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| Auralic Aries S1 streamer This steamer could be a killer unit. A shame it does not have fibre input. However, I did have a streamer from Playback Designs, Stream-IF, that was able to compete against 2 fibre based streamers that I also had. The Lumin X1 and the Sonore Optic... | |
| Schiit Aegir-Burn in Period @grh1958 Congrats on the Aegir working for you. I have not heard the Vidar but I would rather take a chance on the Aegir over the Vidar. Even though the Aegir is low cost it is a rather good Class A. My Aegir 1 suffers a bit from mechanical noise ... | |
| All around headphone amp recommendations I have 3 2-channel preamps that are rather good to great headphone amps. 1) Benchmark HPA4 (neutral, $3.5k) 2) Holo Audio Serene (a bit warmer than the HPA4 $3.3k) 3) Schitt Audio Mjolnir v3 (a warm Class A sound, $1.3k) I will be using all 3 ... | |
| All around headphone amp recommendations (2) Colorado Head-Fi Meet Impressions - June 22, 2024 | Headphone Reviews and Discussion - Head-Fi.org | |
| Persona B Amp Recommendations The CODA #8 (or #16) and Krell Duo 175XD would be excellent with the Persona. I have heard the Persona a few times and have owned all 3 amps I have listed. For the Persona, my first choice would be the KRELL. The KRELL is super smooth and warmish... | |
| All around headphone amp recommendations There is a great headphone amp shootout going on in Colorado this weekend. They will post info on the various amps on the head-fi site. Likely more $$ than the OP wants to spend but a good way to learn about what is out there.. RAAL 1995 headphon... | |
| Solid State Power Amps Ok, here’s an opinion — pairing a $25k amp with a $5k preamp is stupid. Hope that helps. I resemble that remark. I usually recommend my $2.5k preamp with any amp. My amp is $16.3k MSRP. I have had more expensive preamps before, and they did n... | |
| external DAC I think Esoteric and PS Audio both use FPGA for the conversion. I do not have an FPGA DAC bur that is one approach that I want to try one day. It is hard to say one FPGA is better than the other since the software in the FPGA can make the DAC soun... | |
| Solid State Power Amps @zuesman but have you heard the 861 amplifier that's a whole different league better than the 860A V2? I have heard the 861 and it's much better than the 860 A V2. Last Friday, driving back from LAX airport (a nightmare). I stopped by a deale... | |
| Solid State Power Amps SimAudio and the Be driver on the Focal may not be a great match. I heard the 860A V2 on Paradigm Persona 5F. While I enjoyed the sound I knew I could not listen for long periods. For a Be driver, I would look at Class A like the KRELL Duo 175XD ... | |
| Yamaha ns 5000 My setup is Yamaha NS5000 Schitt Yggi+ OG DAC (using fibre optic to stream into USB) Benchmark HPA4 preamp CODA #16 amp (first 100 watts Class A | 150 - 300 - 600) I am good with this setup. It was the Yggi+ OG that really put this over th... | |
| Non-fatiguing speakers in $10K range? I can recommend 2 things for $10k that will be excellent. An open box or demo Yamaha NS5000 speaker is great and unique in that it is a cone speaker with all 3 drivers made from the same material. That makes a big difference in the coherence of t... | |
| Interconnect priority I think it depends on the gear. I found my preamp and amp on 2 systems are less dependent on the XLR. In both systems I use 15-foot and 25-foot Benchmark XLR. For my sources. I use Audience AU24 SE XLR and RCA. I can hear a difference there. | |
| Magnepan 3.7i amp pairing Never but never use subwoofers with magnepan only the dwm panels from magnepan . You must use a power amp like krell the ksa 250, cello duet,viola thats kind of stuff. Never tubes!! I use the fast KEF KC62 sub with my LRS+. I think I cut over a... | |
| Quandary I would rotate the Benchmark AHB2, and my CODA #16 for my 2-channel speakers and every time would say that what I was using was currently using was the best combo. I decided that the power and sweetness of the CODA is what I wanted over the super ... |