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| Why most $3000 and lower DAC’s sound almost identical I went from a $15k DAC to the $2800 Schitt Yggdrasil+ OG. Sold the $15k DAC immediately and got great speakers with that money. The concept of glare is trickly to address. Sometimes you get a veiled sound that does not have glare and is considere... | |
| Splitting line level out from preamp, versus using 2nd set of outputs A splitter made the sound worse for me. When I needed this same feature (amps), I purchased the CODA 07x preamp which has 2 sets of XLRs. This sounded much better than a splitter. In my case, 1 amp drove speakers and the other amp dove my RAAL SR... | |
| Digital Room Correction vs Room Treatments @captouch Mitch creates a DSP package called a Convolution Filter. He uses some very expensive audio software to do this ($20k). This software is way more powerful than any physical audio gear that is inserted in a processor loop. As I mentioned ... | |
| Benchmark DAC2 HGC as compared to current DACs @johnnotkathi One of the smartest buys I have read on A'Gon. Congrats. | |
| Benchmark DAC2 HGC as compared to current DACs Send me a DM if you want to discuss my streamer. With regards to the 192 issues on the DAC2 I do not remember what I did 10 years ago on this. However, the easiest way to figure this out is send Rory an email. Rory@benchmarkmedia.com Rory ... | |
| Digital Room Correction vs Room Treatments Contact Mitch Barnett or read his book on DSP (Amazon.com). I got his book and found out it was too complicated to do myself, so I paid Mitch the $750 for his remote DSP service. If you have DSP done by him, you should not need other physical tr... | |
| Benchmark DAC2 HGC as compared to current DACs @johnnotkathi The DAC2 sounds the same as the DAC3 as stated by Rory Rail at Benchmark. I have had both and would agree. I recently sold my DAC3B because I had too many DACs. The DAC3 and DAC2 are both a bit hot on top. If you have a warm syste... | |
| Integrated amp under $5k This is not an integrated but cost $4300 and I use it in my office system with Magnepan Mini’s. The amp is a beast and sounds really good. The weakest link in the system is the preamp, but it is not too shabby. The DAC in this package is supposed ... | |
| Would a stereo Sim Audio Moon 861 amp be as powerful as 2 McIntosh 611 monoblock amps? @stuartk I know Jason Stoddard is a salesman, but I do believe he backs up his bravado. I say this as someone who bought his new Wotan amp based on his comments and I ended up loving the amp, especially for $2k. I initially thought Schitt was a ... | |
| Would a stereo Sim Audio Moon 861 amp be as powerful as 2 McIntosh 611 monoblock amps? You should consider the 761 amp for your speakers over the 861 because your power requirements are low (save your money). I heard the 761 with the Moon 791 preamp / DAC and Paradigm Persona 9H speakers. This is a combo I would never pair together ... | |
| Yamaha NS5000 @steve59 I loved the detail on the Persona but I felt it was a bit fatiguing. I would have needed a warm amp like the KRELL Duo XD on a Persona. I think the NS5000 has the same detail as the Persona, but it is not fatiguing and can be used with an... | |
| Krell CD player replacement I use a cheap used OPPO as a transport ($150) and the following to paly SACD’s and CDs. GeerFab Audio - GeerFab The SACD ’s are played as native DSD. You need a DAC that supports this, my old Benchmark DAC3B supported it. The CD’s are played as ... | |
| Looking for 200 watt Amp to drive Dynaudio Heritage speakers The Schitt Wotan at $2k is a very good amp. It does need a very long time to break some top end hardness. In my setup that hardness is totally gone after 2 months of heavy play. It is in the same league as the CODA #8 which I owned. Much better th... | |
| Yamaha NS5000 The bass on the NS5000 is a function of the gear in front of it. When I put my Schitt Yggi+ OG DAC, which is well known for bass, the NS5000 was really pounding the air with bass. I put on When the Levee Breaks to see how far the hard-hitting soun... | |
| Yamaha NS5000 Toed in a just a tiny bit. Townsend Podiums are placed under the rounded spikes. Made a nice improvement on the sound. The thing that you will notice about the NS5000 is the incredible coherence in the sound. You cannot tell what the 3 drivers a... |