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| Magico A1 vs KEF Reference 1 (META) vs KEF LS50 + KEF KC62 Just saw this review of a combo I asked about on this thread. KEF KC62 Subwoofer Review | - StereoNET Australia - Hi Fi & Home Cinema News | |
| Magico A1 vs KEF Reference 1 (META) vs KEF LS50 + KEF KC62 Thanks guys for this great feedback. Last night after I posted I spoke with another person very familiar with KEF and he said the KEF Reference 1 over the LS50 + KC62 sub. He said the Ref 1 is a more refined sound.I looked at the TuneTots a few da... | |
| AudioByte Vox | Zap vs Rockna Wavelight @verdantaudio Great feedback on this AB. Have you tried the AB direct to amp. AB is touting the preamp section as being pretty good. The HUB is also something I think would add to the system with the upsampling and I2S connectivity. So I hope you ... | |
| 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. ... |