vthokie83
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| Lush and Romantic Tube Amps Check out tubes4hifi.com for their amps. They are modern "minimalist" iterations of Dynaco amplifiers, with very high quality components. They can use 6550, KT88, KT90, KT120 output tubes; a 5U4 type rectifier, and 12AU7 driver tubes. Their amps a... | |
| Why scratchy sounds Denafrips DAC to Drop AAA 789 Same here, Denafrips can only support one output......that's not unusual, similarly with most other DACs | |
| How serious are you? I would normally be about a 7 or 8. Currently however I am designing and will be building a listening room in my basement that will take all of my attention for the next 5 or 6 months. Once the room, the electrical, the networking, the sound proof... | |
| Ruminations On CD Players Personally I prefer the separate CD transport and DAC solution, for many reasons others have pointed out. I use an Audiolab 6000CDT transport ($599) and a Denafrips Pontus II DAC ($1,825). That's $2,424 all in for a terrific CD transport and an am... | |
| Building a 100 album vinyl collection 3 must have albums are? Little Feat “Waiting For Columbus” Talking Heads “Stop Making Sense” Natalie Merchant “MTV Unplugged” Alice In Chains “MTV Unplugged” Nirvana “MTV Unplugged” Supertramp “Crime Of The Century” Amy Winehouse “Back To Black” The Civil Wars “Ba... | |
| Do I really Need a Digital to Digital Converter? anzaanimalclinic, I have often thought that at some point, the USB might be as good as I2S as I move through future upgrades. More expensive allows for higher quality throughout the chain. The Terminator Plus has an oven controlled (OCXO) crystal... | |
| As A Youngster, What Unit Puqued Your Interest In All This? In the late 70s I had a friend who's father was in the Marine Corps, and was stationed overseas for two years. When he came home, he had a full system of Sansui and Pioneer electronics and some killer Yamaha speakers that I think were NS???? Playe... | |
| Wall outlets Audphile1 and shtr74sims, Agreed. The GTX-D(G) works best right now with my all solid state gear and a $15,000 mid-fi level. I also have a Tubes4hifi (Bob Latino) VTA ST-120 tube amp that I need to integrate somehow once my listening room is fini... | |
| Wall outlets As many have mentioned, you can not go wrong with Furutech GTX-D(G) Gold plated, or GTX-D(R) Rhodium. In my system I preferred the Gold plated version, but I can see that the Rhodium version would appeal to some who prefer a more detailed presenta... | |
| Recommendation Request for Tube Power Amplifier kevemaher, A lot of really good recommendations above, I'll add a few from my experience in my system: (1) Soix's recommendation of a Don Sach's tube amplifier is a really good one. I do not own any of his gear, but I've had several emails back ... | |
| Do I really Need a Digital to Digital Converter? alvinnir2, You do not "need" a DDC, but if your DAC will accept I2S (which yours does) it can greatly improve your sound quality. Just make sure to use a nice HDMI cable (I use an Audioquest Vodka 48 8/10k $400 or an inexpensive Supra cables 2.1 ... | |
| seeking advise please on my short list for new speakers? (15k budget) I'll add my list for when/if I upgrade my Buchardt Audio S400 MKIIs: Dutch and Dutch 8C - Active $14,000 a pair Borreson X3 - Passive $11,000 a pair Joseph Audio Pulsar 2 Graphene - Passive $12,500 a pair Fyne Audio (Several options) - Passive... | |
| How cam Morrow Audio keep offering 45%-65% discounts for trade-ups? Morrow Audio cables are excellent cables FOR THE PRICE, but remember the MA4 interconnects (Mike Morrow suggests starting with the MA4s) are only $155 a pair with the sale. Will these compete with $500 or $1,000 cables? Most definitely not. But th... | |
| Digital music questions cmb13, I am an engineer, but I still let my ears (and my budget) dictate my purchases. I am not a "bits is bits", or cable disbeliever, or power disbeliever; and that has only come by hearing the differences with my ears in my system. I'm also no... | |
| Best EXTERNAL DAC suggestions Moose89, If you are getting the Ares II used and for a great deal, it's a really good DAC for the money. The internal DAC in the Node 130 (3rd generation) is much improved over the 2, and 2i versions, but the Ares II will be a very noticeable upg... |