tksteingraber
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| Have you heard LTA Aero, Lab12 Reference, Denafrips Pontus 15th? Using a Lab 12 Dac 1 Reference for 2 years the new LTA Aero Dac was at the top of my upgrade list. After doing some research and following the “Six DAC Comparison” thread’s reviews I decided to pick up a used Mojo Mystique Evo B4B 21 Dac thinking ... | |
| Swiss Digital FUSE BOX Question Thread I am open to many tweaks that require an open mind and when people were mentioning Sluggo's were directional I thought how could a solid piece of metal be directional. So I gave it a go comparing Sluggo's (silver, copper graphene with many hours)... | |
| Gustard R26 vs hi end streamer Picked up a used R26 (recommended by fellow Agon’r) last year ($1100) for my second system to replace a Black Ice Glass DSD Dac and Ifi Zen Stream. Simplified and vastly Improved functionality over the temperamental Zen Stream. Noticably improv... | |
| 6SN7GT VT231 TUBES Interesting that I mainly use the 6SN7 tube family in my preamp and have not experienced any noise or microphony issues with older tubes. Just a couple outright failures. My preferred 6F8G tubes are Raytheon with flat ladder plates (very hard to ... | |
| Swiss Digital Fuse Box - "What headroom sounds like" @ozzy I have 3 Graphene sluggos now and feel they were a noticeable improvement over Solid Silver, Hollow Silver/Rhodium and Gold plated copper. The graphene sluggos sounded very good new and have improved with curing hours. Mine are at about 200 ... | |
| Shootout of Nos 6sn7 tubes Agree it’s very difficult to say which 6SN7 tube is best. We all have our preferences and our systems vary greatly. For my system the Melz just stand out and hit all the marks although several others sound great just different. I also like the ... | |
| Shootout of Nos 6sn7 tubes @trivema well here’s my 2 cents on my Melz experience. I did a lot of research on forums and most of the forums talked about the holed version as the best. But I did come across some praising the solid plates if you get the older ‘50’s version.... | |
| Audio envy - dang! @samureyex It is $50 per cable additional for the upgrade. It allows you to order up to 3 cables if needed. I ordered one and it is a fantastic cable. Performs way above it’s price point to my ears. All of my power and IC cables are now AE of d... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread The remote noise is very minor compared to an LTA Z40+ integrated I owned for 6 months.. Every time you remotely adjusted the step volume control a loud click would occur. Made it unbearable to adjust volume mid song. Deal breaker for me. | |
| Supratek Owners Thread Nice to see the thread come alive again. The remote volume pot has been scratchy from day one for my new 2023 Cabernet. If I move it quickly up and down a few times by hand it stops making the noise using the remote until the next time it gets ... | |
| Six DAC Comparison @mitch2 Wow that is an amazing streaming set up…can only dream. I found adding optical, a quality switch and network streamer really made a difference. I can’t justify top notch but I still came away with a nice set up at a modest price. I have th... | |
| Any Raven Audio Reflection Owners? Nice news to hear customers happy with their Raven Amps. The Refection sounds 🤯. I love my Raven Blackhawk especially when I added Brimar 6060 yellow T’s in the first row. I have it set up as a second system with Fritz speakers and a Gustard R26. ... | |
| Audio envy - dang! Anyone have experience using AE ‘s USB cable? Any comparisons to other brands? Just trying to get an idea how it stacks up to other brands. Currently using Audioquest coffee and might be time to upgrade. | |
| Six DAC Comparison @mitch2 Many, many and many thanks for your incredibly detailed reviews of all these DACs! Truly a gift to us all as mentioned above. I was very interested and leaning towards upgrading to the LTA Aero but after reading your reviews I pulled the t... | |
| My Snubway and Main Stream Master Class Combo Review I ordered my second set of Snubway, Mainstream and 2 Graphene Sluggos late August. Still no update on shipping. Victim of their own success and Labor Day Sale Discounts. Chalk it up to growing pains getting their business set up in the US. It ... |