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| What makes a DAC so expensive? I am in the get a transparent DAC camp as @djones51 mentioned.I got a Benchmark DAC3B which I was going to use as a DAC on my lesser bedroom system. I was going to get a much costlier DAC for my office system. However, when I added the DAC3 to the... | |
| FM vs. HD RADIO.... anybody think FM is better? HD is terrible, I have the famous Sony HD model whose number escapes me. FM is pretty great with my Magnum Dynalab. | |
| ls FM radio even listenable any more? @lp2cd Here is a Facebook link to a former old CFNY DJ that still spins tunes on the net. https://www.facebook.com/The-Live-Earl-Jive-103836561312635 https://www.facebook.com/RadioJive You should check out KCRW.com if you liked the old CFNY. KC... | |
| ls FM radio even listenable any more? I grew up in Toronto listening to Q107 and CFNY "The Spirit of Radio". I kind of wasted my time with Q107 but CFNY was rather great back in the day, but they were slowly declining when I started listening. They are awful now. Great thing back then... | |
| New In 2020 @maxnewid thanks for the heads up. | |
| Has Radicalizing the Rig Led to Revolutionized Listening? The older I get the more metal I listen to. Mostly 1970's stuff. Did not listen to too much of that when I was a teenager in the 80's. Nice to hear it with great electronics. | |
| Sold my Linn Klimax Solo, now I wanted an Integrated The new Mola Mola Kula integrated amp. Has one of the best DACs inside it. It is a shame that they did not use a Purifi amp model (pretty sure they did not). Which is shocking since Bruno was associated with Mola Mola (in the past) and now Purifi.... | |
| No "Room Correction" Topic option. Why? I did something very acoustically low tech this week. It could be a smart or a stupid idea. It was done for my back health and to also get away from my desktop computer while I listen to headphone music. So less A’gon posts by me.I got a big bean ... | |
| Keep investing in peripherals to make expensive an DAC work in my system, or get a new DAC Thanks for the feedback on the "after BHA-1 amps". I will take a look at the first 2 you mentioned. I am also going to look at this amp, Broadway by Eleven Audio XIAUDIO Fully Balanced Headphone Amplifierhttps://abyss-headphones.com/collec...io-f... | |
| Keep investing in peripherals to make expensive an DAC work in my system, or get a new DAC Yesterday I was discussing the LA4 with someone who uses is the Davinci DAC from DCS. He uses the LA4 (same as the HPA4 minus headphone amp) and thinks it is great. Maybe your sound issue is the headphone amp of the Bartok. https://forum.audiog... | |
| Keep investing in peripherals to make expensive an DAC work in my system, or get a new DAC Why not give the HPA4 a free home trial. You put the Bartok XLR outputs into input #1 of the HPA4 which is supposed to be optimized for DACs. Last night I went to bed listening to the BHA-1 + Meze and Springsteen's River album. That edginess you ... | |
| Benchmark LA4 Preamp? Going from the warm sound to no sound maybe something to see if you would like with a home trial first. What amps and source do you have? | |
| No "Room Correction" Topic option. Why? They acoustic engineer who will be helping me next with my room + speakers told me to consider the following.PS. Heavy velour drapes like https://www.acoustic-curtains.com/curtains/acoustic-curtains/ work wonders.I initially worked with GIK Acous... | |
| Keep investing in peripherals to make expensive an DAC work in my system, or get a new DAC I have the Meze Empy but not a lot of headphone experience. I get fatigue real quick with a bad setup so I was reluctant to go to headphones but I took a chance. I now have the Benchmark HPA4 and the Bryston BHA-1 headphone amps. I upgraded my Mez... | |
| Benchmark LA4 Preamp? @fast I hated headphones since I thought they sounded awful and gave me fatigue. The HPA4 was reputed to be one of the best headphone amps in the world. So for $500 more than the LA4 I thought it would be a good idea to get the HPA4, just in case ... |