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| Uptone EtherRegen I bought the following switch yesterday. I also really TP-Link (post above) for switches and my current favorite is Ubiquity networks for networking. I bought the following switch to do a direct Fibre connection to the new OpticalRendu I also orde... | |
| Korean CD stores? Need help finding music When I was recently in Poland and did not speak Polish I used Google translate. Talk into the phone in English and the phone will type out what you spoke in English and Polish. So you can see what the app understood from your speech. If correct yo... | |
| Another new DAC: Audio Mirror I am new to tubes. This DAC will be the first one I have owned from the dark side. I was wondering how one knows when to replace the tubes? | |
| Another new DAC: Audio Mirror @tvad Great thanks for that info.I just bought the Benchmark DAC3B (again) and will buy the AM SE if I can find someone to sell me one (anyone, Vlad?). I bought a CODA CSib integrated amp a few days ago which will be function as headphone amp for ... | |
| Another new DAC: Audio Mirror While I wait on Vlad to get back to me on buying this DAC maybe someone with an AM SE can answer this question.If the XLR option is selected will that result in a DAC with both RCA and XLR output. If so, are both outputs active? I will have 2 prea... | |
| Choosing Headphones up to 1700 USD I am really into headphones now.I have the following amps for headphones:- Benchmark HPA4 (incredible for both 2 channel and headphones)- Topping A90 (very good overall and great for $500)- CODA Csib integrated amp (being shipped and to be used wi... | |
| Thiel Owners I was mentioning getting a CODA #8 amp to power the CS3.7's. Well today I bought a used CODA CSib integrated that is maybe good for the CS3.7. I bought the integrated for my KEF LS50's and the new RAAL SR1a headphone amp that I will get sometime i... | |
| Compare BAT VK-3000SE to Coda CSib @coot Did you make a choice between the 2 units you asked about? | |
| Power amp for Vandersteen Treo? I heard the Treo CT with a full Bryston stack with the 4B3 amp. It was pretty good.I own the Benchmark AHB2 amp and I would think that amp would be great with the Treo CT. They have a 30 day trial. I have 2 of them for my Thiel CS3.7Just saw you h... | |
| Thiel Owners @thieliste You need to hear the RAAL SR1a with the new RAAL HSA-1b headphone amp. The bass is great and the highs are tamed. It is a warmer headphone amp than my Benchmark HPA4. I tried the SR1a with my Benchmark AHB2 using the AMP INTERFACE (amp ... | |
| Preamp choices:Short list https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/benchmark-media-systems-la4-line-amplifier-and-dac3-b-dac This is an incredible BALANCED preamp (read the TAS review from 3 weeks ago). It will not alter your signal with "enhancements" that a lot of peopl... | |
| From Canada to USA - buying used stereo from private sale I sold a DAC to a guy in Canada last week. He paid for shipping to Canada and sent me a PDF with the shipping label. He used these guys,https://www.eshipper.com/Now this is into Canada I am not sure about the opposite direction. For Customs he dec... | |
| What does Roon give me beyond just Tidal HiFi? I spent $450 on a ROON lifetime subscription in 2015 an amazing purchase. Here is what I use ROON for today:#1 Running a Convolution filter for my small room system with big speakers in it. System sounds perfect. I know what not perfect is since I... | |
| Paradigm Persona B vs 3F vs other competitors - any experience? @kenjit what are the sound differences between the Dynaudio confidence 20 and vimberg amea? I was interested in both myself. | |
| Paradigm Persona B vs 3F vs other competitors - any experience? I heard the following before I bought an old time favorite instead. In order of preference of these new speakers (which I heard). These were demoed to fit into a small room. I have a virtual system of this room with photos to give some perspective... |