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| Lumin U1 vs. Sonore SE hi @pgaulke90 can I ask if you have gotten your Signature rendu and how does it sound?what do you connect it to (front end)? do you need a music server or just a NAS drive or ??sorry am no good at digital/tech stuff :pRegardsBen | |
| Wanting to narrow the field for compatible speakers HiIn your budget I would consider kef blades, magnepan 20.7 or 30.7, avantgardes or acapella horn speakers. Still a young audiophile, yet to push the boundaries to discover all that is possible, but from what I know these are good stuff!RegardsBen | |
| Streamer upgrade Have heard of the auralic aries g2.1 being really end game! Other options I guess would be innuos zenith mk3 with a phoenix reclocker? Still exploring with streamers, just my 2 cents! | |
| Wholesale prices To me its a great deal! Using the kef reference 5s right now, would top up the extra to get your kef blade 1 for sure! Get it! | |
| Opinion on audio note kit dac 5.1 or 4.1 @jbrrp1 hahhaa thats really a lifelong hobby for you! Yeah cool! Nice way to upgrade the system! Hahahaha and great wife you have :p Which component in your system do you feel plays the greatest part in determining the sound? Oic! If I ever do get... | |
| 4 amplifiers to drive 1 pair of speakers? @douglas_schroeder haha ok sure will check out your reviews! Haha interesting surprise gear you are going to reviewHaha I probably lean way more towards the tube camp :p when I have enough funds will want to upgrade to horns with low powered tube... | |
| Opinion on audio note kit dac 5.1 or 4.1 @jbrrp1 ouch! Tt really hurt! Sigh....thats the sad part about audio...despite it being good it depreciates so much!Hahaha oic wow naise selection of tubes! Was wondering if i bought it....prob will get the RK 300b and maybe 242s as well from KR. ... | |
| A new (huge) R2R high end DAC in town @astrostar59 hi thanks for sharing your journey!Am personally looking for a tube dac now....was looking at the lampi big 7 vs the audio note kit 4.1 or 5.1. How did your lampi GG compare with the audio note kit 4.1 or the audio note 5 that you own... | |
| 4 amplifiers to drive 1 pair of speakers? @douglas_schroeder thanks for your input! :) haha wow you sound very experienced! Oic! Always was wondering why I dont see multiple amplifiers rather than 1 stereo / pair of monoblocks used! I guess that must be the reason! Ok sure, looking forwa... | |
| 4 amplifiers to drive 1 pair of speakers? @hshifi thanks! Im actually using primaluma...just tt i prefer the sound of big tubes eg 300b, 211 , 845. Im thinking of different solutions I can use to circumvent the power problem@boomerbillone wow thanks for sharing! Haha 8 channels must sound... | |
| 4 amplifiers to drive 1 pair of speakers? @atmasphere thanks for your advice! :)) ok sure will go and look for the dynaco manual! :))Always thankful for pros like you giving advice! :)) 🙏🙏 | |
| Opinion on audio note kit dac 5.1 or 4.1 @jbrrp1 hahaha oic ok thanks for sharing! Would you buy the big 7 again if thats the top of your budget?Oic nice thanks! What tubes were you using? :) KR audio 300b RK? :) haha wow your current front end costs more than twice my speakers and amp :... | |
| Opinion on audio note kit dac 5.1 or 4.1 Hi @jbrrp1 Did you manage to listen to the dac 5.1? If you did, how does it compare to the big 7? :)Actually am quite curious regarding the sound of the DHT tubes (eg 300B) vs the usual tubes like 12AU7. Was wondering if the sound is more open/mus... | |
| 4 amplifiers to drive 1 pair of speakers? Hi @atmasphere Thanks for sharing the idea on monostrapping! Was reading up on it. How about what if I do not monostrap? Monostrap kind of puts the amplifiers in series if Im not wrong? So if I place the amplifiers at parrallel will they actually ... | |
| 4 amplifiers to drive 1 pair of speakers? Hi I am using kef reference 5 with recommended 50-400W needed to power it. Most of the impedence on the chart is around 4ohm instead of 8 ohms. Lowest dips to 3.2 ohms. Although it is 90db at 8 ohms, there are 4 woofers, 1 tweeter and 1 midrange o... |