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| Local dealer cuts store in half says audio is dead I recently got headphones and started hanging out in HP forums. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that a lot of the folks there were half my age. They were just as particular about getting good sound as in this forum but they have much less soni... | |
| Have you heard of Block audio monoblock amplifiers Do a search for Block Audio on this web site and it will return the hundreds of posts discussing them on this thread. https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/my-long-list-of-amplifiers-and-my-personal-review-of-each | |
| Best used integrated under $5k @ryder This was with 3 different speakers. - all Hegel components with the KEF Blade - all Mark Levinson components with Magico A3- all Luxman components with TAD ME1 and 2 sets of Harbeth somethingsNow each of these systems had either the integra... | |
| Best used integrated under $5k - Hegel 360- Luxman 509- ML 585 I have heard these 3 that were asked about. My money would go towards the ML 585. However, that thing is big. It did sound closer to the $20K ML separates that I also heard witht he same speakers. The Luxman 509x di... | |
| Resonessence Labs: Still in business? @roxy54 What do you think? Out of business or hibernation? I was looking to buy a used unit from USAudiomart but when I went to do some research on them for warranty and such. I got the feeling that they are no more. | |
| Lumin T2 dac gone bad? distortion "spitting" "splatty" in mids/highs I think this guy maybe the founder of Lumin. They are active on Computer Audiophile forum and Audioshark https://audiophilestyle.com/profile/24873-wklie/ | |
| Good Entry-Level DAC Any suggestions for a good power supply for the Topping E30? | |
| New Magico A1 Bookshelf Speakers! Anybody hear these speakers driven by a stereo or mono Benchmark AHB2 amp? I heard the bigger Magico A3 with my now sold stereo Benchmark AHB2 and it was not good. I would like to get the AHB2 again. I am thinking a mono configuration would solve ... | |
| Headphone amp + DAC + Volume + ROON READY So I went a completely different way with this just now. I bought a 10/10 used Bryston BHA-1 headphone amp for a little under $1K USD. I will use my Sony SCD-1 SACD/CD player and give my old discs a workout with this amp. I love that disk player b... | |
| Upcoming Neil Young album, Homegrown Vinyl. A must have? This is an excellent stream. Done when he was in his prime, 1975. | |
| Rush Permanent Waves 40th Anniversary Love the live stuff on this release. This recording sounds good on headphones. Feels like I am at the show.CFNY - was my local radio station as a teenager, "The Spirit of Radio". Though in the mid 80's it was not the cool Spirit of Radio RUSH sang... | |
| Impressions: $1k-$2k integrated amps Wait for a NAD unit with a Purifi amp module. The only one so far is the NAD Masters Series M33 at $5K (I think). Do some searches here on Purifi. | |
| Seeking advice on purchasing a new streamer @arafiq Can you post on this thread the URL where you got your opticalRendu package deal. Was it $999? I forgot where you had posted it before. | |
| New Magico A1 Bookshelf Speakers! Thanks for the update.I called the local dealer the other day and they have the A1 available for demo. I will go have a listen. I was told that the speakers can be placed close to a wall on a bookshelf but it will not sound nearly as good as on st... | |
| XLR Interconnects I am not technically inclined on these details so I am just going on recommendations and verifying for myself.Another recommendation made by a component designer on these forums, @atmasphere, was to look for components that support the AES48 XLR s... |