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| Best speaker brands for transient response tommyuchicago Volti is a only a 7.5 drive down to Tennessee from you, you can listen to your hearts delight. Greg seems all too happy to give a factory tour, and set up speakers to listen in his audio room. I'll be making that drive in April or ... | |
| Looking for 5AR4 rectifier tube most like solid state boxsoft First off, (before you buy anything) do yourself a favor and reach out to Brent Jessee at audiotubes.com, he is the most knowledgeable and best tube supplier out there. He can help with recommendations, and probably has experience supplyi... | |
| Aftermarket fuse to tame a bright system? Gavin1977 Anti-Cables make great products, I'd give Paul Speltz (founder and highly thought of) a call to discuss your issues and see what he recommends Cables can take hundreds of hours to break in, I'd wait for 250 hours or so before making a ... | |
| Review on Linear Tube Audio Aero DAC Thank you for the review Terry, and I do appreciate the early heads up on your reviews......that's how I found (and later purchased) the amazing CODA S5.5. I do however have some concerns that might prevent me from buying this DAC: There is no AE... | |
| Finding a Bookshelf for Luxman C900U/M900U darkknight8586 +++1 Joseph Audio Pulsar, Graphene model if you can find them used. Phenominal speakers, but do not last long used, Borreson X1, Fyne Audio F1.8, Alta Audio Alyssa, Fritz | |
| Diving into balanced mtbiker29 Here is what I've settled on after a bunch of trials: RCA 1 to 1.5 meters, XLR 1 to 1.5 meters, power cables minimum 1.5 meters up to 2 meters, HDMI I2S 1 meter or less, SPDIF 1 meter, USB as short as is feasible | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response Tommyuchicago If you are in Chicagoland (I'm in Wheaton), you may try a Audio Archon which in Libertyville. He carries some nice brands, DeVore Fidelity, Harbeth, and Audio Note. The owner Mike Kay is a great guy, a well regarded audiophile, and... | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response Tommyuchicago I would look at Volti speakers, the Razz is certainly in your budget at $5,500 a pair unfinished, or $7,500 in nice veneers. I have a friend that owns several horn speakers (Forte IVs, La Scala, Volti Razz, and the new Volti Lucera... | |
| Denarips and Vinshine split I whole heartedly disagree with anyone knocking Alvin Chee as a "middle man who adds no value". He is one of the few middle men who has added tremendous value to me in the past. He is the one who set up US repair for Denafrips products, who insti... | |
| Speaker Cables For $300 mclinnguy If I didn't already own them (and a dozen other speaker cables), I'd buy those for sure | |
| Speaker Cables For $300 brylandgoodman +++1 for AntiCables. An 8' pair of their level 3.1 are $310. Even better are the Level 4.2 "Flex", but an 8' pair would be about $550. I own both and they are excellent I can also highly recommend Zavfino Nova OCC (Ohno Continuous... | |
| Balanced vs Unbalanced Digital Cables Brenn It truly does depend on the how the equipment was designed, and what the focus of the unit was.....which inputs did they put their focus on. In general I would always use I2S if that is an option, AES/EBU, then USB, then SPDIF | |
| Looking for a true upgrade in sound quality Backwash ++1 Soix, EVERYTHING matters If you are on the DAC upgrade path, I doubt you could do better than a Denafrips Terminator Plus DAC (NOT the Terminator II as the Plus is a large upgrade). There is one right now used for $4,900 on US Audi... | |
| PSVANE Discussion & Impressions Thread facten, that is true; and I wish she had. Though I've never had any issue ordering from them | |
| Used tube preamp $2-3K +++1 for Aric Audio Super 6SN7 ($4,000) or Motherlode II ($5,400) and for Don Sachs/Lynn Olson Raven preamp ($5,500). I have never heard one in my own system (only in a fellow hobbyists), but the Supratek preamps are also excellent. They have a ... |