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| Thoughts on Iconoclast interconnects? Iconoclast makes really nice cables. Not the most flashy or the best marketing out there, but quality cables regardless. They are a bit overpriced in my opinion (along with many other brands), but nobody can argue they don't make exceptional cable... | |
| Can anyone verify that the Integra DRX 5.4 "Direct Mode" is indeed "Direct? @flash56 Well that's good, I'm glad they got back to you with the confirmation. I agree that you should be aware of what is happening in this mode. Even if it doesn't lead to a night and day change in sound, it's still good to know you are doing t... | |
| You can't hear dialogue because it doesn't matter Embrace the subtitles! I did years ago and haven't looked back since. Even on the rare content with has great dialogue, I still appreciate having the subs there to confirm things. | |
| Can anyone verify that the Integra DRX 5.4 "Direct Mode" is indeed "Direct? I think your quoted section is out of context. The focus should be on "sound closer to the original is reproduced". As in, sound (which is) closer to the original. Or put another way, the sound that is being reproduced is closer to the original so... | |
| Veritas Cables a new brand that I found Veritas sends out an email newsletter of sorts about once a month with updates about new products and other things. I just read the latest, it is all about pricing. I anticipated it being an explanation of why they must increase pricing either now... | |
| Muzishare R100 300B 805 ... My Review and opinion @jcarcopo sorry to hear that. A great cautionary tale as to why some of these Chinese wonder products might not be such a good buy after all. I have been tempted myself, no doubt, and then I always think about the support aspect and quickly move o... | |
| 3 channel amps As others mentioned, a 3 channel amplifier has three separate channels or amps on board. This would be handy for example when powering your front stereo pair plus a center channel speaker. Then you could power your surround channels with lesser am... | |
| New Peachtree Audio Mono X Power Amplifiers NCore X500 modules I wasn’t aware of this, looks interesting and the price is right. I only hope they are reliable, as I feel like Peachtree has always had a disproportionally high failure rate based on people I know who have owned their equipment. My only experienc... | |
| TU-8600S What an interesting little amp project. On a scale of 1-10, how difficult would you think this build would be? Assuming 1 is a complete novice who has never touched a soldering iron, and 10 is a proficient DIY builder who can handle most anything ... | |
| Cable Quest I can second the recommendation for Veritas Cables. I've tried so many brands over the years, many of which I loved. Some were very high end and costly, others not as much. But after all those brands I can't think of another which offered quite th... | |
| Veritas Cables a new brand that I found @tksteingraber Glad to hear you are getting on with them so far. Discoveries like this are one of my favorite things about the hifi hobby. I also enjoy watches and cars and other things but it is unlikely that I'll stumble on an affordable perform... | |
| New Review on Pine Tree Audio cables @charliee I emailed Pine Tree about the HexaBraid series at some point. They answered quickly and were very helpful, just like Veritas has been. If only everyone else in the audio space acted like those two, we'd be way better off. I ended up goi... | |
| Considering switching to XLR cables, I'll echo what others have said, it really depends on your gear and how it is implemented. I don't think XLR is inherently better than RCA in most cases. Unless you need a really long cable run which is where XLR is clearly better. But most people... | |
| Opinions on McIntosh MHA200? @magon I have heard that as well from certain LCD-2 examples. Audeze always had quite a bit of unit to unit variation, more so on their older models but it continued to some degree even to the LCD-4 era. That means mine would sound very different ... | |
| Opinions on McIntosh MHA200? @magon Unfortunately I think that's just the general sound of the amp. It can be tweaked by rolling darker tubes but you'll probably never get completely free of that signature. I think a better fit as far as tonality would be an LCD-2 with the ... |