tubeguy80
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| Calling all Eggleston owners I have always heard complaints about Eggleston crossovers being the weak link in an otherwise high quality design. Their cabinets are great and they do seem to get pretty good sound out of the end result, even in spite of crossover shortcomings. I... | |
| New JBL Summit models, Makalu, Pumori, and Ama. I haven’t always been a fan of the JBL Summit speakers but I have to admit these look stunning. Actual pictures from the speakers at the recent Munich show look much much better compared to the usual stock photos on the marketing materials. Those ... | |
| Real experience - Balanced or Unbalanced between Luxman Pre & Power Amps I use a relatively modest (compared to yours) combo of the Luxman CL-38uSE preamp and MQ-88uC amplifier. They only have RCA connectors so I use those and am in love with the sound my system makes. Prior to these I had different models from McInto... | |
| Veritas Cables a new brand that I found The Audax USB will probably be my next upgrade. I've been messing around with power conditioners as that feels like an opportunity to upgrade. So far none of them sound as good as just plugging directly into the wall. I have a few more to try and ... | |
| Ethernet cable - but which one? I'm really happy with my Veritas Cables Connexa Ethernet cable. From what I understand it is not the case that CAT 8 sound better than CAT 7 which is better than CAT 6 etc. In fact I have heard from several sources that 7 is not really a great des... | |
| The new dCS Varese DAC...it is so good that all others are now relegated to history?? dCS certainly makes very nice gear, but in my experience it always sounds a little bit "artificial" compared to some of the other top brands. I can respect it, even appreciate it for what it is, but in the end I don't quite love to listen to it. S... | |
| Esoteric N 05 xd There are various settings you can choose on the N-05XD. See page 27 of the user manual, it explains the options including OFF, FIR, and RDOT, plus your choice of modulator frequencies. As usual for tweaking digital filters these are not drastic ... | |
| Ceriously, it all started with a power cable @ghdprentice Don't feed the trolls. There are so many people floating around here trying to pick fights or slam an entire userbase of audio lovers, just because they have a difference of opinion about cables. I'll never understand it. I personal... | |
| Veritas Cables a new brand that I found I still love my Veritas Connexa Ethernet cable. I get distracted easily though, and recently found myself picking up a few other Ethernet models to mess with. I had a Nordost Heimdall 2, DH Labs Reunion and a Network Acoustics Eno 2. All of them... | |
| DAC and Amplifier Synergy? I find that you really need to experiment for yourself. Unfortunately you can read all you want from reviews and forum posts, what you hear in your own room with your own ears won’t always agree. I tried the easy route and used Luxman for my DAC... | |
| Esoteric N-01XD SE vs N-01XD As far as I can tell the SE version came out early last year. I've read some feedback saying it was a pretty big improvement but hard to know for sure. I think those were people who sent in the original, and got it back with the upgrade, so no cha... | |
| Question about Break in of Weiss DAC 204 That's just the way of the internet nowadays. Everyone is an expert in everything. | |
| Millennia Media imersiv D1 Interesting, I was just reading about Bob Katz listening to a prototype that he seemed to love. I'd post a link but I lost it, surely available by googling though. I'm still not convinced better specs have anything to do with better sound once yo... | |
| Thinking about buying new Grado Headphones If you are open to the 2nd hand market I would look at the original Meze Empyrean. Beautiful headphones and most people seem to agree they are way more comfortable than Grado. Original price was $3000 but they can be had for well under $2000 these... | |
| I Was A Skeptic Now I'm Not So Sure I wish it wasn't so, I would have saved a lot of money over the years. |