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| Recommendations Wanted Tektons do sound good driven but tube gear but due to the low impedance, they are never as efficient in room as you would think, particularly with tube amps. It is reflective of the standard used to calculate SPL ratings, nothing they are doing. ... | |
| Changes in DAC Presentation - Need Advice Server matters in terms of sound quality even when not used as a renderer. You would be amazed home much noise the garbage power supplies and other bad parts can introduce. The core is also the more power intense function as it needs to tame a ver... | |
| Changes in DAC Presentation - Need Advice As stated by many, a slow subtle change is what you would expect from burn-in or power. You would also need to turn the unit on and off. A momentary change, it sounds bright and then it sounds smooth or vice versa can happen once or can happen e... | |
| burn in - how important? It varies wildly from component to component. Tubes Typically need between 60 and 200 hours to sound right. With tubes, there is an outer coating of material that needs to burn off and negatively impacts performance. For most tubes, 60-100 hour... | |
| Changes in DAC Presentation - Need Advice I have a voltage regulator on my line and notice a fluctuation of up to 10v. It is rare that it will fluctuate more than 1v in a short period of time. For a significant increase in voltage to occur, either an auxiliary power supply we need to go... | |
| NAD C316BEE V2/Subwoofer dilemma… Sounds like the person at the "mail order" outlet you bought this from is not all that knowledgeable. With that NAD amp which has an internal, common ground it is just fine to connect these amps via speaker level inputs. For others who might... | |
| Harbeth again…or other speakers for acoustic music? Harbeth are wonderful speakers, as are Spendors. Both pair extremely well with Hegel which is a warm and clear integrated amp. If you want something with more harmonics and is a bit more musical, I like AVM as the kind of opposite end of the inte... | |
| Struggling to spend 13k with three dealers This is sad. We are busy too. Sales are up 300% this year and I have never been so busy. That being said, my day is not done until all calls and e-mails are returned. Additionally, an estimate for used gear should not take more than 72 hours i... | |
| Anybody use a single ended component with one that is balanced? This is about the noise floor. What you lose when you go from a fully balanced Preamp to a SE amp is common mode noise rejection. The signal is sent normally and inverted in a balanced unit. Any commonality between those two signals is rejected... | |
| Magico A5 or KEF blade 2? My experience is that the soundstage and presentation differ rather dramatically between the KEF Blades and the Magicos. The Magicos present a large but shallow image that is in front of you and is less immersive. The Blades (like Other composit... | |
| Best speakers around $130k? Oh…and two other. Avantgarde definitely drifts up over $100k or very close with the Trios and you could also look at the Audiovector R11s. | |
| Best speakers around $130k? at that level, $100k or $130k are competitive. Raidho has speakers at that price. I believe the TD3.8s are about that price and are a great speaker. Wilson Benesch is in process of replacing the Cardinal. I don’t have timing for when t... | |
| DAC w Tube itch: Audio Mirror The Wavelight is an awesome DAC but a resistor ladder simply is not a substitute for a tube output stage. I have learned this lesson a variety of ways. Tubes simply add something that nothing else can replicate. I have never heard an audio ... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend Understood. IMO, By far the weakest link in your system is the Mac Mini. A server will do more than a new DAC. Nucleus's are not crazy expensive. Depending on your data needs they start at $1459 and virtually all of Roons retailers sell them... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend I know a lot of folks have been asking about tube DACs. I have a new Canor DAC 2.10 arriving in January which uses four 6922s in the output stage and will retail at $4k. I will get added here once it arrives. |