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| Magico A3 vs Magico S1 MK2 I demoed the A3 with Mark Levinson 585, almost as good (85%) as the 60K combined ML preamp + amp + DAC system with the A3. You can get the ML 585 used now for around $6-7K. Great pairing with the A3.The 585 is still supposed to be better than the ... | |
| Integrated Amplifier for Focal Sopra 3 You should have a listen to the 2 new Hegel integrated, 390 and 590. | |
| Magico A3 vs Magico S1 MK2 @kingbarbuda I heard the A3 with my stereo Benchmark AHB2 and it was not that great, the sound seemed collapsed into the speakers. Have you compared the AHB2 in stereo mode vs AHB2 mono blocks with the A3? I had a suspicion that the single AHB2 am... | |
| New KEF Reference 5 speakers @allhifi There are 5 Blades on sales today on A'gon, 4 of them by dealers. Dealers hardly ever sell Blades on A'gon in the past. It was mostly consumers. My money is on an new upgraded version of the Blades in the pipeline. | |
| Preamps with Dual XLR Outputs The balanced standard is important to me for the reasons you have pointed out in many A'gon threads.That switch is an nice thing to know about. My old Bryston amps had that switch in their amps.Thanks for the sharing of knowledge. | |
| Benchmark ABH2 compared to Merrill Element Series and other ultra high end amps @dr_joe I hope you can post some info on the comparison. I am interested in the LA4 vs something in the Boulder 1012 price range, the Mola Mola Makua. | |
| Preamps with Dual XLR Outputs @dr_joe That is some out of the box thinking. https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/AvocetIIa--crane-song-avocet-iia http://www.cranesong.com/Avocet_PAR.pdf Do you do streaming from Tidal or Qobuz. If so how do you do it into this DAC? Is ... | |
| Amp and Preamp recommendations for Yamaha NS5000 I mentioned to smodtactical that I thought it would be an upgrade from 4B-SST to 14B-SST2 for 2 reasons. 1) The SST line is a little coarse on top. I owned 4B-SST, PowerPac 300, and 7B-SST for many years with various speakers, I know Bryston. The ... | |
| Luxman m-900u owners - quick question @4425 What about a more neutral and quieter preamp, instead of the Luxman c900u, such as the Benchmark LA4 or Mola Mola Makua preamp. It is not so much a question of funds for me but the issue of number of boxes in limited space. I heard the c900... | |
| Linn Klimax DSM The DAC technology comes in different flavors as well with the new Katalyst being the best. This is all I am saying. @photomax what is inaccurate about my post.Actually I got a lot of my info on the other Linn units from HiF Wigwam for which I ... | |
| Linn Klimax DSM I have heard the Linn Select DSM with the upgraded DAC. I believe this DAC is now the best in the Linn lineup. I liked the DAC quite a bit and I considered the Selekt for a DSP enabled preamp. However, the Linn was not ROON READY and they are a li... | |
| Yamaha NS 5000 http://sonicvisions.org/index.php?threads/yamaha-ns5000-impressions.44/ | |
| MSB vs dCS Bartok @4425 https://www.tonepublications.com/review/the-dcs-bartok-dac/ Compares the various DCS units | |
| Amp and Preamp recommendations for Yamaha NS5000 @jtgofish What gear have you tried with your NS5000's. | |
| Has anyone heard the new PS Audio Strata, Integrated Amp/DAC/streamer? If we are going to diverge on this thread about Purefi. I will add that Computer Audiophile has a great interview with the Purefi team. The thing that caught my eye was Bruno's quote that the goal of the company was too to remove a zero from the ... |