with mine for acoustic, singer songwriter, blues and jazz | |
| Speaker Recommendation Help Please. Not sure if your final numbers, check out Fyne audio 500 series. Downfirong bass helps with placement. Even with price increases the 5 and 7 series lunch way above their price | |
| After years of separates, I'm going integrated. Anyone else do the same? Had spectral separates for close to 20 years. After a job move and loss of my dedicated room, sold everything except the speakers. Recently got back a smallish room and went shopping. Thinking integrated for size and simplicity and great reviews ... | |
| Has the cost of HiFi gotten a bit too much? The increase in audio prices starters long before the current inflation crisis. There just isn’t a large market for two channel audio. Economy of scale has been lost. Ordinary consumers will spend the extra money for to hear bullets whizzing be... | |
| SS preamp suggestion with built-in phono section Go used spectral dmc 12 or 20 | |
| I heard a costly system from Esoteric. I had auditions with the 509 and 590 luxman integrated and wanted to love them. Despite the specs they didn’t drive any of the tested speakers well. Went to a dealer to make a potential audio research integrated but the demo sold before unboxing.... | |
| I need help regarding tube phono preamplifiers I purchased the Rhea signature after purchasing a demo turntable, tonearm, cartridge. The phono stage in my preamp, though excellent was t enough for the .25 mv lomc t purchased the aesthetix for the extra gain, and in the open showroom sounded e... | |
| Bluesound Node 2021 DAC - I sold my Denafrips Ares II My experience with the bluos dac streamer may be of relevance to you. I have the NAD 368 integrated amp with the bluos module from 2021. Used it as an amplifier and as a dac preamp feeding spectral power amp. Excellent dac and stable platform. ... | |
| Your single most significant purchase mistake? Paradigm Persona 3f. Had been out of audio for a while. And went to try the golden ear speakers. My wife loved the paradigms. To me they seemed to detailed, so we initially passed. Went back to try some other brands but this time the anthem str... | |
| Which Tweeter preferred- dome natural material, Beryllium/Metal or Planar Ribbon? Why? I enjoyed my Seas tweeters in my audio physic speakers. After a move to a basement system instead of a joist supported floor, went to Martin logan montis. I found the hi frequencies detailed without fatigue, yet missed the air movements produced... | |
| DAC Question: Delta-Sigma vs R2R Got back into two channel after a 7 year hiatus. Found a great combo of a class a amplifier and Fyne audio speakers. The dac was the Aqua audio, priced at over 8k. More than the speakers. Tested the system again without knowing the dac. Mbl del... | |
| burn in - how important? Does anyone notice similar improvements in video equipment? Colors getting deeper? Colors becoming correct? Improvements with higher priced power cords? | |
| Changes in DAC Presentation - Need Advice 😉 |