yyzsantabarbara
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| The psychological factor What preamp are you using?With my Benchmark HPA4 preamp and AHB2 amp set to low gain setting (the defaults) I really need to move the volume control to the far right to get high volume, just the way I like it. This combo also sounds great at low v... | |
| DAC choices -- help me cross the line Here is something on XLR vs RCA from a great audio designer.https://benchmarkmedia.com/blogs/application_notes/balanced-vs-unbalanced-analog-interfaces | |
| ls FM radio even listenable any more? Friday night listening to some cool FM music on my MD 102 with headphones while the rest of the house is asleep. Great sound quality. | |
| Denafrips Avatar looks the goods Sounds like the same problem Magico had for the $9800 A3 speaker. It was selling fast and the price increased to $12K+ | |
| Hate fireplace in home theater room I hate fireplaces. Can you tear it down? | |
| DAC choices -- help me cross the line Is there are benefit to using the XLR outputs vs the RCA on the Tubadour . It seems to me you have to choose one of the 2 when the unit is being built. That is it does not come with both outputs. I will be connecting the Tubadour to a Benchmark HP... | |
| DAC choices -- help me cross the line How long does the tube on the Tubadour last? Never had tubes so this we be new to me.Nevermind.Expected tube life for 5977 subminiature tubes is >5000 hrs. | |
| All New NAD Master M33 Integrated Amp // GAME CHANGER ?.. Just watched the Darko review. I am also going to be doing different filter curves (like Dirac) for my setup using convolution files running inside ROON. This will only work for my digital streaming unlike the M33 which also does the analog source... | |
| All New NAD Master M33 Integrated Amp // GAME CHANGER ?.. I am waiting on the next NAD amp without all of the bells and whistles that the M33 has. A pure amp with a Purifi module. I hope it will be the next Purifi modules that will be even more powerful than the first batch which is in the M33.As I type ... | |
| What makes a DAC so expensive? I am in the get a transparent DAC camp as @djones51 mentioned.I got a Benchmark DAC3B which I was going to use as a DAC on my lesser bedroom system. I was going to get a much costlier DAC for my office system. However, when I added the DAC3 to the... | |
| FM vs. HD RADIO.... anybody think FM is better? HD is terrible, I have the famous Sony HD model whose number escapes me. FM is pretty great with my Magnum Dynalab. | |
| ls FM radio even listenable any more? @lp2cd Here is a Facebook link to a former old CFNY DJ that still spins tunes on the net. https://www.facebook.com/The-Live-Earl-Jive-103836561312635 https://www.facebook.com/RadioJive You should check out KCRW.com if you liked the old CFNY. KC... | |
| ls FM radio even listenable any more? I grew up in Toronto listening to Q107 and CFNY "The Spirit of Radio". I kind of wasted my time with Q107 but CFNY was rather great back in the day, but they were slowly declining when I started listening. They are awful now. Great thing back then... | |
| New In 2020 @maxnewid thanks for the heads up. | |
| Has Radicalizing the Rig Led to Revolutionized Listening? The older I get the more metal I listen to. Mostly 1970's stuff. Did not listen to too much of that when I was a teenager in the 80's. Nice to hear it with great electronics. |