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| Looking for a pre amp https://benchmarkmedia.com/blogs/application_notes/balanced-vs-unbalanced-analog-interfaces | |
| DACs to look at? If your friends are local, why not go over and listen to their system, since they have the same speakers. Many factors can make it sound awesome, the room they have it in is likely a huge factor.Oops, forgot we have a pandemic. | |
| DAC Measurements vs Actual Experience OMG!Do you actually think that "lousy, harsh, bright" would be allowed on a recording:- By the recording engineer?- By the mastering engineer?- By the record producer?- By the record label?- By the recording artist?Hmmm. No way. Ain’t gonna happ... | |
| Name an artist that had a great debut album and a great final album Listening to the Beatles right now. I like all their albums so got to go with them. | |
| DAC Measurements vs Actual Experience I have owned the DAC3 HGC + AHB2 and now the HPA4 preamp + DAC3B. The HPA4 is incredible and makes the DAC3B sound great. It sounds better than the DAC3 HGC. This preamp is so good that I am buying another LA4 (no headphone) for my downstairs syst... | |
| is this the greatest live band of all time? - I saw Pearl Jam open for U2 in Hawaii (2000's). That was good.- Pearl Jam in San Francisco was amazing (2000's).- Rush in Toronto and Vegas. Rush is always great.- Santana in Toronto (1990's) had me walking on air, so pumped up after that one.-... | |
| Wisdom of buying high priced digital gear (given new advancements underway) What does more expensive streamer get you? We are transferring bits over Ethernet or USB. My understanding is better streamers have lower analog noise transferred on the wire to the DAC. A fiber optical cable (not the same as Toslink) is said to n... | |
| Beryllium Tweets Yes, I have heard them. I "think" I loved them but the NS 5000 are a little large for my room. I am thinking a new model in-between the NS3000 (monitors) and the NS5000 will be released soon, maybe NS4000. If they do not release a new model I am ... | |
| Beryllium Tweets @kijanki I wonder where the new Yamaha NS5000 driver material fits into that list. Yamaha was the first to use Berylliumin in the 1970's. They are saying that their new material is better than Beryllium. | |
| Wisdom of buying high priced digital gear (given new advancements underway) I paid $1560 last month for a new Benchmark DAC3B. I was thinking this would be a good backup DAC or a DAC for the second headphone system I am also building. Well it turned out that the DAC3B sounds extremely good to my ears and the thoughts of ... | |
| Bryston 9B SST2----Stupid Question Here is the link to the 9B-SST2 manual. You can print it out and add it to the box. http://old.bryston.com/products/power_amps/9BSST-2.html | |
| GREAT NEWS! The Coda Technology new #16 amplifier will arrive this week Back in Jan or Feb 2020 I was PMing someone here who had bought the AHB2 and also the CODA # 15.5. The CODA was bought just before the #16 came out. It is supposed to have all the same circuitry as the #16 except for a smaller power supply. Last w... | |
| GREAT NEWS! The Coda Technology new #16 amplifier will arrive this week I have the spec sheets for both the CODA #8 and #16 from CODA. If someone can point me to a shared online location to upload, I can do so. A bit ridiculous that info is not available on the CODA web site however, the company is good at returning e... | |
| Between three different amps for Paradigm Personas I may get the 3F (in a funky orange colour) for my office. Almost at the point of flipping a coin on the speaker choice. The other choice is the Yamaha NS 5000, everyone tells me NOT to get the Yamaha because it is too powerful for my room. I thin... | |
| Your vote for greatest (covers) album Cover art The Clash: London CallingCover songCake: I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor song) |