thaluza
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| New DAC! Meitner MA3, Denafrips Terminator Plus, Holo May KTE, Mola Mola Tambaqui In his review of the Mojo Audio Mystique X SE, Herb Reichert did a nice comparison of a few of the dac manufacturers mentioned in this thread - dCS, Holo Audio, Denafrips. I would suggest looking up his review, if you have not already, for a good ... | |
| CD Transport with XLR Out Perhaps this one from Pro-Ject? $899 MSRP https://pro-jectusa.com/product/cd-box-ds2t/ | |
| BEST CD TRANSPORT Thank you! @thaluza Nice system and venue. | |
| BEST CD TRANSPORT Thank you Charles. Exquisite indeed! | |
| BEST CD TRANSPORT Disc spinners that I own, in order of preference: Pro-Ject CD Box RS2 T Esoteric UX-3pi Oppo UDP-205 Oppo UDP-203 Pioneer BDP-88f Oppo BDP-80 I compared all of these as transports, in the same system, same cables. | |
| Surge and Conditioning Excellent summary. Thank you. | |
| I feel it is time to upgrade my 1977 system....... I have Altec Valencias (Heathkit 101’s). I bought them because I was curious about the Altec sound. Short story, I love ’em! I alternate them in with my Von Schweikert db99 speakers. Interesting that the Franks have been brought up in this thread... | |
| Ditching Class A Amps due to Heat - Sort of a Poll To answer the OP, one of the main goals for my system was to reduce the heat in my room. I live in SoCal where temps average 85-95 degrees in the summertime, sometimes more, and electricity rates are high. I like to avoid using the air conditioner... | |
| Are Their any Tube Preamp with Home Theater Bypass? Supratek | |
| Preamp suggestion for Coincedent M300B Frankenstein mk2 I am a Frankenstein owner. I had the Coincident Statement Line Stage and currently use Horneshoppe The Truth T3. Both are superb with the Frankensteins. The Truth T3 is a no gain unit and works best with source components with output voltage of 1.... | |
| New Coincident Frankenstein 300B Stereo Version Good input by brownsfan. His personal experience is very valuable to the OP’s concerns. Regarding my Atma-Sphere amps, they are an older, non-upgraded version, so it should be no surprise that brownsfan has had a much more positive experience with... | |
| New Coincident Frankenstein 300B Stereo Version @charles1dad Between the two, I have a strong preference for the Frankensteins. I use the Franks 99.9% of the time, but it is fun to switch in another amp every once in awhile. | |
| New Coincident Frankenstein 300B Stereo Version I have happily owned the Frankenstein MKII version for 6 years and had a brief experience with them hooked up to Victory II speakers. If I recall correctly, the VII’s were 97db and 10 ohms. I did not perceive any issues with this particular pairin... | |
| CD transports; do they really matter Tried 3 different transports into my Mojo Evo dac. Oppo (good), Pioneer (better), Esoteric (best). The differences are easily heard. The Esoteric with its VRDS transport is the winner by a wide margin. | |
| Atma-Sphere vs. Supratek I am a former Supratek Cortese owner, purchased in 2007. It had point to point wiring (i.e. the "rat’s nest"), which was touted as a sonic advantage. It had a lot of inputs and outputs, so there were wires everywhere. The phono stage was very nice... |