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| Beginning of a new journey... @arafiq I got into headphones 6 months ago with the Meze Empy and Benchmark AHB2. That is $6K right there in the deep end. I got lucky since it was a homerun.Last week I got a $500 Topping A90 headphone amp ($424 Black Friday). I also got a Matrx ... | |
| Thiel Owners I do not need more power, a single stereo AHB2 is great. That $700 I spent on the Convolution files creation saved me $3K or $6K on a new amp. | |
| Thiel Owners @tmsrdg https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/did-you-audition-nc500-vs-nc500mp-or-nc50...I just got my 3rd Convolution filter from AcousticSound.ca. I now have found the perfect frequency curve for my speakers and room. I los... | |
| Benchmark LA4 vs Bryston BP-26 I owned the BP-20 with MPS-2 power supply. I have heard the BP-17 with Bryston Cubed gear. Bryston's Gary Dayton said the BP-17 was their best preamp (2 years ago) until the BP-26 is refreshed. I own the HPA4 (LA4 + headphone). For me it is no co... | |
| Room Correction - Roon + REW (Room EQ Wizard) My preamp/headphone amp in the office is the incredible Benchmark HPA4.When I play the 2 channel system the Convolution files are enabled. When I play the headphones I must turn off the Comvolution on ROON since the files were optimized for my spe... | |
| Speakers good for close to wall placement I made a post on this thread about using Digital Room Correction (DRC) and putting the speakers close to the wall. The @millercarbon was sighing and in tears when I posted that saying that is a bad idea.Well this past Friday, I finally got to hear... | |
| Benchmark DAC 3B Vs. Schiit Gungnir Multibit and a question. @decooney I totally understand your statements on the DAC3B. It would be interesting for me to see how other non-Sabre DACs would do in my system. I am getting a cheaper Sabre DAC on Wed, the Matrix Mini-i 3 Pro. I got it for my headphone system b... | |
| Benchmark DAC 3B Vs. Schiit Gungnir Multibit and a question. There are 2 things I did to make my DAC3B sound like a superstar. The first was to buy the Benchmark HPA4/LA4 preamp. A very nice improvement with the awesome preamps volume control.The second thing I finished yesterday is described in the thread ... | |
| Benchmark DAC 3B Vs. Schiit Gungnir Multibit and a question. I forgot if the DAC3B required much burn-in but the AHB2 amp required hardly any hours to sound it's best. I have had 2 units to compare. | |
| Thiel Owners As an FYI. Here is a link to the technical details of what I described in my past post on this thread. The author of this article is the person who did my DRC work. He is a big fan of Thiel's and used to own the CS3.7.https://audiophilestyle.com/c... | |
| Room Correction - Roon + REW (Room EQ Wizard) I outsourced the creation of Convolution files to AccousticSound.ca. https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/bits-and-bytes/what-is-accurate-sound-r923/They gave me instructions on creating the room measurements using REW (free) and the miniDSP UMIK-1 ($10... | |
| Thiel Owners I jumped the gun and decided to contact AccurateSound.ca to do the DRC from my ROON based music (not my tuner or SACD player). My speakers have 2 brand new COAX drivers with less than 10 hours burn-in, I was told 200 is needed. So far, with these ... | |
| DAC Choices - $5,000 to $7,000 I have a Benchmark DAC3B. I will be getting a Matrix Audio Mini-I 3 Pro DAC tomorrow to pair with either a Topping A90 preamp (got it today) or my existing Benchmark HPA4 preamp. The better DAC will go with the HPA4 system.Hopefully early next yea... | |
| Thiel Owners I took some measurements with the miniDSP mic and REW software to see if the new COAXs I installed (plus other wiring fixes) have resolved the SPL issues. I now see a beautiful LEF and RIGHT measurement chart with everything overlapping, just like... | |
| Benchmark DAC 3B Vs. Schiit Gungnir Multibit and a question. Not my experience with the DAC3B, no fatigue, and I listen for hours on end in my office with speakers and headphones. The DAC1 was another matter and I got fatigued easily with that old one.However, since I really have nothing else to do with th... |