yyzsantabarbara
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| Rockna Wavelight thoughts? Thanks Terry. I am leaning towards trying the tube one to go to the opposite extreme of the DAC3B. The DAC3B will still be the main DAC I use.So many quality DACs these days. | |
| Rockna Wavelight thoughts? How does the Audio Mirror Tubadour III SE DAC compare with the Rockna Wavelight? I am looking for a new main or second DAC that is sufficiently different sounding than my current main DAC, the very neutral and quiet Benchmark DAC3B.Ideally this ... | |
| Focal Headphone Repairs? Sorry to hear that, my headphone dealer who is also a Focal dealer told me to stay away from them because he was so upset with amount of repair work he had to coordinate. | |
| BEST SOUNDING SYSTEM FOR THE LEAST AMOUNT OF $$$$ I consider my system #2 a poor-ish man's system. Though some normal friends have said it is expensive.Benchmark: HPA4 + DAC3B + AHB2 x 2. This is not a system for rose colored glasses view of the music. It is neutral but not fatiguing. The headpho... | |
| Meze EMPYREAN + Benchmark DAC3B + Benchmark HPA4 I think I played the Empy for 100 hours on my amp stand before I listened. Luckily for my I have some external speakers connected to my Benchmark HPA4. I could drive the headphones and the preamp out to my amp (now sold) at the same time. So I was... | |
| Removing a ZERO from the price of amps The March Audio guy emailed me and said his stereo version comes out in the end of August 2020. I bought the Benchmark AHB2 last week and looking to buy a second AHB2 for mono block setup. I need a 3rd amp for my orphaned KEF LS50s and a Purifi am... | |
| Removing a ZERO from the price of amps Things change and move forward. We are talking about Purifi amps here and not the Class D you have heard. I am sure you have not heard these amps because almost no one else has. Here is a quote from someone who has and has reviewed a lot of amps. ... | |
| Benchmark LA4 Preamp? With that silence you hear music that was obscured before. The other night I wanted celebrate a big win by one of my sports teams. So I cranked up 2112 by RUSH because it was a Toronto team that won. I am listening on headphones via the HPA4, my M... | |
| ~$15K floorstanders: opinions sought @ wassaicwill Send me a PM is you want a few details on how I am moving forward on buying the Yammy. | |
| ~$15K floorstanders: opinions sought KEF Blade 2 can be bought new for $17K or used at lower coin. I find it a beautiful looking and an incredible sounding speaker.The Yamaha NS5000 may not look beautiful in pictures but when you see it in person you see how gorgeous it is. It is als... | |
| Preamp or DAC? @kellen I also went with the professional XLR StarQuad from Benchmark because the folks at Benchmark were very confident that these cables, which can carry a signal at 24 dBu+ (no idea what that means) will bring the best out of the system. Consum... | |
| Preamp or DAC? @kellen Congrats I have a feeling you will be very happy. Post your thoughts when you have it setup.BTW - someone asked me a PM question on some things I said on this thread. I am going to post my reply since someone else may find it useful. 1) I ... | |
| Preamp or DAC? BTW - use balanced XLR's for your Benchmark gear. Their StarQuad cables are very good. I also use Audience AU24e XLR's with them. | |
| Preamp or DAC? The HPA4 is something you should consider over the LA4. I was going to get the LA4 because I was not into headphones. However, people were saying that the HPA4 has one of the best headphone amps so I thought I may one day get headphones and be bum... | |
| Benchmark LA4 Preamp? Yes, I have heard similar about various entities. The reason I was interested on the review was not to read about the sound quality. I have demoed them so I already know. I want to learn more about the road map for the NS line of speakers. Sometim... |