yyzsantabarbara

Responses from yyzsantabarbara

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... 
Advance Warning: RAAL VM-1a + SR1a
Prior to the Vm-1a the very best I have heard the SR1a was as follows: SR1a | CODA 07x preamp | KRELL Duo 175XD | Musetec 005 DAC | Fiber streaming with Sonore OpticalRendu = $25K+ (approx) I would say that is 75/100 and the combo listed above i... 
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
It was just a stream from ROON. WingSpan FLAC Tidal 44.1 kHz 16 bit. So nothing special. The best thing I can say about the RAAL SR1a is that they are nothing like headphones. There is a new model coming out that are like headphones for people wh... 
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
@lordmelton Now that I know a bit of echo is there in the song I listened to it with an identical setup but this time on my Thiel CS3.7 speakers. I can also hear it there, though a little less pronounced. This afternoon I picked up a headphone am...