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| Thiel Owners As an FYI. Here is a link to the technical details of what I described in my past post on this thread. The author of this article is the person who did my DRC work. He is a big fan of Thiel's and used to own the CS3.7.https://audiophilestyle.com/c... | |
| Room Correction - Roon + REW (Room EQ Wizard) I outsourced the creation of Convolution files to AccousticSound.ca. https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/bits-and-bytes/what-is-accurate-sound-r923/They gave me instructions on creating the room measurements using REW (free) and the miniDSP UMIK-1 ($10... | |
| Thiel Owners I jumped the gun and decided to contact AccurateSound.ca to do the DRC from my ROON based music (not my tuner or SACD player). My speakers have 2 brand new COAX drivers with less than 10 hours burn-in, I was told 200 is needed. So far, with these ... | |
| DAC Choices - $5,000 to $7,000 I have a Benchmark DAC3B. I will be getting a Matrix Audio Mini-I 3 Pro DAC tomorrow to pair with either a Topping A90 preamp (got it today) or my existing Benchmark HPA4 preamp. The better DAC will go with the HPA4 system.Hopefully early next yea... | |
| Thiel Owners I took some measurements with the miniDSP mic and REW software to see if the new COAXs I installed (plus other wiring fixes) have resolved the SPL issues. I now see a beautiful LEF and RIGHT measurement chart with everything overlapping, just like... | |
| Benchmark DAC 3B Vs. Schiit Gungnir Multibit and a question. Not my experience with the DAC3B, no fatigue, and I listen for hours on end in my office with speakers and headphones. The DAC1 was another matter and I got fatigued easily with that old one.However, since I really have nothing else to do with th... | |
| Control volume with DAC or Preamp? @wolverine1 The scenario you describe sounds unusual. I have the same preamp as you, the HPA4 (LA4 + with headphone amp). My Benchmark DAC3B has no volume control but if I were to have a DAC with volume I would set the DAC's volume to fixed. The m... | |
| Thiel Owners A guy in Rochester NY is selling a CS3.7 for $4K but it is local pickup.Status update on my CS3.7 refurb.1) I was able to contact Rob Gillum today and we discussed the resistance measurements on my crossover. One speaker, the good one, had 0 resis... | |
| Persona 9h vs S3 mk 2 This was the system on the 3F demoPreamp/Streamer:https://nadelectronics.com/product/m12-digital-preamp-dac/https://nadelectronics.com/product/dd-bluos/Amp:https://nadelectronics.com/product/m22-stereo-power-amplifier/ Cables: speakers, IC, powerh... | |
| Honest Amp Reviews: Impossible? Thursday or Friday. The same reviewer had a new review out today saying the SMSL SH-9 THX-888 Headphone Amp at $289 was a better value than the Topping A9 at $500 and closer to the $3000 Benchmark AHB2. Both the AHB2 and the SH-9 are THX based am... | |
| Persona 9h vs S3 mk 2 I heard the 9H at a dealer today. I have heard the 5F at another dealer and loved it with SimAudio Moon gear. I heard the 3F with NAD gear at the same dealer and liked it enough to consider buying it (with other electronics). Today the 9H with Mar... | |
| Researching an "affordable Roon server/streamer, and my choice... The opticalRendu Light is also what I am looking to get. I keep spending money on other audio gear but it is on the to do list. My microRendu will suffice for the short term. | |
| Researching an "affordable Roon server/streamer, and my choice... A cheap computer and an opticalRendu I think is the best bang for the buck. Analog noise cannot travel on fibre optical wire. Run the ROON Core on the cheap computer (i5+) and get a network hub with fibre optical. https://www.ui.com/unifi-switchi... | |
| Honest Amp Reviews: Impossible? He has not reviewed a wide variety of amps yet due to his location and costs. He is trying to get the Benchmark AHB2 to compare with the Keces S300. Read up on the Topping A90 headphone amp. I hope it gets to 95% of the Benchmark HPA4, if so, it i... | |
| Best way to measure SPLs with computer interface for <$100. I used what kijankithanks recommended and discovered a few problems with my recent speaker purchase. I am fixing these issues now but the REW software and mic are now an important part of my system. |