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| Are You Happy With Your Phono Preamp? My experience with the PS Audio Stellar phono stage was not good. See if you can audition a Zesto Audio Andrés Deluxe II phono stage, what I ended up with in my main stereo. Another fully balanced design. With that said, I agree with several oth... | |
| Audio stops pain @wolf_garcia I agree and sorry you've had to deal with that your whole life. I'm fortunate to never have had a migraine but my wife occasionally has a bad episode. The first thing she says, "I have a migraine coming on, please turn off the music". | |
| What do you consider the most when choosing a pair of speakers? Tonal purity, presence and effortless dynamics. Everything else is secondary. | |
| Which pair of speakers changed your Hifi life? +1 Active. In my case ATC. | |
| Audio stops pain Yes, that's why Music Therapy is a legitimate healing profession helping many that suffer. | |
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| Phono stage options - balanced with XLR both input and output... +1 Zesto Audio. Very quiet, excellent sound quality, balanced in and out. | |
| Which USB reclocker is as good as the Innuos Phoenix USB? +1 Mutec MC-3Plus USB Smart Clock. | |
| Basic switch....should I upgrade? @fredrik222 Thank you. | |
| Basic switch....should I upgrade? @fredrik222 Please share your network and streaming configuration with us. | |
| Auditioning The Fyne 703 Soon @andynotadam Congratulations, you're in for a real treat. I drive my F703 speakers with Zesto Audio phono, line stage and amp. Source components are a Weiss DAC and SME table. Enjoy! | |
| Speakers known for great midrange. IMHO ATC. Harbeth and Spendor sound colored by comparison. For the OP, ATC probably won't work if a syrupy coloration is what one is looking for. | |
| ATC SCM 40 question @lonemountain Thank you. Very informative and interesting. | |
| Black DAC FX Wifi vs older III They do respond much better to email. Perhaps, once you have their attention that way, you can schedule a phone call. I agree, bypassing the volume control would improve the sound quality slightly. With that said, it's still one to audition if yo... | |
| Black DAC FX Wifi vs older III When I contact Black Ice Audio, I always get an answer the same day. This DAC won the 2019 AZ Audio Video Club DAC-It-Out. It was a very well designed comparison of ten DACs (the Black Ice being the least costly and the PS Audio the most costly a... |