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| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @sns I wrrote a blurb last night identifying my Benchmark DAC3B as the cause of my streaming gremlins. After a few hours of listening and unplugging and plugging in devices I came to the conclusion that my Benchmark DAC3B is working perfectly. It ... | |
| Bookshelf Speakers Transport by Airplane - Checked or Hand Luggage Here are the speakers in question. That MSRP price is in Canadian dollars. Crazy price for a monitor but I wanted to get the big brother, NS5000, for a bigger room. However, now that I am getting something else for the bigger room, the NS3000 + K... | |
| Bookshelf Speakers Transport by Airplane - Checked or Hand Luggage What Can I Bring? All | Transportation Security Administration (tsa.gov) Carry On Bags: Yes Checked Bags: Yes | |
| Bookshelf Speakers Transport by Airplane - Checked or Hand Luggage I was thinking of all of the above. I will figure this out when the time comes to buy. I now know it is possible to fly them home. I did read today about the chaos at YYZ (Toronto airport) as they come out of the pandemic. Sounded worse then LAX. | |
| Which would you choose for good sounding tube preamp for an audiophile new to tubes. If you are looking for an amp for the Freya+. They I would not get anything warm like a PASS. I went with the Benchmark AHB2 + Freya+. It was a really good match and what you will hear is the Freya+. The AHB2 adds nothing. A cheaper variant of th... | |
| Condolenances to The Siau Family I didn’t recognize the name immediately. OMG. I am in shock. Benchmark’s VP and Chief Designer, John Siau, is his brother? David was his son and his daughter of 18 months was of course the grand-daughter. I emailed David a few times 2 years ag... | |
| Bookshelf Speakers Transport by Airplane - Checked or Hand Luggage @kingsleuy reason I asked was that the dealer never sells to the USA and dealt with customs and was also worried about selling a Yamaha product in the USA that Yamaha USA does not carry. So I figured to save the dealer the heartache and do the shi... | |
| Subwoofer RCA Cable i run Benchmark XLR cables from my preamp to the sub. I then use a Cardas XLR to RCA adapter to connect to the RCA inputs of my KEF KC62 sub. I do not worry about long runs with XLR's. | |
| Bookshelf Speakers Transport by Airplane - Checked or Hand Luggage Thanks for the info. Looks like I can do this as carry on and checked baggage. A road trip is not possible these days. It is about 3000 miles and my passengers do not have the patience for that. I did do a similar drive myself from Richmond, Virg... | |
| Bookshelf Speakers Transport by Airplane - Checked or Hand Luggage @kenjit If the option was shipping by FedEx or UPS versus me carrying the speakers in my luggage, I take me every time. It is also killing 2 birds with 1 stone. since I have not been back to Canada since the pandemic. I am just trying to figure o... | |
| Are the KEF Blade/Blade 2 Metas a Significant Upgrade from Blade? ... the measured output power at clipping was 1322W @ 8Ω and 2250W @ 4Ω. They also made instantaneous peak power measurements which resulted in outputs of 1640W @ 8Ω, 3130W @ 4Ω, 1790W @ 2Ω, 960W @ 1Ω. https://www.hifinews.com/content/rotel-mic... | |
| Setup Speakers Along Long Wall? Check out the posts that mention AES48. My gear supports this so I use 15 foot Benchmark XLR’s that are low cost and sound excellent with this supporting gear. If If I was able to put a hole through a Livingroom wall I would use 50 foot XLR’s to g... | |
| Are the KEF Blade/Blade 2 Metas a Significant Upgrade from Blade? The following mono amp was one that I wanted to demo last week. Michi M8 Monoblock Power Amplifier - The Music Room (tmraudio.com) The Los Angeles dealer I was close by to only had the integrated amp and not the monos. The integrated amp had a C... | |
| Are the KEF Blade/Blade 2 Metas a Significant Upgrade from Blade? @audiobrian What are you using along with the CODA#16? That is really a great amp. I have the CODA 07x preamp too, but I would use my Benchmark LA4 preamp with any future CODA #16. I loved the LA4 preamp + CODA #8 (now sold). | |
| Are the KEF Blade/Blade 2 Metas a Significant Upgrade from Blade? @steve59 I can save up for that crazy KRELL since I have a KRELL Duo 175XD available for the short term for the Blade 2. I tested this amp with my prior harder to drive Thiel CS3.7 and it was excellent. I would normally never consider such an am... |