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| Topping A90 failure issues. Should I try a 3rd A90? I am now using a Topping pre90 preamp and I am amazed how good it sounds. It does not have any features other than inputs and volume. However, the sound is extremely clean with nothing added. Cost is $599.My other preamp is the CODA 07x which cost... | |
| KEF Blade -- how good are they? @steve59 Have you ever tried the Blades very close to the front wall? Like a few inches away. | |
| Cable help for Mac Mini and TV into a DAC.. Here is something that I used 10 years ago to add 3 Toslinks into a DAC with 1 Toslink input. It does not need a power supply. Amazon.com: Nyrius SW100 Digital Audio Optical Toslink 3 Input Selector Switch Compatible with Fiber Optic Cables, HDTV,... | |
| Cable help for Mac Mini and TV into a DAC.. In my office I use a Benchmark DAC3B and it's 2 Toslink inputs for my TV audio and computer audio. I also stream to this DAC via USB. The 2 Toslink inputs sound excellent. If you want to save some cash look for a used BM DAC2 (under $1k) which sou... | |
| Should I switch to a larger room? I have the same sized room and have a floor stander in there along with 9 GIK panels. It is my office and I can do whatever I want. The thing that made the speakers work in the room was getting a professionally created $750 Convolution filter (DSP... | |
| Best Preamp and Amp combination, interesting finding!!! I have recent ownership experience with 3 extraordinary preamps. I only mention this because I think they are giant slayers.- $599 Topping pre90 (clean sound)- $3000 Benchmark HPA4 (clean sound) - $7000+ CODA 07x (almost as clean and a bit w... | |
| What speaker has the best tweeter? The tweeters on the Yamaha NS5000 are excellent. The beauty of that speaker is that the midrange and massive woofer are also made from the same material as the tweeter. No one else does that. | |
| Kef Blade or Kef Blade Two for bigger room @steve59 I thought you had Paradigm Persona's? | |
| Some love for the Benchmark HPA4/LA4 I should add that the Topping pre90 is as bare bones as it gets. It just takes source inputs and adds volume to it. No balance adjustment, muting, and the interface is pretty crap. However, none of that matters in my use case. The HPA4 is a much m... | |
| Some love for the Benchmark HPA4/LA4 Not sure when which photo you are referring to but at the moment in my office I have an empty bottle of Johnnie Walker Double Black (not bad) and a few drops of Oban left in the bottle. Believe it or not, when I went for my last physical (age 53) ... | |
| All Benchmark System Question If anyone is interested. I compared the Benchmark HPA4 vs the Topping pre90. I could not tell a difference. They sounded the same. I sold the HPA4 for almost the same price I bought it for and now use the Topping pre90 ($599). In fact my CODA 07x ... | |
| Purchase from Canada I sold a preamp to someone in France last week and UPS did all the customs paperwork. In a private sale, you can use some discretion in the declared value of the gear.My preamp got to France and the buyer was very pleased at the shipping process. ... | |
| How do you EQ your headphones? I have EQ’ed my RAAL SR1a headphones with the new Convolution filter from Acoustic Sounds. This filter runs on ROON (and others) and is used for digital streaming only. https://accuratesound.ca I do not think they have the filter up on the web sit... | |
| Magico M9 The new 'norm' in speakers Is that what Polka bands are charging these days? They have gone electric. | |
| Class D Purifi Eigentakt / Mark Levinson 333 / Benchmark AHB2 - Listening & Conclusion Not in the bass I believe, as the 802's EPDR impedance is too low for a bridged amp. You are correct if that graph indicates a lot of 2 Ohm action. Then the single AHB2 in stereo is better. I speak from experience with Thiel CS3.7 and AHB2's.Ne... |