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| DAC recommendation in 5 to 10K range There are a LOT of DACs in this price range. I will say that based on my testing there is a big difference in performance between between the ~$5k DACs can ~$10k DACs. you are effectively trading off detail for soundstage. The higher you go,... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend Next DAC on the agenda is the Playback MPD-8 Dream which should arrive next week. I have a used unit coming in and will spend a little time with it before we find it a forever home. PM me if you are interested in acquiring it. @jeffreyw the b... | |
| Looking for advice re: amps for Dynaudio Contour 20i Dynaudio is the US importer of Octave, and for good reason. The two brands show together and sound incredible together. Dyns can be a bit harder to drive so you need a black box or super black box with them but the results are going to be very, ... | |
| Horns hORNS are supposed to be stunningly good. I have not heard them but a few people I trust either own them or have heard them and said they are worth the time to listen to. Avantgarde is the obvious choice to me. Stunningly good speakers though no... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @sutts AC is a brand that will get added. I like Worldwide and have a good relationship with Robert so it is a brand I was naturally considering and will look at seriously as the year progresses. I would be shocked if I am not a dealer for AC at... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @jjss49 No question a well executed tube based output stage can be extraordinary. When reviews are available I try to avoid reading them till after I form my own opinion and see if I agree. The secondary element that I think helps in a BIG way... | |
| Amp Options - Infinity Kappa 9s Kappa 9s have a min impedance of about 1 ohm. This is one of the most notoriously difficult speakers of all time to drive. I had the first edition Kappa 8s which were bad enough at 1.7 ohms. I blew a lot of fuses. These are worse. That said, t... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend I would love to get an Aries Cerat in. I think that would be a super interesting comparison between it and the Jadis. Not likely to happen immediately but a brand I would be happy to carry. | |
| Recommendation: Streamer / Player with external NAS capability What software are you running or do you want to run? When you say "won't break the bank" that can me wildly different things. Are we talking hundreds or thousands of dollars? | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend The Jadis JS1 MKV is here and it is stunning. This is a two chassis unit with an external power supply. The external supply is slit into two parts, one for analog circuits and the other for digital circuits. The unit uses AK4497 DAC chip and u... | |
| Narrowing down the field (DAC wise) I have the Khadas DAC here. They reached out to me asking me to carry it and sent me a sample. I opted to not carry it not because I didn't like it, It is very good for $199 but the amount I need to buy (100+ units) and the associated margin is ... | |
| amp for ZU Audio Druid V speakers Given the high sensitivity, it is essential that you have an amp that is ultra-quiet and Art Audio is designed to work well with Avantgarde at 104-107dB sensitivities. Art Audio is an awesome match for Zu. WIth 101 dB sensitivity, most SETs wil... | |
| Focal 936 K2 compared to Q Acoustics Concept 500? Both are excellent speakers and drift slightly forward. I have heard the Focals driven by a Krell power amp, I heard the Qs driven by Cyrus. Both have great staging and deliver a high level of detail. Neither is particularly difficult to drive ... | |
| Focal Sopra, Kanta, Aria Sorry...I am a dope. I was thinking of the Sigma amp line. My apologies. Based on the review of those CAM-200 amps in stereophile, amplification is not your issue. Try over-toeing or increasing the damping in your room. Lack of toeing or to... | |
| Warm Tube Amp(s) to Tame Hyper-Accurate Speakers? That is a warm rig going into speakers that are not known for being bright. I would need to dig into it, sometimes the wrong impedance curve on a speaker can make a tweeter sound hot when paired with a tube amp. You might find switching to a neu... |