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| KEF Blade 2 A dealer DM’ed me about 2 weeks ago and told me that the KEF Reference line and the Blades are getting the META treatment and an announcement is imminent. The Ref line goes up by $1000 and I believe the speaker stands for the Reference 1 decrease ... | |
| Slow used market right now? Used market is the strongest I have ever seen it. I must have bought and sold more than a dozen items. I have 1 more item to sell in about 6 months and likely have a buyer lined up for that too. A lot of companies raised prices on Jan 1, 2022, s... | |
| DAC du jour If you double that $1500, then the Musetec 005 is the much better DAC over the Gustard X26 Pro. I sold my Gustard to buy the Musetec. However, I wish I did not since I later had a need for a warm DAC with details. I helped setup a listening stati... | |
| Michael Aday (Metloaf) has passed away. I was just listening to Bat Out of Hell a couple of times the last 2 days. I also listened to Bat Out of Hell II for the first-time last night. Bat Out of Hell is one of the all-time great for me. | |
| Digital Upgrade Recommendations Audiogon Discussion Forum | |
| A better way to stream I had all the pieces for an incredible streaming setup in my home, and I did not know that I did until I read a post on the Musetec 005 DAC thread. This post helped show me that I was wrong in my belief that Fibre Optical was the only thing needed... | |
| Rega Aetheos, Simaudio Moon 340i or NAD M33 for B&W 805s? I no longer own the CODA CSiB because I have the CODA separates instead. However, the CSiB is a very good sounding unit and not too big. My CODA #8 amp is 5.5 inches high by 17 inches wide by 14 inches deep. I think the CSiB was the same dimension... | |
| Should I give up on FM HD over the air ? and steam instead ? My local FM HD is inferior to the same signal via FM. I have the excellent Sony XDR-F1HD (modded) to hear HD. I also have 3 slightly better tuners that are FM only. Modifications, Upgrades, Repairs (xdrguy.com) | |
| GREAT NEWS! The Coda Technology new #16 amplifier will arrive this week There is a CODA 07x up for sale on USAudiomart and A’gon. I like my Benchmark LA4 preamp better with the CODA #8. That total silence of the LA4 is what I like the most. The CODA 07x preamp did seem to sound a little better with the KRELL Duo 175X... | |
| Sony SCD-777ES, Oppo UPD-205 or Marantz SA-KI Ruby The new Luxman units are something I would consider if and when my Vaccum State 5+ modded Sony SCD-1 dies. The Sony is still sounding great. Not as resolving as the newest DAC’s but it is close, and the sound is incredible. Luxman D-03X CD Player... | |
| Bigger and Better: Integrated Amplifiers Peachtree NOVA 150 to a KRELL K-300i. Almost the same feature set (KRELL has more) but sounds a little different. | |
| Do I really need an " Audio Grade Network Switch "? Audiogon Discussion Forum The above post describes what I discovered last night with an EtherRegen + SOnore OpticalRendu streaming into a Musetec 005 DAC. I am going to get a Sonore OpticalModule for my other system to stream with Sonore Optical... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/55217-sonore-opticalrendu/page/27/#comment-963599 In this link John Swenson makes case for how everything in network prior to optical conversion affects accuracy of clocks in Sonore optical module and rend... | |
| Suggestions for an integrated upgrade please As someone who owned the NHT 2.9 with Bryston gear (what was I thinking). I can recommend the KRELL K-300i which I own now. I use the KRELL with an equally bright headphones as the NHT and the KRELL tames that beast nicely. I would expect the NHT ... | |
| What a pile of Schiit I did some musical chairs with my gear today since I wanted to reunite my Benchmark gear in the Livingroom system. What that meant was that the Schit Freya+, that I bought on a whim, made an entrance in my office system. It replaced the Topping pr... |