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| My journey to find a speaker + amp + setup for classical music (piano) Where are you located. I can point you to an NS5000 if you are in the USA.If you like piano you really need to hear the NS5000. | |
| My journey to find a speaker + amp + setup for classical music (piano) Go and listen or order from Music Direct for a home demo the Yamaha NS5000 speaker. Yamaha has some background with pianos. This speaker can fill a good sized living room.I created a thread on this speaker a few years ago. I finally can buy this o... | |
| Move on from my Bryston BDA-1? Why not put the Topping D90 into the main rig and compare? I personally have a tough time spending more than $3K for a new DAC, I would look at $1500 DACs first because a lot of new DACs priced in this range are excellent.I would think I would pre... | |
| Pontus, Brooklyn+ or Benchmark 3? Pros and Cons If I were you I would get the HPA4 (which I have) and hook up the DAC1 to it to see how that sounds. I have not tried this myself but the HPA4 does seem to have RCA outputs. I only noticed it now when I went to check on the Benchmark web site.You ... | |
| Pontus, Brooklyn+ or Benchmark 3? Pros and Cons My listening tests with both DAC3B outputs used at the same time did not show any problems. I also spoke with Rory Rail at Benchmark on this type of setup and he said a lot of customers have both RCA and XLR connected at the same time.I tried to... | |
| Pontus, Brooklyn+ or Benchmark 3? Pros and Cons I actually use both XLR and RCA on the DAC3B to 2 different preamps (or integrated amps). At least until a few days ago and I now only have 1 preamp left, the HPA4. Next week I will again have 2 preamps and the RCA output on the DAC3B will be hoo... | |
| Pontus, Brooklyn+ or Benchmark 3? Pros and Cons @cheeg The biggest difference is in the volume control. There are something like 256 steps on the HPA4 volume and the quality of those steps is very noticeable at low volume. With DAC direct to amp using the DAC3 HGC I was never able to dial in th... | |
| Pontus, Brooklyn+ or Benchmark 3? Pros and Cons I have an all Benchmark stack, DAC3B | HPA4 | AHB2 x 2. I have yet to find anything that will replace it for my 2 channel Thiel CS3.7. Though I have had more expensive gear in recently, CODA CSiB and KRELL K-300i, I have always said I like the sam... | |
| Anyone interested in nearly perfection on a headphone a a great price?? I ended up getting the LSA HP-1 for him and sent my Topping A90 and Matirix Mini-i-3 Pro. So a full system right there.I am now also selling my Meze Empy. After the RAAL SR1a I do not want to listen to other headphones.My spring cleaning. It fee... | |
| Hegel H390 vs Krell Vanguard digital integrates amps @luckyrainbow63 I am glad you like the K-300i. I was deciding which one to keep last night and decided to sell my another amp instead (sold that amp in 10 minutes). So the KRELL will be with me long term. I need to get a nice speaker for it in the... | |
| EQ / Dsp... Who’s using them? I had my DSP professionally done. These links describe what and who did the work. The software used in my room was AudioLense though the other option was Accurate.My DSP is executing in the digital realm inside of ROON Core. So that means my 2 ana... | |
| Stereophile's 2021 products of the year People actually do take these ratings seriously. I sold a amp yesterday in 10 minutes after advertising it. The guy who bought it mentioned the Stereophile list in our phone conversation. It was not the only reason but did somewhat help me sell th... | |
| Hoping for a recommendation for stereo amp around $1500 or less ($2k max) @mapman I am not going to put the D-Sonic on my floor standers. I use all Benchmark for that. The D-Sonic is for my RAAL SR1a which are my "mini floor standers" (just love them). I wanted a little bit more warmth on the amp or preamp than the Benc... | |
| Hoping for a recommendation for stereo amp around $1500 or less ($2k max) I just bought the $1500 D-Sonic M3a-800s https://www.d-sonic.com/product/m3a-800s-stereo-amplifier/ For RAAL SR1a + CODA 07x + AudioMirror Tubadour III SEI have a 30 day trial on this. | |
| Tad me1 with 25w SET tueb amp, is it possible? @cleopt15 Try giving Mike Rose at Excel Audio in Newport Beach CA a call and ask him the same question. He loves tubes and loves the TAD ME1 though he demos them with the Luxman's. |