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| Please help! First Hi-fi audio system for small listening space Get a RAAL SR1a headphones with the RAAL HSA-1b headphone amp and then the room is no longer an obstacle to good sound. You get 2 inputs RCA and XLR with the HSA-1b. I have the SR1a and I like it as much as my Thiel CS3.7 floor standers (which I w... | |
| Which amplifier should i buy The CODA CSiB integrated is great for the price. I had one and sold a few weeks ago. I am now getting the CODA 07x preamp and the CODA #8 amp because I liked the CSiB. I also have the KRELL K-300i (90 watts Class A + more Class AB) that seemed mor... | |
| KEF reference line revamp ?? I thought I read somewhere KEF saying the Ref line will get the meta. | |
| Why would anyone want class AB amp when class A always sounds better ? Agree with the Benchmark stack being smooth, It is a smoothness that also has the most clarity that I ever heard.I recently added a Gustard X26 Pro to my Benchmark HPA4 | AHB2 mono. It replaced the Benchmark DAC3B (still keeping it). The sound of ... | |
| Denafrips IRIS + Hi-Fi USB Card = Overkill? @jay73 Let me tell you my setup. Maybe my explanation will answer your questions.1) I have 5 PowerLine adapters hooked up in 5 rooms of the house, including garage. These PowerLine adapter are $50 for a pair and transform the copper wire in your h... | |
| Reccomend a good preamp for me. I have 2 preamps that are rather opposites. The CODA 07x ($6K) and the Benchmark HPA4 or LA4. The Benchmark has no sound and it will pass the sound of the source with what seems to be no alteration of the signal. I would take the 30 day home tria... | |
| Denafrips IRIS + Hi-Fi USB Card = Overkill? I use a Ubiquiti Networks swatch with 2 Fibre connections. I use each connection to a Sonore OpticalRendu which then converts USB and into 2 DACs. It sounds great and better than RJ45 network streaming and other non-Fibre streaming such as the mic... | |
| Class D for a Tube Lover I decided to sell my KRELL K-300i integrated today so that freed up the long speaker cables I need to test out my new Class D stereo amp. https://www.d-sonic.com/product/m3a-800s-stereo-amplifier/ It is now connected to my difficult to drive Thiel... | |
| Class D for a Tube Lover I do not have a great frame of reference for this but I added my new D-Sonic amp to my RAAL SR1a headphone system yesterday. The system is composed of the following gear, AudioMirror Tubadour III SE tube DAC | Benchmark HPA4 preamp | D-Sonic m3a-8... | |
| Acoustic Blanket for TV I thought about this a little more last night and decided to dump the TV to the garage and make the sound as good as before the TV went in. The TV I have in the garage is on it's last legs and the office TV will go there. @mijostyn Not sure about ... | |
| Acoustic Blanket for TV An Update:I received the https://www.acoustimac.com/ panel that was previously mentioned. I am impressed at the ability of this panel to absorb the sound and make the TV doable in-between the speakers. I also have the moving blanket over the TV an... | |
| Best DAC / Budget For $1300 the Gustard X26 Pro is a steal. It is an incredible DAC. I would love it if someone would compare this to $10K to $20K DACs. This DAC will not be out of place with the very best systems.It runs rather hot though (temperature wise). Going... | |
| Pontus, Brooklyn+ or Benchmark 3? Pros and Cons @cheeg I got the Gustard a day earlier than scheduled. I imagine this things sound is going to open up as time goes on. I can say that listening to the first album, The Stones Let it Bleed, sounds better on the Gustard than the DAC3B. The DAC3B is... | |
| Is this an right time to buy hifi? Someone gets it! There is a vaccine for this | |
| Move on from my Bryston BDA-1? The One to Beat: Gustard X26 PRO DAC Review (soundnews.net) $1300 (on sale now)I will get this delivered tomorrow. I will compare this to my 2 existing DACs, Benchmark DAC3B and Audio Mirror Tubadour III SE (mentioned above). The review above says... |