vthokie83
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| DAC diminishing returns Test drove a few DACs over the last 3 months (Audiolab M-DAC, Chord Qutest, Denafrips Pontus II - on loan from a friend).....and heard the HoloAudio Spring 3 Level 2 that a friend owns. To my ears the Denafrips and HoloAudio R2R dacs were the best... | |
| Tube Integrated Under 1,500 Bryland, I've owned a Tubes4HiFi VTA ST-120 amplifier for 5 years, and loved every second of it. It ran my Thiel CS2.3 floorstanders for most of it's life, only being moved when I purchased my Thiel CS 3.6 speakers....which I've recently sold as ... | |
| Best Smaller Bookshelf Speakers For Use Exclusively With Ambient Music? Used Buchardt S400 MkI, great speakers with an exciting mid bass.....sounds great at lower levels. I ended up with the new S400 MkIIs, but the MkIs were exciting speakers in their own right | |
| DAC recommendation in 5 to 10K range Elan, I don't have the resources for the Terminator, but I do have a Denafrips Pontus II DAC. When I intially hooked it up to my old system using unbalanced Coax (no need to get into that), I too found the impact (attack) to be too laid back, sou... | |
| Best streamer for a returning audio guy Twodogs, I too am on the Bluesound Node bandwagon, but get the newest version 3 model (back to just being called Node). As was mentioned previously, it is quite an upgrade from the Node 2i: faster processor (1.8GHz vs 1 GHz), better on board DAC ... | |
| Need Help Matching to This System To Speakers Here's a short update. Yesterday I visited a local dealer that carries a few of the speakers that I wanted to listen that are on my list (and some that weren't), and updated a few things. Please note I am not great with flowery expressions, or tec... | |
| Need Help Matching to This System To Speakers Guys, thank you for taking the time to write the posts; it is truly appreciated! A few responses: (1) I will not be driving any speakers with both amps at the same time, but the Denafrips Pre-Amp does give me the option to run 2 amps to a single ... | |
| Need Help Matching to This System To Speakers Jss49, when you say ’bookshelf speakers’ you mean relatively small standmounted speakers yes? Yes. A friend of hers has some gorgeous pair ProAc standmounts that look and sound beautiful....that's something like what I'll end up with. It's appare... | |
| Need Help Matching to This System To Speakers Gents thanks for the fast responses, and I agree 100% regarding finding local dealers and ordering speakers on-line that I can return if don't love them.....that is what I did with my electronics and cables over the past year. The problem at a loc... | |
| Best unplugged live Hi gents! Maybe you could assist with some speaker requests. I have posted my system, but a swamped with speaker recommendation......and I'm kind of frozen with indecision. Please let me know if you have any suggestions, or if I should just bugger... | |
| Need Help Matching to This System To Speakers Thanks Russ, and how do you think the Denafrips DAC/Pre-Amp and NuPrime AMG STA would sound with the Triangle? From what I've gathered, the Pontus II DAC is neutral, the Denafrips Hestia is a tad warm, and the NuPrime AMG-STA is slightlly warm...... | |
| Need Help Matching to This System To Speakers Must be bookshelfs, no floorstanders please (deal with wife) Currently looking at (in some kind of order), and will probably add a REL T/5X, so small bookshelfs should be fine: Buchardt S400 MkII, Ascend Acoustics Sierra 2EX, Philharmonic BMR, Tr... | |
| Best unplugged live Thank you Reubent, greatly appreciated. | |
| Best unplugged live Hey Newbie here again, and not sure how to go about this. I have most of my system purchased or settled on, but I'm still overwhelmed on speaker matching. I've over indulged on speaker research, and would like to post my system and get some feed... | |
| Best unplugged live Reubent, Yes replacing the Thiels with a bookshelf is not possible in my budget. But I'm 15 years older than when I bought them, and my listening style has changed dramatically as I've reached 60. I think I can be satisfied with a $3,000ish pair ... |