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| More money toward better speakers or a better DAC? It is the Benchmark DAC3B in an all Benchmark system, DAC3B + HPA4 + 2 x AHB2 + Benchmark speaker cable + Benchmark StarQuad XLR (for all the Benchmark connections). My analog sources are connected by Audience AU24 SE XLR’s and RCA’s. I sold some ... | |
| External DAC? The Benchmark DAC3 HGC sounded very good to me. The Benchmark DAC3B (no volume) with the Benchmark HPA4 preamp sounds even better. Both of these DAC3's have the same conversion engine. The volume control on the HPA4 is one of the best and it is su... | |
| Decent tuner with a headphone output and volume control I do the same thing as you in my bedroom system. I used to have a Bryston BHA-1 headphone amp with a SACD player and the Sony XDR-F1HD. I just recenlty sold the BHA-1. I get a great station on the FM dial, which sometimes plays vinyl too. The same... | |
| More money toward better speakers or a better DAC? People who say a DAC is for 3 - 5 years must be people who like to rotate gear. If you are into the music more than the gear a DAC can last you as long as you want. My $1580 DAC that I have now will last me until I die or it dies first. Music soun... | |
| Thiel Owners I think they must have hired the Audiogon developers to help them. I called the 2 contact numbers listed and both do not work. | |
| More money toward better speakers or a better DAC? A low cost DAC these days ($1500 - $3000) is of incredible quality. Even reviewers of $15K+ DACs are saying this in their reviews, such as in a Bartok DAC review I just read (and others such as Jeff Fritz of SoundstageUltra.com). If you have speak... | |
| Main Audiogon site barely works? I guess the developers of this site said "let's see what happens" instead of running some staging tests before deploying to production.People selling gear on this site just lost a couple of days of paid ad views. | |
| Removing a ZERO from the price of amps @ddafoe That c-298 is what I have been waiting for the second system. I wonder what the sonic sacrifices are in mono block form.I also have a new AHB2 and love it. Your comparison with the PASS X250.8 seems like comparing 2 totally different soni... | |
| What makes a DAC so expensive? The GAIA can even accept multiple inputs, so a many-2-many distribution point.My interest in it is to try different DACs into the system while comparing against my reference Benchmark DAC3B. These DACs would not measure the same so their will be s... | |
| What makes a DAC so expensive? @djones51 Have you paid attention to the new Denafrips GAIA DDC unit that recently came out. From a connectivity stand point it would be very convenient for me. A single Sonore microRendu connected to a GAIA which is then connected to a multiple D... | |
| Magico A1 REVIEW Matched With A Copland CSA100 Amp ! I wonder if these speakers need a warm amp. The Soundstage rave review used the Purifi which maybe not warm. The Copeland in this review seems to have a tube in the preamp. My new gear is not warm.This review covers on issue I had with the A3. I t... | |
| Meze EMPYREAN + Benchmark DAC3B + Benchmark HPA4 @frederick21 That is a great combo. I just upgraded my WyWires Platinum from 5 foot to 9 foot for my Empy and it is a great cable. I am also done with the headphone stuff on system #1. I may buy a second HPA4 now that I sold my Bryston BHA-1 for s... | |
| ls FM radio even listenable any more? Not all FM is played from disks or digital files. The station I mentioned spins records if the DJ's have them. | |
| New Goats Head Soup @jaybe I am currently listening to disk 3. Is that live concert also messed up from your readings? It is hard to tell with concerts since they tend to be of average sound quality. Whatever, the case I am really getting into disk 3. Have not liste... | |
| New Goats Head Soup Disk 3 of this new release is great. My Stones remixes from the early 90's were some of my best digital disks. I think it was the Virgin Remasters. |