vthokie83
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| Upgrade Denafrips Terminator 2 braunhi-fi IMO you will not get any DAC better than the Terminator II for less money, you will be going backwards or sideways at best. You may find some other DACs for similar money that you like the sound signature more, but that is a matter of ... | |
| Help me build out my first system Forgot price: Zavfino Arcadia interconnects $188 1.5 meter pair, Nova speaker cables $390 2.5 meter pair....both use very high quality PC-OCC (Pure Copper Ohno Continuous Cast) copper, smart geometry, and quality materials | |
| Help me build out my first system First I have no experience with your current equipment, but you have gotten some good recommendations. If you have $4,000, here is a good start: Schitt Freya+ preamp - $850 Denafrips Ares 15th DAC - $1,150 (or better yet a used Denafrips Pontus ... | |
| PSVANE Discussion & Impressions Thread For anyone who would like to take advantage of ordering Chinese tubes (Shuguang, PSVane, Linlai, Fullmusic, etc) directly from China, I can highly recommend jjyaudio.com. The owner Helen is great to deal with, you can get tubes 30% less than US su... | |
| Preamp suggestions for Atma-Sphere Class D Monoblocks srama Congratulations on the new purchase, let us know how it goes when you get it all set up and going | |
| That Transformational piece of Gear We All Wish For laltik laltik I'm probably going to lean on GIK Acoustics as well, at least to start. I spent quite a bit of time with John Dykstra (from GIK) at Axpona last year and again this year. He was suggesting to start with a their software (maybe it's ... | |
| That Transformational piece of Gear We All Wish For kerrybh I certainly believe treatment and finishing my listening room will yield great improvements. My problem until now, has been: my current system is in a our living space which is not at all optimal; and buying new gear is sexy and fun. I c... | |
| That Transformational piece of Gear We All Wish For ronkent I can whole heartedly agree, that adding an end game preamp was a game changing experience for my system; and I tested your BAT VK-80 preamp....and it truly is world class IMO. I chose another preamp, because the BAT's $10k was a few thou... | |
| Warm, yet detailed tube preamp Audiojan, I went through this same exercise back a the beginning of this year, and listened to some great preamps. You're wanting to keep the cost down to about $5,000 will knock out a couple of great options: BAT VK-80, and the Backert Labs Rhum... | |
| Looking for RCA cables from preamp to amp? OP Since you didn't give a budget, I'll take a stab in the dark. Zavfino Arcadia are OCC copper ($188 1.5 meter pair), or the Fusion OCC copper and silver cable ($357 per 1.5 meter pair). I have both as entry level cables, and they are excellent ... | |
| Kickstarter project sabih It's going to be a bit before I get them into the mix, but am really interested in learning more about class D amps.....and surprisingly, these have gotten very good reviews for such inexpensive amps | |
| Active Speakers Don't Sound Better I do not own (nor intend to at this point) any active speakers other than a small pair in my office. I have heard the Dutch and Dutch 8C ($15,000 per pair), and KEF LS60 (price now lowered to $5,000 from $7,000). The KEFs were very nice, but not s... | |
| Kickstarter project I have taken part in one Kickstarter project, and that was for the Fosi V3 class D Monoblocks....of which I ordered 3. The project was for various combinations of V3 monoblocks with either 5A or 10A external linear power supplies.... all at 25% to... | |
| Solid State Power Amps sgordoxyz ++1 for CODA amplifiers. I own the S5.5 (50wpc Class A, 100 amp current), and it's a brilliant amplifier......the best solid state amplifier I've ever owned. I realize that 50wpc may not be enough for your wishes, so you could consider ... | |
| Which has a greater influence on sound quality, the amp or the preamp? This year my answers have changed to this question. Previously I would have said the amplifier, but that was because I did not own a high end preamp. Amplifiers matter up to a point that you need to drive speakers efficiently without straining th... |