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| Control volume with DAC or Preamp? @wolverine1 The scenario you describe sounds unusual. I have the same preamp as you, the HPA4 (LA4 + with headphone amp). My Benchmark DAC3B has no volume control but if I were to have a DAC with volume I would set the DAC's volume to fixed. The m... | |
| Thiel Owners A guy in Rochester NY is selling a CS3.7 for $4K but it is local pickup.Status update on my CS3.7 refurb.1) I was able to contact Rob Gillum today and we discussed the resistance measurements on my crossover. One speaker, the good one, had 0 resis... | |
| Persona 9h vs S3 mk 2 This was the system on the 3F demoPreamp/Streamer:https://nadelectronics.com/product/m12-digital-preamp-dac/https://nadelectronics.com/product/dd-bluos/Amp:https://nadelectronics.com/product/m22-stereo-power-amplifier/ Cables: speakers, IC, powerh... | |
| Honest Amp Reviews: Impossible? Thursday or Friday. The same reviewer had a new review out today saying the SMSL SH-9 THX-888 Headphone Amp at $289 was a better value than the Topping A9 at $500 and closer to the $3000 Benchmark AHB2. Both the AHB2 and the SH-9 are THX based am... | |
| Persona 9h vs S3 mk 2 I heard the 9H at a dealer today. I have heard the 5F at another dealer and loved it with SimAudio Moon gear. I heard the 3F with NAD gear at the same dealer and liked it enough to consider buying it (with other electronics). Today the 9H with Mar... | |
| Researching an "affordable Roon server/streamer, and my choice... The opticalRendu Light is also what I am looking to get. I keep spending money on other audio gear but it is on the to do list. My microRendu will suffice for the short term. | |
| Researching an "affordable Roon server/streamer, and my choice... A cheap computer and an opticalRendu I think is the best bang for the buck. Analog noise cannot travel on fibre optical wire. Run the ROON Core on the cheap computer (i5+) and get a network hub with fibre optical. https://www.ui.com/unifi-switchi... | |
| Honest Amp Reviews: Impossible? He has not reviewed a wide variety of amps yet due to his location and costs. He is trying to get the Benchmark AHB2 to compare with the Keces S300. Read up on the Topping A90 headphone amp. I hope it gets to 95% of the Benchmark HPA4, if so, it i... | |
| Best way to measure SPLs with computer interface for I used what kijankithanks recommended and discovered a few problems with my recent speaker purchase. I am fixing these issues now but the REW software and mic are now an important part of my system. | |
| Honest Amp Reviews: Impossible? @madavid0 https://soundnews.net/This site is gear toward headphone gear which have a lower price point than high brow A'gon gear. | |
| Thiel Owners I used to own the A23 with Thiel SCS4 (also Bryston 7B-SST) and it was a very warm sounding amp. I think I prefer the more neutral sounding amps with the CS3.7.https://www.parasound.com/a23.php | |
| Thiel Owners NAD M33 - I may have a listen to this tomorrow at the local shop.https://nadelectronics.com/product/m33-bluos-streaming-dac-amplifier/NAD has 2 more Purifi products a 7 channel and a pure 2 channel. They are working in close collaboration with Pur... | |
| Honest Amp Reviews: Impossible? I am guilty of chasing giant killer reviews. My new favorite reviewer is Soundnews.com from Hungary (headphone related). I actually bought 2 pieces last week based only on his reviews. After reading a lot of his reviews I agreed with this reviewer... | |
| Thiel Owners I had a Bryston 3B-ST and a 4B-ST and they were a little hard on top. I would not like it paired with my current 3.7. I also had a 7B-SST and even that was a little strong on top and I would not pair it with the 3.7. I did pair the 7B-SST with the... | |
| Speakers good for close to wall placement If you are open to using DSP then most speakers would work. |