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| Focal Kanta No 2 Why would tubes make a Beryllium driver sound brighter. I thought tubes would be beneficial in taming a brighter speaker?BTW - I have seen some recent ads for a new Kanta 2 for $6K from dealers. | |
| Meze EMPYREAN + Benchmark DAC3B + Benchmark HPA4 I noticed some changes now with the headphones around 192 hours. Those details that I was saying were a little subdued have now shown up. I noticed with this as I was listening to Keith Moon’s drumming during 2 hours of playing The Who. The decay ... | |
| Are integrated amps technically better than separates? @aberyclark I forgot to add that I also compared the Mark Levinson 585 integrated, which is the best integrated I have heard. I don't bother with stuff too expensive since I don't find uber priced gear that interesting, except speakers.I compared... | |
| Comparing Powerline Ethernet to WiFi for streaming audio Did you ever compare a direct Ethernet connection to your Optical Rendu vs Powerline? I am also intrigued by Aurelic's use of WiFi. They seem like the only company that has advocated WiFi to get music to the DAC. I have similar streaming setup a... | |
| Best DAC for around $2,500 or less As someone who bought the DAC3B last week and owned a DAC2 and a DAC1 (and even a DAC3 HGC). I say get the DAC2 if you like the Benchmark sound. I could not really tell the difference between the 2 and the 3. I got the new DAC3B for $1560 and the ... | |
| Meze EMPYREAN + Benchmark DAC3B + Benchmark HPA4 I am going to buy the Benchmark AHB2 after July 15th tax date or next week if I decided to be stupid, to make an all Benchmark system. I had it in the past and sold it. It is way better than the amp section of the Peachtree NOVA 150 integrated I a... | |
| Are integrated amps technically better than separates? Well Pete, the Luxman integrated is all that Luxman have in there SS stable, so it seemed like the appropriate comparison. I did say that the Luxman 700 series maybe more appropriate comparison for the 509x. I was comparing units from within the s... | |
| Meze EMPYREAN + Benchmark DAC3B + Benchmark HPA4 I am currently listening to the brilliant Lux Prima from Karen O and Danger Mouse. It was one of the first albums I played on the Meze with when it was close to 72 hours burn-in. This album was played everyday by me for weeks when it came out last... | |
| Meze EMPYREAN + Benchmark DAC3B + Benchmark HPA4 I should have added that I was listening to stuff like Nora Jones, Sinead O’Conner, Pink Floyd and a ton of FM radio (KCRW Santa Monica) when the headphones were breaking in. Now I got the tried and true RUSH playing Clockwork Angels on the headph... | |
| What are you streaming tonight? The Live Series: Songs of Summer: Bruce SpringsteenCame out on May 15, 2020. Lot of fun. | |
| Are integrated amps technically better than separates? I compared the Luxman 509x integrated vs the Luxman c900u and m900u. The separates were so much better. Now maybe I should have compared with the Luxman c700u and m700u to make it an apples-to-apples comparison. I compared the Hegel 360 with the t... | |
| streaming with benchmark2-dx DAC - problem - no signal to preamp Benchmark DAC3 USB is defaulted to v1.1 (likely the same on DAC2). You may need to switch to USB 2.0 on the DAC. On my DAC3B I had to hold 2 buttons (input + lock) down for 5 seconds and the DAC switched to USB 2.0.I am using a Sonore microRendu t... | |
| Yamaha NS 5000 https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=https://www.lowbeats.de/erster-test-yamaha-a-s3200-das-spezielle-japan-high-end/ | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 @halcro I love Bob Marley myself, there is Bob Marley and everyone else below. I was a kid in the 70's (less than 10 years old) who visited Jamaica and learned about Marley.A few years ago I was walking along a beach in Santa Barbara, CA and I he... | |
| Benchmark ABH2 compared to Merrill Element Series and other ultra high end amps @soundhound Thanks for the feedback. It is what D Schieder (sp?) said in his Dagago review but that was only 1 person's feedback. I am also using good interconnects, Audience Au24SE (not sure of exact model). It sounds great. I contacted Audience ... |