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| Yamaha NS5000 Toed in a just a tiny bit. Townsend Podiums are placed under the rounded spikes. Made a nice improvement on the sound. The thing that you will notice about the NS5000 is the incredible coherence in the sound. You cannot tell what the 3 drivers a... | |
| ATC SCM150 Amp and Preamp recommendations @dpac996 I was reading a post by someone who got the $3k streamer from PBD and also owned the more expensive PBD one. The person said they kept the cheaper one and sold the uber streamer. BTW - Nagra licensees the streamer tech from the PBD USB-X... | |
| ATC SCM150 Amp and Preamp recommendations Rotel Mitchi M8 is a nuclear weapon when it comes to power. Stereophile has a review on these monos. I have heard the stereo version of the M8. | |
| ATC SCM150 Amp and Preamp recommendations My 2 amps are very powerful. The incredible CODA #16 and the shockingly good $2k Schitt Wotan (needs a lot of break-in). The CODA has some serious current because the 150 watts of power are way more powerful than some other higher watt amps I hav... | |
| Does other Audiogon members' opinion carry any weight for you ? I would never listen to anyone in a group that has me as a member. | |
| Building a second, vinyl focused system. Speaker advice needed! (<$10k) How big the room? Strong performance at both low and high volumes. I listen at night a lot and still want a good experience without disturbing others. The speaker shouldn't get congested at higher volumes though since I do like to play em lo... | |
| Conflicted with Preamps You also need to consider break-in. I had the same dilemma with the Schitt Yggi+ LIM DAC that I got converted to MIB. Should I sell it immediately in the unopened box or listen. I was going to buy a second used Schitt Yggi+ OG to replace the MB. ... | |
| DAC 'Scam' Vid I went from a $15K DAC to a $2800 DAC and that was a huge conic improvement. I am trying to buy the same $2800 DAC for another system. | |
| Best Holographic Speakers ~$7k per pair BTW - for Maggies (huge soundstage) you can get them to sound good with a used Sanders Magtech amp for $4k. I had one and sold it. I currently use a Schitt Wotan at $2k to drive my Magnepan Mini. It has stronger bass than the Magtech. This amp is ... | |
| Best Holographic Speakers ~$7k per pair Los Angeles has a lot of great stores. A friend of mine in the audio business is coming out with a new open baffle speaker. That thing sounded great when I heard his working prototype. He is in Ventura. I am going see if I can hear maybe the fina... | |
| Best DAC you ever heard list. 1.Budget under 1k 2. Mid Under 5k 3. Cost no Object. I hate a like - hate relationship with the Topping 90se. However, it is the best under $1k DAC I have heard. For me #2 and #3 are the same DAC, the Schitt Yggi+ OG ($2800). | |
| Sound quality differences in streamers @verdantaudio Did you ever get the things you needed to get fibre optic to work on the Linn DAC you had? I provided you some links on Amazon and maybe Sonore for the required components. BTW - I think I got the PlayBack Design STREAM-IF streamer ... | |
| Is Roon The Best Sounding Option For Us? Get Roon BEHIND a fibre optic cable and you can then run Roon on any decent computer. I use a $500 DELL micro-computer that has no monitor | keyboard | mouse. I just RDP into the machine on the rare time I need to do something on the Roon Core ser... | |
| Parasound JC5, Pass X250.8, Coda No. 8 V2 Recommendation The Schitt Wotan at $2k compares well with the CODA #8 v1 that I owned. I now own the CODA #16 which is better than the Wotan (own it) and CODA #8. The Wotan need a lot of hours to get some top end hardness to totally go away. I use the amp with ... | |
| Preamp Options under $3500 I have a Schitt Kara F preamp that replaced the 4x more expensive Holo Audio Serene. The Serene was very good but after a head-2-head with a friend's DIY preamp, the bloom fell off the Serene for me. I figured the $799 Kara F would be very close ... |