tom6897
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| Bricasti M1 SE or Ayre QX-5 Twenty? I have listened to both on very high performing systems. For my money I would choose the Bricasti M1 without pause. Check outhttps://youtu.be/941P_pQnByE I have spoken with Brian Zolner (co-founder) several times over the years and I believe in hi... | |
| Sunday Morning Suggestions? Kurt Elling “man in the air”. Diana Krall “love scenes”. Check out titles by Holly Cole, Patricia Barber, Josh Groban, Stacy Kent. | |
| Axpona 2018 Will you be there? I will be there from Thursday through Sunday. Looking forward to three days of music and electronics. The musical acts look interesting for evening entertainment as well. | |
| Stands? Where are you located? I may have an answer for you. | |
| LS-50 Speakers (Passive) Completely agree with Helomech above. I run my LS50’s with $3700 SimAudio amp and pre plus $2k DAC. BASS is clean, taught and well controlled. Room is 10’ x 14’ x 8.5’. Go for it! | |
| MQA•Foolish New Algorithm? Vote! No. Completely happy with current HiRes PCM and DSD. | |
| SACD advice: is the Marantz SA-14S1 that much better than the SA8005? I have found the sound of the Marantz players to be on the warm side and not as dynamic or transparent as I like. I have had excellent success with with Arcam, Sony ES, and SimAudio. Look for Burr-Brown DAC inside. Currently own the Sony 9100ES Si... | |
| Room color opinions Gotta be a variety of earth-tones for me! | |
| Small 1 inch high jack. Devise your own fulcrum and lever from things already in your possession. | |
| RMAF vs AXPANO What is AXPANO? | |
| Looking for speaker recommendations that I can purchase on Amazon.com @lowoverdrive: Sent you a pm earlier. | |
| DAC break-in... As in all things Audio, it will be system dependent. Several variables will make it impossible to determine the break in length in your system. I will list a few;.... system resolution, your listening acuity, quality of source material and associa... | |
| cocktail x12 Too much egg nog over the holidays? | |
| Insight for system build Definitely spring for the upgraded power lines. Best DIY project I ever completed. | |
| D’Agostino Momentum Monoblock Amps With Audio Research Reference Level Pre-Amp? Agree with^^, should sound great! Enjoy! |