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| Headphone suggestions needed @youngerd This is not yet released widely (next month) but the $2K RAAL CA-1a will likely be incredible on your gear. I am using it on a $500 Schitt Jotunheim R and it is rather good. On my $7K RAAL VM-1a (tube headphone amp for ONLY the RAAL SR1a... | |
| KEF Blade Two - Unbelieveable @steve59 A Musetec 005 will get you a lot of sound for $3K. A slightly warm sounding DAC. I have one. I was re-reading this thread again and wanted to update with some placement observations I had. I moved my Thiel CS3.7’s to my living room and ... | |
| Can a set of Ls50 metas surpass or equal a set of Kef blade metas with subwoofers I could not tell a difference, but I was using my computers DAC and work headphones. Anyone hear a difference? I put my very old KEF LS50 with my newish KC62 and I am very happy with the results. I had this combo in a big room, and it was OK but... | |
| Why Music Has Lost it’s Charms (Article) I do not think the corporate aspect of music is that much different today. I just think that music is no longer a driving engine in culture. Which means less really talented people trying to make a career in music. | |
| Luxman m900u vs M10x https://www.audioshark.org/luxman-211/luxman-m-10x-20933.html | |
| Thiel Owners @jafant Thanks for this thread. It made my CS3.7 ownership a very high end endeavor. This morning I played the CS3.7's with my Class A KRELL 175XD and my Benchmark LA4 preamp. This was in the big room I moved them too. It sounded amazing, better ... | |
| Best Value/Performance In An SACD Player For $2k, Or Less, Used? I have been listening to my Sony SCD-1 with Vacuum State Level 5+ mods this week (I am short a DAC for the next few weeks). This unit is incredible with SACD's. However, my unit's display is mostly dead now. I comes back occasionally. I think I a... | |
| DAC diminishing returns @agbrace There is a very nice improvement on the sound with 2 AHB2’s. It becomes louder at the lowest gain setting (actually all 3 settings). It is way more powerful, if your speakers, need that power. On the spec sheet, monos are even quieter tha... | |
| All New Yamaha NS-2000A Loudspeakers Are On The Market I wonder why the USA Yamaha is always so far behind the rest of the world. Speaker Systems - Audio & Visual - Products - Yamaha - Other European Countries For ex. the NS3000 is not available in the USA. | |
| DAC diminishing returns I had a full Benchmark stack, DAC3B, LA4, AHB2 and could never get really engaged with the sound quality vs other components, Pass Labs, ARC, HoloAudio. I ended up selling the DAC3B but still have the LA4 and AHB2. The LA4 is a very nice sounding... | |
| new kef ls60s just arrived @dbphd They kicked me out of Santa Barbara and now I am in Goleta next door to UCSB. Once I sell my Thiel’s I am going speaker less until this Poor Man raises the cash for the Blades. Been saying that for a decade now but this time I have all the ... | |
| new kef ls60s just arrived The LS60 got me moving to either sell my Livingroom gear and buy the LS60 or stick with my original plan to buy my final speaker. One result of this was that I was able to try my old KEF LS50 passive with the new KEF KC62 sub. I used a CODA 07x p... | |
| compare Meze Empyrean with Focal Stellia I was recently given a RAAL CA-1a to take home to demo. I consider the RAAL SR1a ’earphones’ one of the very best SPEAKERS I have heard at any price. I tend to dislike headphone sound. Read the reviews from Stereophile and anyone else. RAAL-requi... | |
| Move from Parasound A23 to A21/A21+ or Something Else? The new Duo lineup from KRELLL seems very well built. I have had the K-300i and now the 175XD and cannot fault them operationally. In fact, the K-300i was the very best implementation of ROON READY that I have tried because it also controls volume... | |
| Recommend me a Class A Integrated Amp (or sound like Class A amp) +1 on CODA and Krell integrateds I have had the CODA 07x premap with the KRELL 175XD and put them in my small room with my ancient KEF LS50;s and the new KEF KC62 sub. This is a killer combo. The 07x preamp’s XLR out into my sub (using a Cardas... |