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| Innuous Zenith Mk III Arrives Tomorrow @snackeyp I just went through this thread and was curious about your impressions of the sound quality differences between the computer your were using and the Innuous Zenith Mk III? | |
| Buying advice: McIntosh vs SimAudio for Integrated Amplifier/DAC. SimAudio has a 10 year warranty. Almost as good as Bryston's 20 year amp warranty. Yamaha has a 10 year speaker warranty on the new NS 5000. Long warranty period to me means confidence by the manufacturer in their gear. | |
| Recommnedation for the BEST SOUNDING integrated amp up to $3500 You should also check out the Peachtree Nova 150, 300, or 500 to see if they sound as good as the more expensive recommendations. You maybe surprised with the Nova 150. It is a swiss army knife and sounds rather good.https://darko.audio/2019/05/th... | |
| Buying advice: McIntosh vs SimAudio for Integrated Amplifier/DAC. Simaudio Moon 390 vs. McIntosh Laboratory C47 Not exactly what you want but does talk about the 2 DACs. I would take SimAudio over a MAC. I have never been a fan of MAC's. I found them too dark sounding. https://www.soundstagehifi.com/index.ph... | |
| Peachtree Nova 300 Anybody do the upgrade from a Nova150 or Nova300 to the Nova500. There is a special price continuing this month for the upgrade. I have a Nova150 and it is $2K to get to the Nova500. Not sure if I should do it. | |
| Used DACs in the 10k range @smodactical This DAC does not get much noise on Audiogon but this is the expensive DAC I am interested in, Mola Mola Tambaqui. I have other lower cost options that I am looking at too. https://gttaudio.com/ Contact Bill Parish and see about a h... | |
| Big systems - Little rooms @soix I do not have room for subs in my office (I have a big desk in there). I am also not looking for very low bass, just more than what I currently have with my monitors. There are small floor standers with good bass that will fit into a space s... | |
| Big systems - Little rooms @sjtm The big speaker in a small room is something I am actually striving to do. I currently have an ideal monitor speaker in my small office, 12x11x9 but I am going to put a floor stander in their to join the club. I don't want a sub and I want t... | |
| Best integrated/power amplifier under $6000 @audiolabyrinth Thanks for your feedback on the Krell vs Luxman. I have 12+ hours to kill in Los Angeles in the first week of June. You have now given me something worthwhile to do. I know where to hear the Luxman but need to find a Krell XD on d... | |
| Is there an affordable long run XLR preamp to amp cable out there? @aberyclark https://www.dagogo.com/benchmark-audio-dac3-dx-ahb2-amplifiers-review/ The purpose of this comparison was not to render a final verdict of the Benchmark and SpeakON technology. That would take far more cable adjustments and listen... | |
| A little Patience sometimes pays off! (Kef LS50 content) @wildfoxinn Andrew Jones former employer has such a speaker, the TAD ME1 (maybe he was involced in the design). It is an incredible monitor speaker. Too expensive for my pocket but sounds great nevertheless. | |
| Best integrated/power amplifier under $6000 @audiolabyrinth Interesting comments on the Luxman 509x. I auditioned this integrated recently with a Luxman DAC + TAD ME1 speakers and I would not categorize the sound I heard as you described. I switched over to the Luxman separates and it was ... | |
| Best integrated/power amplifier under $6000 @dherring Your Hegel 590 is supposed to get ROON READY certification in late fall 2019. The new Hegel 390 integrated has ROON READY and this tech is supposed to be added to the 590. This was a big deal for me. | |
| What Are The Best DAC/Preamps Out There? Mola Mola Makua with DAC board. Look at the photos. https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis9a8di-mola-mola-makua-dac-preamp-da-converters Another one on my list is the Anthem STR pre though it is not a very high end unit. | |
| Speakers under $50k that rival $200k+ speakers? You may want to have somwhat interest in the KEF BLADE. I have heard 5 of your somewhat interest speakers and I would take the BLADE over those. |