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| A preamp recommendation "I’m looking for a "neutral" preamp that does not emphasize and de-emphasize any frequency range but has just a tiny bit of warmth." The Benchmark LA4 preamp is my fav but it has no warmth. I love it with my KRELL Dou amp, which is warm. It also ... | |
| Advance Warning: RAAL VM-1a + SR1a I will re-post this final thought on the VM-1a that I posted on head-fi. ****************** The VM-1a and SR1a has been an extraordinary setup for me. It is as good as my 2-channel office system, which I love, and also costs 3x more. I was think... | |
| Advance Warning: RAAL VM-1a + SR1a I just bought fresh of the press RAAL ’CA something?’ headphones. it is a closed back headphone unlike the great SR1a, which is open. It is more of a headphone sound, so a tiny minus for me. However, it also has the tone of the SR1a, a massive win... | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear My fav from about 4 years ago. A classic and will be in my rotation for a long time. Lux Prima - Karen O and Danger Mouse Fela Kuti was obscure for me until a decade ago and now I listen to all his albums. The African Bob Marley. | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC These days when I compare DACs, I use ROON and the GROUP stream feature. I stream using 2 identical Sonore OpticalRendu's connected the same way to 2 DACs. If you use an ultra-revealing and neutral preamp like the Benchmark LA4 into a pair of XLR... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @branislav I wonder how much more posts we have to go before A’gon closes this thread down. Yea, a bit cynical on my part, but some truth there too. BTW - next week I am giving my 005 to a friend who has an incredible ear and is a manufacturer of... | |
| The Audiophile's Wife @grannyring The best thing I have read on A'gon is your wife's blog. | |
| Competitive class D amp suggestions The T+A A200 Class D (Purifi) also looks interesting. https://www.ta-hifi.de/en/audiosystems/series-200/a-200-power-amplifier/ | |
| Avalon Acoustics reputation https://www.soundstageglobal.com/index.php/component/content/article?id=114:awful-avalon | |
| Krell k-300i vs Rega Osiris, integrated @rfprice The 125XD was what I was thinking of getting at first because it was cheaper. However, I was able to do a trade-in for the 175XD. If I was able at the time, I would have bought the used 300XD that I linked to. The number in front of the... | |
| Krell k-300i vs Rega Osiris, integrated @rfprice I bought the 175XD to use with my RAAL SR1a headphones. The K-300i was so good with these headphones. I had an extra XLR output on my CODA 07x preamp that I wanted to get a stereo amp for my SR1a. I tried a lot of amps with the CODA and t... | |
| Krell k-300i vs Rega Osiris, integrated The KRELL K-300i, if it has the internal DAC is great for TV and Bluray via HDMI. The DAC itself is just OK for music but I loved the HDMI on those 2 sources. The video is supposed to get some benefit to on the ARC return. I do not know enough to ... | |
| Balanced versus single ended My Livingroom Benchmark gear is AES48 compliant. I very happy running relatively low cost Benchmark XLR interconnect between preamp and amp (both Benchmark). I have tried more expensive XLR's. On my sources that are from varies manufacturers I fou... | |
| Advance Warning: RAAL VM-1a + SR1a @erik_squires I believe you are in Los Angeles. If so, do a short drive up the 101 to Ventura and have Danny give you a demo with exactly what I have now at home. I am going through my classic albums on this system and everything is at another ... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @lordmelton Well my vocabulary is limited so let's go with your description. So you hear it too. I never really heard that before. So I did a quick shootout between my Musetec 005 and the DAC3B on my new vm-1a tube headphone amp and the DAC3B sta... |