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| Discerning a difference between streamers is difficult...only me or common for all? I had 3 streamers in the house at the same time: Playback Designs STREAM-IF (used only SPDIF not the fibre) Sonore OpticalRendu Lumin X1 They all sounded different, and all sounded great. The fact that the STREAM-IF, using SPDIF, was compar... | |
| Benchmark AHB2 Experiments The AHB2 is better in stereo over mono by a tiny bit, though Benchmark says otherwise. That is if your speakers are good with 100 watts. This especially true if your speakers drop to the 2Ohm range. Then the stereo sounds better than mono to my ea... | |
| Open baffle speakers @coltrane1 I have read posts with people talking about Don Sachs, Decware, Dennis Had, et al. I never paid too much attention since they did not work for my power-hungry speakers, Magnepan Mini and Yamaha NS5000. However, now with the open baffle ... | |
| Open baffle speakers @coltrane1 the one I am getting is still not released but I heard it with a Felix Envy 8-watts (maybe less) headphone amp. Only issue for me is that I will take a slight hit in the quality of amplification for the speaker that currently is driven ... | |
| B&W 705s3 vs Kef Meta R3 KEF has a lot of detail. More than most speakers and something some have said as being a negative on the KEF lineup. Though not as detailed as Beryllium or Zylon cone drivers that I have heard. My old KEF LS50 META was more detailed than the Magn... | |
| 300B Tube Amps with 15/16 Watts Per Channel? My friend is building speakers that can run on 1-watt. I was asking him what 300B amp (preferably mono) he would recommend. He came up with this and said it is easy to mod it to make it sound even better. DECWARE | Audiophile Tube amplifiers &... | |
| Advice for headphone amp and dac I have maybe the best headphone in the world today at my home for a home demo. It is very expensive ($10k), so I am selling the very best headphone amp for it to essentially trade the amp for the phone. I cannot listen to an amp but can listen to ... | |
| Raal Immanis top of the line headphones The Immanis won over the Magna. The VM-1a is packed and ready to ship. I am also selling my CA-1a phone since I will have the Immanis and do not like to collect gear. | |
| New room needs new speakers, I need your help The LRS+ is pretty good and maybe the most interesting listen of anything listed. Only issue I have with it is the detail is not as good as something like a KEF LS50 Meta. However, the sonic presentation of the LRS+ is amazing, a wide and deep sou... | |
| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? Try this one on a home demo. It does need a lot of break-in so play it 24 x7 before rendering judgement. It also has a terrific USB input which I stream into using a Sonore OpticalRendu. That is fibre optic converted to USB. Schiit Audio: Audio P... | |
| More potential bad news for some big names... It is quite easy for every bozo and his uncle to sell a speaker out of his garage these days with big margins. In spite of his severe lack of aptitude, he’ll buy drivers from somewhere, slap it on a board and send it to some paid YT reviewer to l... | |
| Low Volume Speakers to pair with Gato 150 I am going to be selling my Magnepan Mini speakers + 2 sets of Blue Jean speaker cables that are 10 AWG. The Mini is better than the Magnepan LRS+ that I had before. Only reason I am selling the Mini is to buy a 15x more expensive speaker for near... | |
| Raal Immanis top of the line headphones Today I have the RAAL Immanis and the Magna in the house for an audition. I will be selling my RAAL VM-1a tube headphone amp that is phenomenal with the Magna | Immanis | CA-1a | SR1a to raise cash for the Magna or Immanis. I will also be selling ... | |
| Open baffle speakers I met up with my friend who is designing the new open baffle speaker I am interested in. I noticed that he had his setup almost the same distance as I sit in my office (near-field). My office is the second floor of my home overlooking the first fl... | |
| How do you pick your gear? Tips and insights are welcome. I used to do the standard thing of reading reviews and forum posts. I also bought and sold a lot of gear in the past 5 years and heard them in my space. That all worked well but these days when I need something I first check on the Schitt web site... |