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| Headphone amp + DAC + Volume + ROON READY So I went a completely different way with this just now. I bought a 10/10 used Bryston BHA-1 headphone amp for a little under $1K USD. I will use my Sony SCD-1 SACD/CD player and give my old discs a workout with this amp. I love that disk player b... | |
| Upcoming Neil Young album, Homegrown Vinyl. A must have? This is an excellent stream. Done when he was in his prime, 1975. | |
| Rush Permanent Waves 40th Anniversary Love the live stuff on this release. This recording sounds good on headphones. Feels like I am at the show.CFNY - was my local radio station as a teenager, "The Spirit of Radio". Though in the mid 80's it was not the cool Spirit of Radio RUSH sang... | |
| Impressions: $1k-$2k integrated amps Wait for a NAD unit with a Purifi amp module. The only one so far is the NAD Masters Series M33 at $5K (I think). Do some searches here on Purifi. | |
| Seeking advice on purchasing a new streamer @arafiq Can you post on this thread the URL where you got your opticalRendu package deal. Was it $999? I forgot where you had posted it before. | |
| New Magico A1 Bookshelf Speakers! Thanks for the update.I called the local dealer the other day and they have the A1 available for demo. I will go have a listen. I was told that the speakers can be placed close to a wall on a bookshelf but it will not sound nearly as good as on st... | |
| XLR Interconnects I am not technically inclined on these details so I am just going on recommendations and verifying for myself.Another recommendation made by a component designer on these forums, @atmasphere, was to look for components that support the AES48 XLR s... | |
| XLR Interconnects I am at the moment doing a comparison of XLRs between my DAC and preamp and amp. The amp is not the greatest but the headphone amp in the preamp is extremely revealing.The components are Benchmark DAC3B + Benchmark HPA4 + Peachtree NOVA 150 integr... | |
| DAC volume controls @kijanki I had the DAC3 HGC and the AHB2 with KEF LS50’s. It was great.I now have the DAC3B (no volume control) and the Benchmark HPA4 headphone amp and preamp. The headphone stuff is incredible with the HPA4 and I used to hate headphones.I am now... | |
| Headphone amp + DAC + Volume + ROON READY @gestalt After some more reading on the Gold Note DS-10 it seems like a very interesting unit, especially the ‘Chameleon’ DAC part of it. Gives me some idea of also using this unit with my KEF LS50 speakers and some funky new amp tech such as GAN ... | |
| Headphone amp + DAC + Volume + ROON READY @gestalt Well this does support all the features I was asking about. Looks like a excellent unit. Thanks. | |
| New Magico A1 Bookshelf Speakers! @gtlatsis Did you manage to have a demo of the A1? If so, what did you think? Can these speakers actually sound good on a bookshelf against a wall? | |
| Headphone amp + DAC + Volume + ROON READY I just saw a review for this DAC + Streamer + ROON READY, under 1K from Germany. https://wallofsound.ca/audioreviews/digital/lindemann-limetree-network-streamer-and-dac/ Easier on the wallet than the Chord for 5K. I am going to look closer on this... | |
| Recommended Speaker Design for Corner / Near-Wall Placement? I was reading today that the Magico A1 monitor is a sealed design without a port. Thus this speaker can be placed close to a back wall or even put on a bookshelf.I have never owned any speaker with such a design. I am curious if such speakers woul... | |
| Headphone amp + DAC + Volume + ROON READY Great to hear that you like the opticalRendu package. When I get the Chord Hugo TT2 for the bedroom I will pair it with my existing microRendu streamer. I will get the same opticalRendu package as you for my existing Benchmark DAC3B in the office ... |