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| Pontus, Brooklyn+ or Benchmark 3? Pros and Cons I have an all Benchmark stack, DAC3B | HPA4 | AHB2 x 2. I have yet to find anything that will replace it for my 2 channel Thiel CS3.7. Though I have had more expensive gear in recently, CODA CSiB and KRELL K-300i, I have always said I like the sam... | |
| Anyone interested in nearly perfection on a headphone a a great price?? I ended up getting the LSA HP-1 for him and sent my Topping A90 and Matirix Mini-i-3 Pro. So a full system right there.I am now also selling my Meze Empy. After the RAAL SR1a I do not want to listen to other headphones.My spring cleaning. It fee... | |
| Hegel H390 vs Krell Vanguard digital integrates amps @luckyrainbow63 I am glad you like the K-300i. I was deciding which one to keep last night and decided to sell my another amp instead (sold that amp in 10 minutes). So the KRELL will be with me long term. I need to get a nice speaker for it in the... | |
| EQ / Dsp... Who’s using them? I had my DSP professionally done. These links describe what and who did the work. The software used in my room was AudioLense though the other option was Accurate.My DSP is executing in the digital realm inside of ROON Core. So that means my 2 ana... | |
| Stereophile's 2021 products of the year People actually do take these ratings seriously. I sold a amp yesterday in 10 minutes after advertising it. The guy who bought it mentioned the Stereophile list in our phone conversation. It was not the only reason but did somewhat help me sell th... | |
| Hoping for a recommendation for stereo amp around $1500 or less ($2k max) @mapman I am not going to put the D-Sonic on my floor standers. I use all Benchmark for that. The D-Sonic is for my RAAL SR1a which are my "mini floor standers" (just love them). I wanted a little bit more warmth on the amp or preamp than the Benc... | |
| Hoping for a recommendation for stereo amp around $1500 or less ($2k max) I just bought the $1500 D-Sonic M3a-800s https://www.d-sonic.com/product/m3a-800s-stereo-amplifier/ For RAAL SR1a + CODA 07x + AudioMirror Tubadour III SEI have a 30 day trial on this. | |
| Tad me1 with 25w SET tueb amp, is it possible? @cleopt15 Try giving Mike Rose at Excel Audio in Newport Beach CA a call and ask him the same question. He loves tubes and loves the TAD ME1 though he demos them with the Luxman's. | |
| Hoping for a recommendation for stereo amp around $1500 or less ($2k max) @soix I see that you have recommended the D-Sonic M3a-800S amp a few times on A'Gon. Do you have this amp? If so what is the sound characteristic? Would it be a good match for a bright speaker? | |
| Looking For Best Headphones The RAAL SR1a are the best headphones and one of the best speakers I have heard. In fact, after the RAAL SR1a I no longer enjoy my Meze Empy so put them up for sale yesterday. I used to love the Empy.The RAAL is not cheap but I feel it is as good ... | |
| Tad me1 with 25w SET tueb amp, is it possible? I heard the ME1 with a Luxman 509x and then a m900u immediately afterwards. The m900u was so much better. The dealer told me that it was the bigger power supply in the m900u that was producing the magic.The ME1 is a great speaker. I was considerin... | |
| Buy a Simaudio Moon 390 or wait for a Bryaston BR-20 You will be going to more neutral gear with the new choices. Would your Be tweeters on the Kanata 2 be OK going away from the Parasound P6? I was thinking of getting a Paradigm Persona 3F at one time and the Sim and Bryston would not be what I wou... | |
| Soft, smooth organic SS integrated amps? The Peachtree NOVA line is smooth sounding. Mainly because the DAC is a little rolled off. The amp section of these units are rather good. The DAC and peamp are so-so but I enjoyed my time with it. | |
| Luxman tonality I thought this was a very good description of the tone of the Luxman.https://www.tonepublications.com/review/the-luxman-l-509x-integrated-amplifier/For argument and sake of reference point, if you were to put Boulder amplifiers (and we still had t... | |
| Kef LS50 They are great monitors. They sound great with good amplification. The best sound I have gotten from them were from a Benchmark AHB2 and my current setup with a KRELL K-300i integrated. These 2 are very different sounding but to me both sound grea... |