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| Do Audiophiles usually keep the gain of the digital source at around 80%? My experience with Eversolo was with the A6. I found the overall clarity was best was when the A6 was at 100%. I controlled the final volume with the Benchmark LA4. When the A6 was less than 100% I found some inconsistencies with background noise ... | |
| Low powered integrated recommendation LTA and Pass | |
| Fritz carbon 7SE MK 2, Upgrade The ATC SCM20 may have too tight of a sweet spot to satisfy most users. | |
| Fritz carbon 7SE MK 2, Upgrade The Joseph Audio suggestion is excellent. You might want to consider a used pair of TAD LABS ME-1 used. | |
| Mcintosh mc 2500 is it worth the asking price? Check out HiFi Shark for the current ask price and the price of recently sold items. https://www.hifishark.com/search?q=McIntosh+2500 | |
| Do people hate Eversolo on here? Or is it liked some? They lost me on the A6. Terrible customer service. | |
| "Best choice" among Hegel 120, Moon 250i and Rotel 1572MKii Lots of choices. Check out https://www.hifishark.com/search?q=integrated | |
| Your first concert was to see who and when? Beach Boys, Chicago, and Elton John, 1975 at Hughes Stadium in Fort Collins, CO | |
| Has anyone had problems getting their money refunded by The Music Room? I have returned two high priced items to TMR. The money was in my account within two days of them receiving the products both times. No issues at all. | |
| Experience with SoulNote Dac2? @bluethinker you have a great system. The Tambaqui would be a great fit. It was in my final four when I was looking at DACs along with the Chord Dave and a Weiss 501. I went with the Bricasti M1S2. It replicated the Mola Mola as well as the Chord ... | |
| DAC suggestions? I suggest not going with Eversolo. Their customer service is terrible. I would recommend Innuos or Aurender for the streamer. Keeping the DAC separate from the streamer gives you options. I like Bricasti for a DAC, although there are several excel... | |
| Does Chat GPT just give you the answer you are hoping for? Just the equipment. No prices. | |
| Does Chat GPT just give you the answer you are hoping for? @sbank Great question Spencer. I should have included it earlier. "How does my stereo system compare to the best? What is it's rank?" There were some follow up questions regarding the Aurender and the Acoustats. My premise is the Chat GPT would... | |
| How competitive are you with your system? Great thread! I am by nature a competitive person. Always have been. However, in my primary hobbies I am more into being the best I can be. This goes for writing, woodworking, and my sound systems. There are some really expensive set ups that I... | |
| Does Chat GPT just give you the answer you are hoping for? @onhwy61 There were some exchanges regarding setup. No discussion at all regarding electrical service, although mine is cleaner than most (just lucky). The room acoustics did come up in an early discussion. Mine is not ideal, but not bad. The spac... |