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| Doe you enjoy your listening to music and your system more with others or alone? If I intend to do serious listening....alone. Can't converse with others and really get lost. Usually, if people are there, it is about showing off rather than enjoying the music. | |
| Looking at Focal Those would be the old 803 matrix. It has been 20 years since I listened to them. Someone else may have a better POV than me. | |
| PS Direct Stream Vs. Wyred 4 Sound Dac. Nope, the Dave only goes to 96khz through the AES and Toslink connections. The S/PDIF BNC Coax goes to 768 while the USB goes to 768. You connect an MScaler through the S/PDIF BNC Coax I have access to a couple used Daves in great condition ... | |
| PS Direct Stream Vs. Wyred 4 Sound Dac. Chip DAC vs. FPGA. I prefer FPGA. With PS Audio it depends on the OS you are running but in general the PS Audio unit sounds better. I had the DSD with Bridge II until I became a Chord Dealer. Admittedly pricier, I would take a TT2 with an M-S... | |
| When comparing towers to bookshelves, do you let a subwoofer into the mix? only fair way to do the comparison is how it will be listened to in your home. If you are going to listen to the standmounts with a sub, it is critical that not only do you have the sub on hand, but you spend the time to integrate it with the stan... | |
| Looking at Focal How old are the 803s? What edition are they? That amp/pre combo will sound good driving the Kantas but better than the B&Ws is going to depend on which model. | |
| To Couple or Decouple Bookshelf Speakers to Stands? When developing my speakers and introducing my stands, I had extensive conversations in this topic and did some testing. I have tried high mass stands, low mass stands, bolting the speakers in place, adhesives, velcro, simply placing the speaker ... | |
| How would you power Wilson Audio Sasha or Alexia II? You could look at a pair of Chord Ultima 2 or 3 Monos and either the Ultima Pre or the Ultima Pre 2. I have a customer who has an Ultima 5 and is in love with it but is using his DAC as the preamp. The new technology in the Chord Ultima line inc... | |
| ???Compromise??? I have small stand mount speakers and a single box network receiver in my apartment. I have lost jaw dropping sound in exchange for very good sound and a wife who isn’t complaining. | |
| Time for a (reasonably priced) phono preamp... I am an MF dealer and Musical Fidelity is excellent quality and a good value. That being said, you are missing Vincent on your list. The PHO-8 was was phenomenal and Vincent just replaced it with a new model.I would go with one or the other. | |
| Advice please. You can do better potentially. The question is what do you want in terms of sound? Are you looking for enhanced detail or a better, more immersive soundstage or a bit of both. The two speakers you mention are wonderful in terms of detail. Not ... | |
| ???Anyone Here UpGrade From Yaqin/Cayin/etc... To Another Tube Amp Considered Hi End??? My experience with gear stepping up from Cayin/Yaqin/Connsonance-Opera/PrimaLuna, etc... is that you get significantly better transformers in the higher end amps. This shows up most at the frequency extremes and in terms of noise. The higher end a... | |
| Best tube preamplifier for under $15k At least in a single ended system, the Art Audio Conductor is pretty great. I replaced a PS Audio BHK with it and it was a noteworthy step up. Not sure if it is the best under $15K but is fabulous and a good value at $8500. I am sure in a balan... | |
| Bookshelf/ Monitors for bedroom setup - Revel/ Dynaudio/ Spendor Revels with a Rogue Audio Sphinx would be my vote. It will give you a slightly forward sound profile with a wonderful soundstage. The Revels will be best about 2’ from the back wall. | |
| Seeking tales of speaker demos I was obsessed for about three to four years ago trying to find the right speakers as an upgrade from my old rig. My base system was Revel Performa3 M105s driven by a Rogue Hydra Power Amp and with an Ayre K-5xeMP Preamp, Marantz NA-11S1 DAC and ... |