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| RAAL 1995 headphones, Magna and Immanis (10) RAAL 1995 Immanis - Reviews | Headphone Reviews and Discussion - Head-Fi.org This is an incredibly detailed review. Comparisons are made against all the current TOTL phones, including the $60k Sennheiser HE1. Sennheiser HE-1 Review: $59,000... | |
| Benchmark AHB2 Power Cable Upgrade I have had the AHB2 many times over the past decade. I no longer have it but I did a lot of speaker cable comparisons before I sold it. Mainly because the AHB2 was the best amp to hear the gear. The speaker cable that Benchmark sells is really go... | |
| Magnepan LRS plus & Atma-Sphere digital amps The LRS+ is really good and needs high current. The limitation of the LRS+ is the details that it reproduces. The detail retrieval is not up to the level of my Yamaha NS5000 speakers and the RAAL 1995 Immanis headphones. However, those two are com... | |
| Album(s) That Took The Longest To Come Around To The Isley Brothers was just another band for me but with the advent of streaming they are now in my top 5. I love the stuff from the early 70’s, especially the 3+3 album. It was also interesting to learn that Jimi Hendrix got his first proper gui... | |
| RAAL 1995 headphones, Magna and Immanis (12) RAAL 1995 Immanis - Reviews | Headphone Reviews and Discussion - Head-Fi.org | |
| Looking for a CD / SACD player. Also, tell me about Esoteric Please correct me if I’m wrong- no more Oppo, no more Sony, etc as to getting a more or less cheap transport and using a nice D/A converter? That is what I do. I get DSD and PCM out of my Oppo ($200) and into my DACs. I have tested with Benchma... | |
| Anyone listen to entire albums? Entire albums all the time via streaming. Great thing is after the album is done the ROON RADIO kicks in based on the album played and my listening habits. I sometimes listen to entire box set in one sitting. Like the recent Tina Turner - Queen ... | |
| RAAL 1995 headphones, Magna and Immanis Raal 1995 Immanis Ribbon Headphones – Early Impressions | Head-Fi, Portable & Desktop Audio, Hearables (stereonet.com) | |
| Speakers 10 years old or older that can compete with todays best, I was attracted to my 9-year-old design Yamaha NS5000 speaker because it is the successor to old NS1000 speaker from the 1970's. I think that was made for about 30 years and considered a classic. The NS5000 has some of the best drivers I have eve... | |
| Why are high efficiency speakers preferred for low volume listening? My not so efficient speakers, Magnepan LRS+, sound great at low volume. I find that low volume greatness requires a very quiet chain. I use a Benchmark HPA4 preamp and Sanders Magtech amp. The LRS+ is actually hard to drive but imy setup sounds g... | |
| Schiit Aegir-Burn in Period I bought and then sold a lot of gear that cost a lot more than the Schitt gear I had. The amps and preamps from them are good and bettered by other gear I have. The Yggi+ DAC is amazing, both of mine are keepers, the OG and the LIM. I am done buyi... | |
| Best streamer to replace my Mac Mini? Waiting for reviews on this unit which I think will be great. Auralic Aries S1 streamer | |
| Auralic Aries S1 streamer This steamer could be a killer unit. A shame it does not have fibre input. However, I did have a streamer from Playback Designs, Stream-IF, that was able to compete against 2 fibre based streamers that I also had. The Lumin X1 and the Sonore Optic... | |
| Schiit Aegir-Burn in Period @grh1958 Congrats on the Aegir working for you. I have not heard the Vidar but I would rather take a chance on the Aegir over the Vidar. Even though the Aegir is low cost it is a rather good Class A. My Aegir 1 suffers a bit from mechanical noise ... | |
| All around headphone amp recommendations I have 3 2-channel preamps that are rather good to great headphone amps. 1) Benchmark HPA4 (neutral, $3.5k) 2) Holo Audio Serene (a bit warmer than the HPA4 $3.3k) 3) Schitt Audio Mjolnir v3 (a warm Class A sound, $1.3k) I will be using all 3 ... |