vthokie83
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| DAC suggestions for a reasonably modest system If you can stretch to $1,850 you can get a new Denafrips Pontus II 12th. If not then you can get a used Pontus II for about $1,300. The Denafrips products all have upgradeable firmware that is released free of charge, so updates are released once ... | |
| Seeking Budget CD Player Suggestions If money is the major concern. The Onkyo C-7030 is a really good entry level CD player for the $250 it costs. If he has a DAC, the Audiolab 6000CDT is an excellent entry level CD transport (no DAC) | |
| Anyone else order Caladans from Clayton Shaw? Well I will make sure to have my Depends on then. I truly am very excited, the Caladans bass continues to open a bit more each day.....and I think the Aric Audio and CODA pieces will truly be a magical grouping | |
| New speakers unveiled from Clayton Shaw - Caladan knocck1, Looking forward to hearing your review when you get your speakers | |
| New speakers unveiled from Clayton Shaw - Caladan Tweak1, Will probably wait until 100 hours or so before messing with placement, I want the speakers broken in before playing around too much | |
| New speakers unveiled from Clayton Shaw - Caladan dz13, I certainly agree with your point, speaker placement and room treatment are going to be important. The only issue is that Clayton did not provide any placement thoughts with the speakers, and the only first hand account I can find is the on... | |
| New speakers unveiled from Clayton Shaw - Caladan Okay here you go, first listening notes from 3 days of listening to the Clayton Shaw Caladans. I am not very good at describing what I hear, so don't fry me on that. I warmed the speakers up just for a couple of hours by connecting to my system... | |
| Anyone else order Caladans from Clayton Shaw? Okay here you go, first listening notes from 3 days of listening to the Clayton Shaw Caladans. I am not very good at describing what I hear, so don't fry me on that. I warmed the speakers up just for a couple of hours by connecting to my system... | |
| Best power cord for Audioquest Niagara 1200 Zavfino Majestic MK II OCC, occ copper, cryo treated, high voltage break in.....$450. If you don't like it, send it back with 15% restocking fee. The next step up Prima MK II OCC is $580, but takes forever to break in. Ice Age Audio OFC "Frankenc... | |
| Need Guidance for Next/Last Pair of Speakers Fyne Audio vintage series used or new, the Vintage Classic X is about $9,000 new, and the Vintage Classic XII is about $11,500 new.....obviously cheaper if you could find used | |
| Streaming Curious Definitely a separate DAC. For about $1,000 a Denafrips Ares 12th, but really would recommend moving up one notch to the Denafrips Pontus II 12th. It punches WAY above it's weight, and for about $1,800 is good enough for a later upgrade to your st... | |
| Power cable Advice... It might be worth looking at Zavfino, and I'd reach out to them for some input. I am breaking in their Majestic and Prima power cords as we speak and they are looking really promising, and their top of the line Silver Dart cable looks extremely in... | |
| Please be gentle with me! 🙏 Bluesound Node 130 with an upgraded LPS is a very good entry level streamer, has a great OS and is very flexible. IMO it will definitely be an upgrade over streaming with a phone......suggest he sign up for Qobuz. The DAC is the question mark, th... | |
| Anyone else order Caladans from Clayton Shaw? abd1, My virtual system is listed in my profile, except I do rotate cables in and out. I have an Aric Audio Motherlode XL preamp and a CODA S5.5 amp on order.....preamp arrives in about 9 weeks and the CODA will be here next week hopefully. I'll ... | |
| Anyone else order Caladans from Clayton Shaw? Soix, I have been home for the last 3 of days, let them burn in for 8 hours, and started listening on Saturday. I'm about half way through my initial thoughts, and will post hopefully by tomorrow. Cliff's notes version, they are freaking awesome.... |