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| What's a real upgrade from LuminT2 With the Lumin, specifically what would you like to improve? Are you looking for improved clarity, better soundstage/imaging? What is the shortcoming? There is a fair amount of compromise at that level.An "upgrade" could be a lateral shift to s... | |
| How long is it taking to receive a preamp? Demand is high and parts are scarce. It always depends on the brand and how lucky/unlucky you are but know transformers and semiconductors have been miserable to source. | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @georgehifi. Not an intentional omission. Thanks for catching.@jjss49 i very much want to know your thoughts on this. Thank you for sharing. | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @georghifi. I thought I mentioned that the Vu Jade was an R2R. Definitely a goodsounding unit.@treebeard1 the M3 will be a noticeable step up and will have similar musicality as the PS Audio. It feels like a natural step forward. @milpai the ... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend PS Audio DSD is in and tested. This is by far the oldest tech tested and in the end, it is very obvious why this unit is well liked. The tonal profile is flat. Not bright, not warm. Not lean. Not bloated. What it lacks is detail and a deep c... | |
| Mbl 101e mkii best amplifiers Those need HUGE amounts of power. If you are not going to run MBL amps, I would recommend the AVM MA 8.3 monos. They are 1100w into all loads and will handle those speakers well while also not being bright and are quite comfortable with the 4 oh... | |
| Streamer/Server to replace Innuos Zenith @antigrunge2 I guess I was thinking about the Nucleus as an “upgrade” vs a device that isn’t working. I will also admit I was thinking of the Zen, not the Zenith. Fair point, I should have scrolled back up. | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend On a pure spec basis, the Bricasti is only capable of DSD 256 which would make it technically inferior to the other 3 which are capable of DSD 512. The PS Audio DSD just arrived and is as limited. I do like the Audiobyte which has a pure DSD setti... | |
| Can the AVM 6.2 or Pass INT-60 replace my LM845P? The 8.3 will be sweeter. You will get a flavor for the sound but it will sound more tube-like than the 6.2 ME. I had the 8.3 monos here and they could be mistaken for a KT88 based amp. Not sure the 6.2 ME is quite that nice. | |
| Can the AVM 6.2 or Pass INT-60 replace my LM845P? This is a tough one. I have a customer who is grappling with this now on a pair of Tekton Ulfberht's. Interestingly he has a pair of Cary 845s and 845s are my favorite tube as the Art Audio Quartets are my all-time favorite amps. The reality is... | |
| Streamer/Server to replace Innuos Zenith This is so open and so many option exist it is tough to offer a firm direction. What you do really depends on the DAC or whether you go DAC only (Chord), DAC & Renderer (Bricasti) or DAC & Streamer (Naim) First question is are you happ... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend Today I had a visit from Peter and Karl of Vu Jade. The brought their DAC 100 which retails for $12K and is a two chassis tube DAC. They also offer a single chassis, delta-sigma DAC using 6SN7s and is one I am looking forward to hearing. After ... | |
| Is it worth it to add a music server just for FLAC files? I have found servers make an enormous difference. Usually a little less for local files but much more for streaming. Getting control over things coming in from a very volatile internet is big and the processing power their matters. Though I did... | |
| Recommendations and thoughts for end game speakers and amps The OP said he was looking for cables that are more reasonable than $15K. since this is an all-in-one solution, the only cables really are speaker and maybe a power cable so that was my inference. Could be wrong.You are right, those are $5-$7K. ... | |
| Recommendations and thoughts for end game speakers and amps @tvad Compared to $15K....$5-$7k is quite reasonable. That being said, no dealer (I am an AQ authorised dealer) can or should post discounted pricing in a forum. That is a violation of the MAP. @ronboco If you stick with the Boulder and DAC, ... |