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| Preamp choices:Short list https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/benchmark-media-systems-la4-line-amplifier-and-dac3-b-dac This is an incredible BALANCED preamp (read the TAS review from 3 weeks ago). It will not alter your signal with "enhancements" that a lot of peopl... | |
| From Canada to USA - buying used stereo from private sale I sold a DAC to a guy in Canada last week. He paid for shipping to Canada and sent me a PDF with the shipping label. He used these guys,https://www.eshipper.com/Now this is into Canada I am not sure about the opposite direction. For Customs he dec... | |
| What does Roon give me beyond just Tidal HiFi? I spent $450 on a ROON lifetime subscription in 2015 an amazing purchase. Here is what I use ROON for today:#1 Running a Convolution filter for my small room system with big speakers in it. System sounds perfect. I know what not perfect is since I... | |
| Paradigm Persona B vs 3F vs other competitors - any experience? @kenjit what are the sound differences between the Dynaudio confidence 20 and vimberg amea? I was interested in both myself. | |
| Paradigm Persona B vs 3F vs other competitors - any experience? I heard the following before I bought an old time favorite instead. In order of preference of these new speakers (which I heard). These were demoed to fit into a small room. I have a virtual system of this room with photos to give some perspective... | |
| Headphone Eq the hard way and the easy way. I have the Benchmark AHB2 (x2) | HPA4 | just sold the DAC3B.I also used all Benchmark StarQuad to run the gear at professional signal levels. More info is posted on the Benchmark website on the Balanced and Unbalanced article.I sold the DAC3B and ... | |
| RAAL SR1a Headphone + RAAL HSA-1b Headphone amp Rush fans, listen to them on this combo. Wow, like seeing them live.In some other A'gon posts I was debating whether to get a Halo May KTE DAC and/or the AudioByte VOX | ZAP | HUB. The Halo mainly to tame harshness. After the DSP adjustment with t... | |
| Best Amp With Some Warmth and Midrange Magic To Pair With The RAAL Requsite SR1a's? RAAL HSA-1b. I do not think crossing the AMP INTERFACE and also speaker wire can beat a direct connection like the HSA-1b. I am listening to the HSA-1b as I type this. So in that vein, I would assume the Schitt J something punches above the weight... | |
| Holo Audio May DAC Thanks guys. | |
| Is HD Radio okay compared with FM? It is awful in my experience. My radio station out of Santa Monica, KCRW broadcasts 2 signals and the HD one was not as good as FM. However, today with COVID the quality of the broadcasts are pretty crap, I think MP3 level, because the DJ's are no... | |
| Holo Audio May DAC How do the XLR and RCA outputs compare on the KTE? | |
| 2021 audio system wish list On New Years eve I stayed home and demoed the RAAL SR1a and HSA-1b headphone amp. Unfortunately, I will have to now buy both of these pieces. It is 3AM and I am playing album after album. Going to start the New Year pretty tired.I tried the SR1a w... | |
| Thiel Owners On New Years eve here in California I am hunkered down and listening to a new headphone and new headphone amp that sounds so much like my Thiel CS3.7. Today, I managed to score demo units of the RAAL SR1a ribbon headphone and the RAAL HSA-1b headp... | |
| 2021 audio system wish list Expanding my system now that I got it setup just right.1) Getting a second AHB2 amp (ordered and arriving in January)2) UltraCap LPS 1.2 for microRendu (ordered coming in February)3) RAAL SR1a Headphone to pair with AHB2(s) (maybe in January) 4) A... | |
| Purifi Class D: Junk? I've been told by experienced audiophiles here and elsewhere that the default Hypex board is junk You also need to ask them about their last hearing test just so you have a proper baseline. There are some pretty good class D out there. My Peac... |