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| Upgrade Nakamichi PA 7All power amp with mono blocks @thriftyaudio I also owned the CODA #8, and it is not as good as the #16, but the #8 was pretty good to my ears, just not reference level. The CODA 07x is too noisy for my LA4 + Serene perspective. Once I heard the hiss I could not unhear it even ... | |
| Coda 11, Schiit Tyr, JC5 or ??? Has anyone compared the Schitt Wotan to the Tyr monos. My CODA #16 is going up for sale sometime this month and I need a low-cost temp amp for a while, or I may have to park my Yamaha NS5000 speakers for a while. I need some cash for the RAAL 199... | |
| Upgrade Nakamichi PA 7All power amp with mono blocks @thriftyaudio Thanks for the response. I now remember reading your take on the m700 in another thread (late night reading yesterday). I think I am going to take a chance on the m700 since my office Magnepan Mini does not drop as low as your speake... | |
| Upgrade Nakamichi PA 7All power amp with mono blocks @thriftyaudio How did the LA4 and the M700 work out together. I am thinking of raising funds for a headphone and replacing my Sanders Magtech for a M700 to use with my HPA4 preamp. This seems like something that may work. It is for a Magnepan Mini... | |
| New DAC suggestions I dropped off my Schitt Yggi+ OG with a top end headphone vendor for him to test it out for a few weeks. He is now coming around to how incredible this DAC is. Not warm, just neutral, and relatively low cost. Since this DAC is no longer made the ... | |
| Speaker cables with good timbre Audience AU24SX or FrontRow. They have a natural tone, are highly resolving but never bright. I tried many speaker cables and the FrontRow are by far the best I ever heard. I have 2 sets of these, and I concur. My Magnepan Mini (and LRS+) did n... | |
| Class D is just Dandy! @jaymark nice post on the M1200. Did you not own the CODA #16 at one time? If so, how do they compare to the M1200. I have owned the modded Voyager and some other GAN amps, so I have a similar frame of reference. | |
| Speakers for a Large Room (20’x37’) @doni what did you end up getting? | |
| Meitner MA3 DAC enhanced with fiber optic connection? The EtherRegen and Optical Module are not my fav. I tried both. Get a Sonore OpticalRendu instead. I have 3 of these for each of my DACs. Last oR cost me $200 and a trade of an EtherRegen, which I was going to send to recycling. | |
| Amp for Sopra No. 1 A CODA #16 is what I have and would bring to life that Focal. It is a bass monster, and the first 100 watts are Class A. Super quiet too. I also see my old KRELL 175XD listed for sale on TMR. That would also be great on the FOCAL. It is buttery s... | |
| ???What's The LEAST Expensive "End Game"Amplifier You've Ever Heard??? @samureyex If Benchmark ever upgraded the AHB2 I would think it would sound like the new SimAudio Moon 761 (have not heard the 861). I have owned the AHB2 many times and the 761 reminded me of a better AHB2. More power and a bit tinge of warmth an... | |
| Open baffle speakers Spoke with the wife about keeping 2 speakers in the Livingroom. She says she does not care and go ahead. Nice. It will be great to be able to do a head-to-head with the Open Baffle and the NS5000. | |
| Open baffle speakers I went to my friends Danny's place in Ventura, CA he is the owner of Requisite Audio. He is also a musician and has the best ears for audio of anyone that I know, genius level hearing and also commented as such by Stajan on an article on 6moons.co... | |
| Kef Blade to Blade meta? @steve59 A speedy recovery. The last bit of detail is what I also feel the KEF aluminum drivers lack with respect to something like a Paradigm Persona's Beryllium drivers. Definitely more detail but you need a warm amp. My Yamaha NS5000 with the... | |
| Help Deciding On New Speakers For Small Room, $10k budget I have a Yamaha NS5000 "bookshelf" in a decent sized room, but it is too big for a small room. To solve this for people Yamaha introduced the NS3000 which are true bookshelf speakers (use stands). The NS3000 is not sold in the USA but can be bough... |