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Dynaudio Contour C60 or Magico A3 or Vandersteen Treo CT
Dynaudio introduced new drivers for the Contour line (I think it was this one) in the 2018 Munich show. These speakers may not be available yet but if I were in the market for Dynaudio I would want to check out those new drivers, since people were... 
Thiel Owners
@sandydennis11  My fav speakers are #2 Thiel CS 3.7 and #1 KEF Blades. If you have the room those Blades would be an improvement from my side of the fence. 
Advice for killer desktop speakers
Audience 1+1 v2 with Benchmark amplifier is what I have. I will upgrade to v3 next Saturday. I have been blabbing about the Audience + Benchmark combo on various threads since the beginning of this year.Next Saturday I am going to also listen to t... 
Small dedicated listening rooms
@luckytiger1 My current office is even smaller and I am currently running Audience 1+1 V2 (next week upgrade to V3) speakers. The V3 iteration are $3K new. I have Benchmark DAC3L ($2K) and Benchmark AHB2 amp ($3k) + computer + Sonare microRendu. S... 
Best used integrated for under $5000
@mountainsong Can you elaborate why you preferred the Gamut integrated over the Luxman 509x? 
What internet stations are you donating to this year?
https://www.kcrw.com/ 
Best used integrated for under $5000
@marrduk24 I am keeping my eye on the following shootout by one of the dealers represented here on A'Gon. His Kinki integrated ($2.4K new) is getting a lot of positive feedback. I have also been looking at the Coda Integrated (($5K new) for a whil... 
Best used integrated for under $5000
@audiotroy Are you sure about your new website URL. I cannot hit it. 
DENAFRIPS DAC ---- Owner Impressions, Feedback, General Discussion, Questions and more....
@david_ten Thanks for the info. I also do not want to do any conversions from USB to I2S. I was hoping for something that did Ethernet-to-I2S directly. Maybe the folks at Sonare read this and come up with a new Rendu offering? I am going to email ... 
Road trip to demo $10,000 speakers
I am doing a similar trip on Sept 29th in Los Angeles. I will hear the Magico A3 and the Vivid Kaya 45 (or 90). I was hoping to go to Upscale Audio to hear the Focal Kanta but they are closed on Sat. I will likely do a second trip to hear those sp... 
DENAFRIPS DAC ---- Owner Impressions, Feedback, General Discussion, Questions and more....
I just spent an hour reading this thread, instead of working. I am interested in how people would connect the DT to a music server via the 12S connection. In my current rig I have a powerful desktop computer running ROON, my music server. I send t... 
Hegel H590
A few reviews on the H590 post on the Hegel web site. 
$20k speakers that really impressed you
Thiel CS 3.7 ($6K now)Kef Blade 2 ($13K now). I listed used prices. 
Hegel H360 or H590 or Constellation Inspiration Integrated 1.0 for Magico A3
@tangramca I am expecting the H590 to sound like or better than the H30 mono block amps. Hegel designer stated the design goal was to make the best amp they could and said "why not make it an integrated" 
TASH SULTANA
@amg56  thanks, checking out the WGBH concert now. Very cool. Talented and unique.