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| Review on Coda Technologies 16 Amplifier went live today I owned the 07x | LA4 + HPA4 | Holo Serene preamp | Schitt Mjolnir v3 at one time and paired it with the CODA #16. Actually, the 07x may have been paired with the CODA #8. A bit of a blur now. The 07x did not have the detail that the LA4 and the ... | |
| Quandary There are some improper 100% Class A amps that run cool, KRELL DUO XD and the Westminster Labs amps. I owned the KRELL and never heard the Westminster Labs. | |
| Quandary The Benchmark AHB2 and PASS sounds very different. If your speaker is little bright then the PASS could be better, though I would use a CODA or the KRELL DUO XD over PASS on a slightly bright speaker. I find PASS too warm for my tastes. I have a ... | |
| Parking at T.H.E. Show in Costa Mesa? Does anyone know if they have a presenters list. I was not able to find one. I am hoping to hear the new Clarisys Audio Piccolo and Diptyque dp115 speakers. They both seem like a great competitor to the Magnepan LRS+ that I own. | |
| Luxman 509x or Simaudio 600iV2 with mágico A3. I heard the A3 with the Mark Levinson 585 integrated. It was a really good pairing. I have heard the 509x and found it a little underpowered even with Harbeth. I have not heard it with the A3 which are likely harder to drive. I also felt the 509x ... | |
| PREAMPLIFIER UPGRADE QUESTION The new Schitt Mjolnir v3 is a very good preamp. It does not have a remote and is more of a desktop preamp/headphone amp. However, I found it much better than the Freya+. I use this for headphones, but I have used it with a CODA #16 amp. If you w... | |
| Thoughts on New Krell Amps The new KRELL DUO XD amps sound great. Super smooth, with enough detail, and good power. Does not get hot either. A rumor post on A'gon was that KRELL will have a trickle-down version of the flagship KSA i400 out in June 2024. | |
| New DAC issues I had an interesting conversation with a musician that worked for Schitt at the SchittR in Newhall, CA. I wanted to drive up and listen to the MIB since I was considering it as a DAC for my slightly warm Livingroom system. He had not heard the MIB... | |
| New DAC issues @lous "they reluctantly admittedly that it was less detailed" Are you referring to the Schitt MIB? | |
| New DAC issues I think the Yggi+ LIM is likely closer to the Lampi sound. I was debating whether to convert my LIM to the OG replacement, the More Is Better. It is a hard decision since the LIM sounds so good with my Magnepan LRS+. Not so good on my Yamaha NS500... | |
| RAAL 1995 headphones, Magna and Immanis Test RAAL 1995 IMMANIS - Musicalhead The best headphones in the world? The new RAAL 1995 IMMANIS is without a doubt the best headphones I have been able to listen to to this day and raises the playback via ear speakers to a completely new level... | |
| Sound Impressions - Benchmark HPA4/LA4 in use with a quality vinyl rig? Another preamp I can suggest is the Holo Audio Serene. It is very similar to the HPA4 with a tinge of warmth. It actually measures a bit better than the HPA4. I wanted to get a second HPA4 for my office system, but I thought I would try the Serene... | |
| Help me understand the current amp market Pilium, for example, is getting a lot of buzz, but the CEO is an ex gym owner that’s an audio enthusiast and not an electrical engineer. I feel the same way with DACs. Companies charging 6k to add an optional DAC module into an already overpric... | |
| Sound Impressions - Benchmark HPA4/LA4 in use with a quality vinyl rig? I had some fatigue issues with the system that had the LA4. I tried changing difference speaker cables and that resulted in the issue moving around to different frequency levels. I bit the bullet and bought the Audience Front Row speaker cable tha... | |
| Looking for comparisons between CD transports I have an OPPO BDP-83 that I got used for $200 and use it with this device to play SACD and CD. The HDMI out of the OPPO delivers DSD or PCM. It sounds amazing with the Schitt Yggi+ and Benchmark DAC3B both via SPDIF. My frame of reference is the ... |