tubeguy80
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| Furutech Lan 8 NCF It's on my list of Ethernet cables to try. I agree that burn in "requirement" seems absurd, and the build seems a bit on the budget side. But the price is right so I'll probably still try it at some point. | |
| Shout out to Revival Audio Atalante 3 speakers The Vivids do have that Dr Seuss look to them. I think that would be great in some homes and terrible in others. Depends on the decor and such. I think that darker color for the Atalante posted above looks beautiful though. Sort of a mature Harbe... | |
| Tannoy Canterbury, KEF Reference 5, Fyne Vintage Twelve, SF Serafino The older I get, the more I start to notice how big of an influence the room makes to my sound. Don't get me wrong I love tweaks and swapping cables and such. But unless you have your room sorted with treatments, it probably makes a bigger differe... | |
| Time For a CD Player Upgrade Are you looking for a regular CD player, or would you be open to adding an external DAC? In that case you would continue using your Rega as a transport, feeding the DAC with a digital cable. | |
| 聖HIJIRI Users thread I'm just trying to play catch up on this long thread, but was wondering if this is the same Combak that is/was associated with Reimyo? I remember their CDP-777 being in the discussion for Best in the World maybe 20 years ago. I wanted one badly ba... | |
| Veritas Cables a new brand that I found Nobody is talking about cables with used-car price tags, nobody is talking about not being able to enjoy music without upgrading cables. Pretty sure we are all here because we love listening to music and want to enjoy that activity more thoroughly... | |
| Shout out to Revival Audio Atalante 3 speakers These are beautiful in a very boring, traditional way. I love that. So many crazy speakers these days look like seashells or bad modern art projects. | |
| Are all streamers the same? I think it depends. When things start as a streamer, and then the DAC part gets added, it always seems like a compromise to me. This is how I felt about all the Aurender models I've ever tried with analog outputs. Not that they sound bad, just not... | |
| Audio Art Statement cables I have a couple of Audio Art mid level cables and intend to explore the Statement line soon. They are really impressive for the money, and it’s a great company to deal with. I only wish they made more digital cables. I'm on the hunt for some ethe... | |
| All in One Solution for Streaming You might look into the Matrix Audio Element P. It's an all in one streamer, DAC, and speaker amp with tons of functionality. Matrix is a Chinese firm that isn't really well known in the mainstream but they make great products with lots of value f... | |
| Stack Audio-SmoothLAN Network Filter- WOW! I know a guy using all sorts of megabuck gear, but he swears by the Stack Audio Link 2 network streamer. It's under $2k with the matching Stack linear PSU which makes it by far the most affordable piece of his system, by orders of magnitude. I w... | |
| PS Audio Stellar Gold DAC ? I tried it out and it was decent but not great to my ears. I remember enjoying the old Stellar Gain Cell DAC back in the day which had a lot to offer for a pretty low price. The Gold is more than double that price and to me doesn't really justify ... | |
| LAIV Harmony @audiostick Obviously the Major US Audio Manufacturer is complacent and doesn’t really care about your business. Good riddance. Laiv is new and hungry for business so I say let them earn it, we’ll soon find out if this is a new Denafrips/Holo Aud... | |
| Morrow Audio Speaker Cables @mitch2 Agree, the DH Labs connectors are probably at the limit for me in terms of price/performance ratio. Anything "better" will cost far more than it is worth as far as actual contributions to the sound. Sure do love me some Furutech bling bu... | |
| Musical fidelity encore “frustrated owners” Honestly I'm not sure how many people are using Musical Fidelity gear these days. Particularly anything other than their amplifiers, which seem more popular and generally better than the rest of their line. I used to own of a few of their pieces ... |