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| Wilson Sabrina X ... oh my God! and Jadis... or? The Tempo is their entry level and best value IMO. It delivers a solid 100w into 8ohms and doubles down till you trip the breaker on your outlet or I think you hit 20 amps. Point is, impedance is a non-issue. Tempo will also probably be more re... | |
| Used tube preamp $2-3K Without knowing the amps, no one can make a good recommendation. You need to look at the electrical properties of the amp and make sure you are getting the voltage, impedance and gain from the preamp that is appropriate for those amps. when you ... | |
| Wilson Sabrina X ... oh my God! and Jadis... or? Looking at the comments above, VAC does not sound solid state. It is a modern tube sound so it won't sound flabby, but is not sterile. Bigger concern is the miserable impedance values based on the measurements I have seen for Sabrina X. Min impe... | |
| Borreson X2 They are great speakers. They will perform well on the condition that they work in your room. Borreson designs great speakers but is a bit of a purist and they have minimums that need to be met for the image to come to life. This was always the... | |
| False advertising There are lots of DACs that handle DSD 512. That said, certainly not every DAC supports it. Audiobyte HydraVox has a DSD 512 mode that is quite good and I have others. Playback designs at a higher end certainly does. | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend Best is a terrible thing to think of. Like any piece of audio equipment, system synergy matters far more than anything else. I personally like the Playback in my Canor System with Wilson Benesch speakers. If I switch to VAC, I think the Helios i... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend Okay...as I wait for my BACCH-SP Adio to arrive, I have a few other units that are worth doing a write up on. Cary Audio DMS-600 is one that was traded in. This is a DAC/Streamer in one box. I plugged in the unit. Downloaded the Cary Applica... | |
| Back to the DAC If you want a DAC with no other features I can think of a few. At the lower end (sub $5k) there are more. SoulNote DACs are just DACs. I believe they have a SE version at $7k (d-1), balanced at $9k (d-2) and reference at $35k (d-3 plus cloc... | |
| Nagra streamer in Munich 2024 I am curious about this streamer as well. It will definitely be best with PLink into Nagra and Playback products. If you are not explicitly looking for PLink, just a good streamer, the EMM Labs NS1 is quite good and is similar in its pricing at ... | |
| JPLAY ? Qobuz iPhone JPlay has a better user interface than MConnect. Bubble UPnP is for Android I believe. I find Jplay is more stable than MConnect with certain devices and MConnect is better with others. I have not tried either with Hegel yet but if Hegel is su... | |
| Thoughts? - First Watt F8 / Vandersteen Treo's That amp will not cope well with very hard to drive Vandersteen speakers. I would echo Soix's POV exactly. Those speakers need a bit more oomph. | |
| Best DAC’S $5k to $15k So, Chord has a particular sound profile that is unlike most other brands. Detailed, musical and a touch forward. It has incredible depth between the speakers in terms of image. It lacks width and height of other DACs in this range. Other you ... | |
| Comparing Chord Qutest Dac with the Built in Dac in Lumin T3 Streamer @tubeguy76 the DAC 204 is the better all around DAC. Chord is amazing between the speakers. The Qutest has great depth of image and strong detail. That said, it lacks the image width and height of the DAC 204. The 204 is close to as good in te... | |
| Buying Used Speakers As a seller, speakers are by far the worst item to sell. When we say things like fully tested and performs flawlessly, I can tell you at least what I mean. I connect them to my system and put them through their paces. I listen to tracks and che... | |
| 40+ watts SET, cost is not a problem What you are looking for does exist and can sound superb with your speakers. KR Kronzilla's would be an interesting choice. The tube is esoteric but it sounds really good and delivers a lot of power. Not exactly like a 300B but 300Bish. KR al... |