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| Questioning the need for a DAC We audiophiles are all on a question of sonic improvement, me being no exception. As Jond rightfully observes, I am at a great place to be with my system, more so that I have been in many years. Still, not to belabor the point, I am intrigued wi... | |
| help me with a DAC decision please The Schiit gear gets uniformly great reviews, but I must ask why you sense a need to get a new DAC? Wadia gear is tip-top. I sure hope you have a chance to audition before you buy because is is very possible that any replacement for your Wadia w... | |
| Questioning the need for a DAC Hello,The mods to my Oppo were done my Stereo Dave's Audio in Portland and involved some propriety changes to the power supply and DAC. They cost $375 and were a significant improvement. My room has two layers of sheetrock with Green Glue in bet... | |
| Dennis Had Inspire Fire-Bottle SET amp review Hi there,I have the Tube Store 2748 rectifier in the amp, pretty inexpensive. In my experience, rectifier don't have much of a sonic signature. Don's KT88 power tube of choice, after his long-time love affair with Gold Lion's (which are still ... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Papa,I got the low end fuse, the SR20, cost me $30. It has done no harm so far. Dave, I am gonna miss the RMAF this year as the coin of the realm is tight. I hope some of the guys on the forum hook up with you there. I also hope you get a cha... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Fuse heads,I bit the bullet last week and ordered a SR 20 Black fuse which was marketed at 50% off the regular price. I tried the SR Red fuse in my Don Sach 6SN7-based preamp earlier this year and found no discernible difference compared to the ... | |
| Dennis Had Inspire Fire-Bottle SET amp review Buellrider97,You have auditioned the holy grail of tubes for the amp so you have heard most all variations that the amp can produce. Dennis's amp would be a match made in heaven for your efficient Zu's. Don Sachs and Jim McShane, and humbly, mys... | |
| Dennis Had Inspire Fire-Bottle SET amp review Nope, I haven't. | |
| Dennis Had Inspire Fire-Bottle SET amp review Audioman,It was a big jump in performance from the EL34 to the KT120's, night and day. However, I plugged in a pair of new KT150's this week and after a dozen hours on them, I'd be hard press to notice the improvements you refer to above. I will... | |
| SET 45 Amp Driving Dynamic Speakers Excellent, informative posts from my fuse-loving friends above. ;-) I have two Dennis Had amps, an SET and and SEP amp, one based on EL84 and the other on nearly any power tube you can get into the sockets, from EL34 to KT150's. 16 wpc and 6 wp... | |
| Need Small Bookshelf Speakers With a Big Sound I'd say the Dynaudio Excite speakers are very nice. Have a pair of Dali Zensor 3 speakers and they are by far my favorite under-$2K speakers and I went through a dozen monitors over the past few years before finding these gems. They do everythin... | |
| Best Small Floorstanding Speaker under $2K Interesting question you pose, as an audio nut for 45 years, I happen to think $2K for a pair of speakers is kind of a "sweet spot" for the cost of a pair of speakers in a very fine system. With a good amp and something like an Oppo 105 CD player... | |
| $1600. preamp No question about this recommendation, check out Don Sachs’ tube preamp. The preamp is custom-made, based on 6SN7 tubes and is the most satisfying amp I have ever had in my system, which include Modwright, Belles, Berning, and a upgraded HK-CI. It... | |
| Can the KEF LS50 rock? I have had a ton of monitors through my system in the past 10 years and the LS50's were my least favorite, notwithstanding their fine reviews. I found them to be harsh and very hard to drive. I have fallen in love with Dali monitors, very neutra... | |
| Dennis Had IFA-1 EL84 SET amp coming my way... A note to interest audiophiles. The amp sounded splendid with the JJ EL84 tubes, but I upgraded to Genalex Gold Lion EL84 power tubes from my tube guru, Jim McShane, and the amp yields even more sonic pleasure. Overall, the sound is a less congest... |