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| Buying used vs new speakers from a technology perspective Someone looking to buy the new KEF Reference META or Blade META is asking themselves the OP's question. | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC A few posts ago I was saying that the DPLL settings were sounding a little different to me, specifically 01 and 07 (a previous poster liked 07). I was getting a bit of fatigue with 07 on my headphones. However, today this is not the case. No fatig... | |
| Schiit Freya + Class A in Stereophile @pdreher The Topping pre90 ($600) worked with 2 amps I tried it with, the Benchmark AHB2 and Parasound A21+. Both of them have gain adjustments. I tried 5 other amps with the pre90 and the volume was too hot on all of them. When the pre90 works it... | |
| Schiit Freya + Class A in Stereophile I sold my Freya+ last week because I had 2 other preamps that I liked better. However, the Freya+ was very good. I was surprised at how quiet it was. Someone mentioned the Freya+ and Topping pre90 in a post above. I had both and they are both rea... | |
| Krell K-300i vs. other integrated amps under 10k The KRELL uses the iBias that is why it can generate the high amount of Class A. These guys out of Asia are doing something similar (for $30K). Re-imagining "Class A" Amplification | What's Best Audio and Video Forum. The Best High End Audio Foru... | |
| Krell K-300i vs. other integrated amps under 10k I just sold my KRELL K-300i and bought the KRELL Duo 175XD stereo amp. If KRELL is to be believed the K-300i has the first 90 watts in Class A. The 175XD is supposed to have ALL 175 watts in Class A. The following comments can be applied for eith... | |
| Experiences by Owners of Lyngdorf Integrated Amps using the Room Correct feature If you are a DIGITAL ONLY (or mostly) person and use JRiver or ROON. Then the Convolution engine enabled in both of those streaming client software apps should be better than ANY room corrections written into some audio gear. The software used to... | |
| Warning for Revel lovers @bratscheboy Did you know that the Salon’s were being discontinued when you ordered them? If so, I find it a bit strange that Revel would be still building new stock on a discontinued line. Those PS Audio speakers look interesting. BTW - I had R... | |
| Class A or Class D solid-state amplifiers (modern designs) I have some really nice Class A amps. Though my fav amp is still the cheaper non-Class A Benchmark AHB2. I just wish it had more power, though in Mono configuration it is high powered for speakers above 2 Ohms. It has that clean Class A sound and ... | |
| Rogue Pharaoh II vs Naim Supernait 3 for Revels If you got the NAD C298 then the Benchmark LA4 seems like the natural fit for me. I say this because the Purifi amps are described as being very similarly to the Benchmark AHB2. The LA4 and AHB2 are what I use in one system. I just bought and ret... | |
| Say She She They have a second song out on the radio now. That one is also really good. I am looking forward to their album release. | |
| How to make small room sound bigger I have a similar sized but carpeted room. To make the room play bigger I always keep the room door open. I also had a closet in this bedroom, I removed the closet doors and got about 4 feet of more depth. Now that can cause other sonic issues, so ... | |
| VM-1a: New RAAL SR1a Headphone amp I am going through gear faster than that the A’gon guy with the amp thread. Though my objective is to get a few home systems together for long term use. If the VM-1a amp was available last year, I would not have bought 90% of the amps I bought, al... | |
| GREAT NEWS! The Coda Technology new #16 amplifier will arrive this week @lancelock The short answer: I sold the Schitt Freya+ which I tried for 3-months because I was curious. It was OK with my Benchmark AHB2. Otherwise, I it did not make me happy like the LA4 or 07x. The long answer: I learned to love the slight... | |
| GREAT NEWS! The Coda Technology new #16 amplifier will arrive this week As Lancelock mentioned the #16 has a switch on the front. My dealer used that as one reason for me to upgrade to the #16 from the #8. I had 2 preamps that I wanted to use. Though I just sold one preamp today. The CODA is balanced. |