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| Favorite cable brand. So far, after owning quite a few over the decades is Wire World, especially series 7 & 8 | |
| Class D amps that are superior to all or most? @ricevs wait, what? Did I read your closing comment to George correctly? Are you back making the EVS 1200s? and you can have a dual mono stereo modified version (remember.....1200 watts into 4 ohm.....drove the Alexx speakers fine) for a little o... | |
| A great balanced R2R ladder DAC: Mhdt Lab Balanced Pagoda Underwood is now selling Audio GD kit; amp, dac, headphone amp, ...Here’s snippet from their R2R dacThe R1 is an R2R full discrete DAC that uses 8 groups fully discrete R-2R DA modules to combine into a real balanced push/pull decoder. it also use... | |
| Floorstanding Speakers on Platforms In the past I have spent a good bit of money attempting to isolate my speakers. But that is only part of the problem- placement can make or break the overall enjoyment as every room is different. My solution was to buy wooden dollys from Harbor Fr... | |
| Which best CD SACD with XLR connections It would be helpful to you if you provided a budget.Many, most sub $2000 sa/cd players are not actually TRUE BALANCED, so you will not notice any difference aside from the fact that XLRs are a vastly superior connection to RCAs. Also your amp/prea... | |
| Open Baffle Opinions - I Won't go back to Boxed Speakers Evr Again (maybe....) FWIWWhile I am aware of wings, my Emerald Physics OB 3.4s are wingless, but image just fine. MAYBE it’s because the 12" driver has a 1" polyester concentric tweeter. Remote passive XOs are some 2ft away from each speaker. I replaced the CRAP OEM j... | |
| Speaker Upgrade Recommendation for Current Analog System - under $10,000 Budget Emerald Physics Open Baffle should be a match made in heaven. I have 3.4s with upgraded passive XOs. The driver is 12" with 1" concentric polyester tweeter. It’s ~ 99dB efficient which should make your 40 wpc amp very happy. If you need more bass,... | |
| Full featured balanced dac/preamp advice I have a Audio Alchemy DDP-1 (dac/pre) + PS 5 outboard power supply. It is really good. Peter M who is/was AA) designed the dac/pre/streamer for Elac. I've not heard it, but Enjoy the Music raved about ithth | |
| Looking for a cd player that plays nice with classical orchestra. @jay73I I started a thread a few months back asking whether anyone has experience with SL- G700. Your comments would be helpful therehttps://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/anybody-own-the-technics-sl-g700-sacd-player | |
| Class D amps that are superior to all or most? If you are contemplating having Ric mod your class D amp, have no fear. I am one of the few lucky people who bought his EVS 1200 when he was making them. I still love Love LOVE it | |
| Looking for a cd player that plays nice with classical orchestra. My next will likely be the Technics SLG 700, which is balanced and plays SACDs $3K | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Linda Ronstadt live followed by CSN Greatest Hits | |
| I want a new to me CD player but need to have HDCD decoding capability AFAIK Oppo 105 does. If you are handy you can make a gigantic upgrade by getting a LPM from ebaye. I did this, plus replaced the IEC and a jumper to bypass the 110/220 switch (both on ebaye)I might have 1-2 HDCD discs, but no idea which ones. If y... | |
| Schiit Sol or Rega Planar 6? You might want to look at the Underwood HiFi LSA turntableThey were way overpriced, but have significantly reduced it, bringing it in line pricewise. My last TT as a Rega, literally mid 80shttps://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisa30gi-lsa-group-t3-tu... | |
| Anybody Own the Technics SL- G700 SACD Player? Never turn it off as with all gear, and quite possibly tube gear,too, unless it is unstable |