wisnon
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| Best tube dac available? Sorry Skos, but the B6 uses small signal tubes…not the same as the big bottle DHT tubes used in the Level 7. I used to have a L4 then moved to a Big7 and finally to a Golden Gate. Big step up everytime. In addition, I have the latest Ladder R2R PC... | |
| Best tube dac available? Check out the Lampi Golden Gate buzz. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt, I will keep you posted on the Sound Galleries server and if you are real serious, I will try to arrange a demo unit for you. They are great pals of mine and they keep me up to date on the happenings regularly. You know how to reach me if you... | |
| Swiss amps. Worth the price? Hi Jazz,Actually anglophone living in the Romandie part of CH.Yes, I actually bought a pair of Swiss demo speakers in the US back in 2011 for 1/3rd of retail and shipped them back! With the exchange rate then, it felt more like 75% off. LoL | |
| Swiss amps. Worth the price? LumenWhite has an outstanding TT out there called the Mystere... the tech is SoTA.This company makes fantastic stuff. | |
| Swiss amps. Worth the price? FM Acoustics (German Part) is in the calibre of Dartzeel and Goldmund.Goldmund is the biggest of them all and their flagship speaker starts at $600K. Active/Wireless Apologue. | |
| Swiss amps. Worth the price? Hi Jazz,No I am in the French part, near Geneva, where some of the most powerful brabds are:Goldmund/Dartzeel/CH Precision/Nagra/Audio Consulting/SwissSonor/Tron/ Eternity Joe/Stenheim/Le Son/Rowen (on the border)The German part has LumenWhite/Boe... | |
| Swiss amps. Worth the price? I live in Switzerland and have visited the Dartzeel, CH, Goldmund, Rowen, and Stenheim HQs as well as a branch of Illusonic. I know some of these guys personally.Cant be a Swiss sound as, there are famous tube amp makers here too like ColoTube, Et... | |
| Everyone is selling their Ayre QB-9 DSD's?? Lampi sweetspot is Lite 7....the L4 is excellent as well, but uses small signal tubes, while the Lite 7 is Directly Heated Triodes (big bottle) based. | |
| Best DAC for pcm files Elyse is too new for good 2nd hand prices, I imagine. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Servers?Check this out: http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f10-music-servers/sound-galleries-music-server-25805/more here: | |
| Best DAC for pcm files Didn't the OP set a limit of $3K (new or used). i see Dacs being recommended that cost the double of that. | |
| Best DAC for pcm files Schiit Yggsdrasil - $2,300Chord 2Qute -$1,800Lampi L4 should be about $3,000 used, same for L6BA Dac 2 maybe $3K used as well. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt,you were asking about Servers a couple pages back. here is my 2 cents:I have tasted the audio elixir of the gods.PC server with win12 AudioOptimizer in core mode, using JRiver to upconvert PCM/DSD to DSD256 feeding properly setup Bughead Empe... | |
| Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC FSmithJack,I have tasted the audio elixir of the gods.PC server with win12 AudioOptimizer in core mode, using JRiver to upconvert PCM/DSD to DSD256 feeding properly setup Bughead Emperor as the playback engine....WOW.Reel to reel quality. Spinners... |