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| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @tonnesen I didn't have any new news for a long stretch. I had a lot of gear in on trade I was underwhelmed by and this thread is not about criticizing gear I don't like. I tried writing up a few and just wasn't happy with the posts and am focus... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @yyzsantabarbara This is helpful. I will pick up a device and see how it works when my new Klimax DSM arrives vs. ethernet straight from the wall and from the ethernet direct out from my Oladra. My customer did not want to wait for a device to... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @yyzsantabarbara I am 99% certain you are correct that it has a fiber ethernet input like the Lumin. I have not tested that as I don’t have a device to convert my signal to fiber and one I bought failed within two weeks. If you have a suggestion... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend First unit to write up is the Linn Klimax DSM. This is a $45.5K device leveraging Linn’s first ever FPGA DAC called the Organik, has Linn’s on-board streamer/roon endpoint and and uses their proprietary Space Optimization system. Linn reached out... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend So, it has been a while since an update. I have had a lot of units in and generally I am observing the rule of, "if you can't say something nice." I have had a lot of underwhelming competitive devices in. Just because something is produced with... | |
| Why are DAC's so much more expensive than transports? If you get a full CD player or SACD player, from most manufacturers cost is same or higher for the CD player if the DAC is of equal quality. If the unit is just a transport and is only a tray with digital circuits and one transformer, it should be... | |
| Antipodes K22 vs Innuos Pulsar I agree that on the K50, squeeze is best sound but most people still control it with Roon. You can turn on squeeze lite on player size and still use Roon remote. sense is a squeeze derivative and is a thinner package than Roon in terms of how mu... | |
| Antipodes K22 vs Innuos Pulsar I have had both here along with the Grimm. I was a dealer for both but never really sold any Innuos and we parted ways at the end of last year. I remain an Antipodes dealer. Both are excellent devices. It really depends on a couple things. 1.... | |
| Streaming/DAC Upgrade The first question is do you like your existing sound profile and want more or is there something that you want to change? The PS Audio DSD is a radically different sound which is bigger and more dynamic but softer, warmer and sweeter. It will b... | |
| KR Audio KT88 Vacuum Tubes I agree. I don’t think Moon Audio would fib about that. Eunice told them that or it was some confusion based on conversation over other tubes and the Abyss collaboration. I like the Sophia’s a lot. They are sort of a Goldilocks tube being ... | |
| KR Audio KT88 Vacuum Tubes There non-KT88 tubes are made in the Czech Republic. KR occupies Tesla’s factory in Prague. They are not Russian. I do not know who makes the KT88s. I thought it was EAT. | |
| KR Audio KT88 Vacuum Tubes I am one of the dealers for KR and have had them in my own Art Audio Opus 4s. They have the same power output as a typical KT88 but the plate dissipation of a KT120. They will last longer. This is the same recipe KR used on their 300Bs. Plate d... | |
| New speakers for 15*12 room powered by Lamm 1.2s? Borresons are hard to place just like Raidho's. They need room to come alive. If you can't get 9' between and 3' to 5' behind the speaker, they will not be at their best. If you want something that will be less bright that will be elite, look... | |
| Worth repairing a Velodyne ULD-12 from the 90's? I would only repair if it has sentimental value. Modern subwoofers are hard to sell and get repaired. Older ones are heavier and will be more difficult. You might find a vintage shop that would take it for parts or might have an interest in ref... | |
| From Rossini Apex to ???? For a sweeter midrange your should look at the Playback Designs MPD-8, Aries Cerat Kassandra, EMM Labs DA2 V2 or soon to be released V3. I would also think MSB Premier or Reference. All of these are going to be sweeter sounding than the dCS. I... |