whipsaw
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| LaScala dac with telefunken tubes @designsfx I would be interested to hear your impressions of any differences between the two. As I mentioned, I am quite inexperienced with tubes, and my current hybrid amp and DAC are my first forays into that world. I don’t doubt that there ar... | |
| Has anyone compared the Coda CSib to a Jeff Rowland Continuum S2? am sure in the ensuing decade, with successive iterations, the product has been improved sonically, but i have no desire to try again... i just feel with that brand, the money is put towards the sexy milled faceplate as much as the innards and ac... | |
| LaScala dac with telefunken tubes I am using a La Scala DAC, and am delighted with it. I am not, however, a tube expert. FWIW, the reviewer Christian Punter, who hold the Aqua DACs in high regard, had this to say on the thread topic: As the manufacturer has specially selected t... | |
| Has anyone compared the Coda CSib to a Jeff Rowland Continuum S2? Thanks for the responses thus far! I find it interesting that all have been focussed on Coda, and none on Jeff Rowland. I presume that the lopsided disparity is due at least in part to the fact that the latter is Class D, and many audiophiles rem... | |
| Has anyone compared the Coda CSib to a Jeff Rowland Continuum S2? @jjss49 I'm still happy with the CL, but my favorite previous integrated was a first gen. Rowland Concentra, and I have always wondered about how his current models sound. As for the comparison in the thread title, I have seen the high praise ... | |
| Cables to settle brightness Many recordings have a hot top end. What you are hearing is likely an accurate rendering of the recording. This may be true, and I agree that taking the recordings into account is very important when assessing a problem. I moved into a new home... | |
| FIdelity Cables or Virtual Dynamics I used VD David speaker cables and XLRs for a number of years, and was very happy with them. They are stiff, but can be molded to adapt to different spaces. I bought them used, and for a reasonable price, and would be inclined to do so again if t... | |
| This is purely subjective opinion. Aqua LaScala/ Atma-Sphere Class D But one does not need to paint flames onto the Pinto. 😂😂 | |
| Best DACs under $7,000.00 FWIW I actually owned, and forgot to mention, a Merason DAC-1 after the Pontus II, and found the Aqua to be superior in my system. I did like the sound of the Merason, but, like some professional reviewers, found it to be a touch too smooth. If I ... | |
| This is purely subjective opinion. Aqua LaScala/ Atma-Sphere Class D Aren’t all opinions purely subjective? Purely? I wouldn’t say that. Opinions don’t appear in a vacuum. Some are well-supported by facts, while others are not. For example, if one person were to assert that DAC A is clearly better than DAC B, w... | |
| Best DACs under $7,000.00 @pennfootball71 The Lampizator may well be a fine DAC, but your ludicrous characterization of the Aqua DACs raises serious questions about the value of your related opinions. | |
| Best DACs under $7,000.00 @curiousjim Aqua claims approximately 10,000 hours, equivalent to two hours listening a day for 13 years. The tubes are not expensive, either. | |
| This is purely subjective opinion. Aqua LaScala/ Atma-Sphere Class D @sbank I believe that you may be confusing two models. The current La Scala is the MkII, and I do not believe that there has ever been a MkIII. There is a La Voce S3, which is the latest in that line, but as you suggest the La Scala is widely cons... | |
| This is purely subjective opinion. Aqua LaScala/ Atma-Sphere Class D She couldn’t believe how George Winston’s Steinway sounded. She said she’s never heard a Steinway reproduced that close before. BTW she has a Steinway Grand in her home. This is very interesting to me, as when I was asked early on to describe t... | |
| Best DACs under $7,000.00 I went from the Pontus II to an Aqua La Scala Optologic, and found it to be a significant upgrade. I have not compared it with either a Terminator or Holo May, but have absolutely no interest in changing at this point. |