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KEF Blade 2
How does dispersion translate into what you hear or how you position the speaker?  
Benchmark 1, 2 & 3
Even Benchmark says you won't hear a difference between the DAC2 and DAC3.    
Budget DAC recommendation for Office system
@tellefsen  I had the Topping D90SE ($899), Gustard X26 Pro ($1500), and Matrix Audio Mini i3 Pro ($750 though now more expensive). I consider these all good DACs and should be more than adequate for your use case. I would look for them in the us... 
Is Old Music Killing New Music?
Why is rock and roll dead? Almost all the rock stations went Class Rock and new rock artists no longer found an audience. I actually listen to a FM station that is incredible for new music of almost all genres. However, I think most people want t... 
KEF Blade 2
Coupling MAT to the Tweeter Dome Of equal importance to the application of MAT is how the back wave is shepherded into the disc. This requires a complete redesign of the area behind the tweeter to form a waveguide with particular characteristics... 
KEF Blade 2
My post from earlier was correct.   KEF Reveals Latest ‘Blade’ Flagship Floorstanding Speakers and Pioneering ‘The Reference’ Models - The Absolute Sound    
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
@jc4659 I was wondering why I did not get a bonus this Christmas. Spelin always gets me.  
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
@btscott Where did you hear about the  Gustard X26 Pro? Maybe on A'gon from people like me who were saying how good it was for $1500. I am on Gustard's payroll ($$$). I then moved to my next target, the Mustec 005. I was also evangelizing it beca... 
Parasound A21+ amplifier and Topping Pre90 preamplifier
This is one combo where the messed-up gain or impedance or whatever of the pre90 did not conflict with the amp. The other good case was with the Benchmark AHB2. With these 2 amps the pre90 sounded exactly like the great Benchmark LA4 preamp. With ... 
Those who seek to deny access to information
When informative threads get deleted then that denies me information. I come across this often where I search for something I am interested in. The search results on A'gon show varies threads. You click on some posts and then they are blocked beca... 
A** Kicking, Rock and Roll!
Black Sabbath - HEAVEN and HELL  
What are you streaming tonight?
Feddie Hubbard - Red Clay I am not a huge Jazz fan but this album has me wanting to dive deeper into the Hubbard catalog.  
The Best Preamp is no Preamp?
Try listening to your digital preamp (dac) at low volume first before reaching the conclusion of not needing an analog preamp.  
whats the best pre amp to pair with Bryston 4b cubed? A
I would try the Schitt Freya+ ($1000) with the 4B3 if I wanted a warmer sound. Or someone other tube preamp. I know that a BAT VK-42SE that I had in the past worked well with Bryston 7B-SST. Though the cube line is warmer than the SST line. I curr... 
Krell Duo 175xd
If I did not want to use the CODA or KRELL to drive the RAAL SR1a. I could get a dedicated SR1a headphone amp such as the following. Schiit Audio: Audio Products Designed and Built in California and Texas This is the lowest end one, but I am loo...