yyzsantabarbara
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| Thiel Owners I own the DAC3B and sold the HPA4 recently. I made money on the sale and no longer needed a headphone amp. I also bought the Benchmark LA4 preamp a few days ago. The DAC3B and HPA4 work great with the AHB2. Nothing I have had is as silent. However... | |
| High End Headphones And HP Amp. Focal dealer told me to stay away from the Focal brand as he is sick and tired of handling all the warranty work on them. He told me to get the cheaper Meze Empy instead. I was very happy with them. A warm, comfortable, non-fatiguing headphone. I... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend I try to avoid buying room correction on any audio hardware because they are all weak processors of data and fixed in their processing horsepower forever (a firmware update does not increase horsepower). Computers on the other hand are super chea... | |
| New In 2021 Iron Maiden - SenjutsuWhat an amazing release. | |
| Small Room... Big Stereo I have Thiel CS3.7's in the same sized room. I took out the closet doors so I have a bit more space. I added some acoustics panels, I added an additional panel on my CD rack recently, and I also have incorporated professionally created Convolution... | |
| DAC Upgrade Advice, budget $5k Give the Gustard X26 Pro a demo (you can return it). Seller is also excellent. GUSTARD X26 PRO Full Decoding ES9038Pro*2 Chip DSD512 Bluetooth 5.0 X (shenzhenaudio.com) Here is a review. The One to Beat: Gustard X26 PRO DAC Review (soundnews.net) ... | |
| BAT solid state preamps I owned the BAT VK-42SE for about 5 years long ago. I do not remember if the soundstage was flat. However, I do remember it was very warm and I was not hearing everything that was in the music. I currently have the CODA 07x preamp and it is much c... | |
| I need quiet as much as music sometimes so help me please If you are in Los Angeles area, there is a CanJam show on the 3rd week of Sept. You can listen to a lot of headphones there. | |
| Coda Class A Amplifiers Did you read Terry London's reviews here and on the audio websites that compares the CODA #8 to $15K PASS amps. He says the #16 is better than the #8. I have the CODA #8 Version 1 and for the most past I like it. It is a little noisier than I pref... | |
| Streamer vs. new mac mini for 2 channel system My MacMini 2012 model (with 4 cores) regularly crashed with ROON. Now I was also running Convolution filters at that time on ROON. So maybe my extra requirements was the cause of all the crashes. I switched to a noisier DELL mini computer but put ... | |
| Helping a friend build a new system In that size room you need to budget some money for room treatments. In the same sized room I use the lowest cost GIK Acoustics panels for $700 + $200 shipping from GA to CA.I discovered something recently about the room acoustics that has allowed... | |
| Need a DAC Recommendation. I have the Topping D90se DAC (the latest) and it is rather good. It is in the neutral camp so I think it would pair well with some warm electronics or speakers. I actually use them with Benchmark AHB2 (which are not warm) but this combo is in the ... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @verdantaudio yyzsantabarbara - all of the DACs tested produced what sounded like a clear bass line. It was only in comparison that I realized that it could be better than what I was hearing. Yes, I understand that but I was a happy to notice... | |
| Streamer vs. new mac mini for 2 channel system I tried to make my MacMini work with ROON Core (could not install properly) then regular ROON server and client which did install. The crap MAC OS was crashing regularly. I was not sure if it was ROON taking it down or just the OS itself. I remove... | |
| First headphones and amp combo? I hated headphones a decade ago and only gave it another go last year with the Meze Empyrean and Benchmark HPA4 amp. I loved this combo, It was super comfortable, fatigue free, and I would listen for hours late at night. Even falling asleep while ... |