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| Blade vs S5 vs Avior vs Hansen's Prince E's I posted a reply 2 days ago. Seems like somebody is asleep at the wheel. | |
| Blade vs S5 vs Avior vs Hansen's Prince E's I heard them in Bel Air, CA in the same room as the Magico Q7. I was with a group from the L.A. Audio Society. Both the Model T's and Magico Q7 were hooked up to the Bryston 28B-SST2 (what I went to hear). The Model T sounded really good and the p... | |
| Blade vs S5 vs Avior vs Hansen's Prince E's I auditioned the following in the past year and I decided to buy the Blades + Bryston amps. I could live with most of these speakers but the Blades were my favourite Thiel CS 3.7 + Classe amps Vienna Accoutics Kiss with Audio Research digital amps... | |
| Desktop System DAC Benchmark DAC2 is amazing and so versatile. It maybe a little expensive for a desktop (like I use) but I do not see myself changing this DAC for the next 20 years. I have a tuner hooked up, cable TV, and a USB computer for my FLAC's. The speakers ... | |
| Compare Benchmark DAC2 with Alpha dac 1 and 2? Check out the current issue of Stereophile that does some comparisons of the DAC2 with other DACs. | |
| KEF LS 50 vs beolab 3 My next speaker is likely going to be the KEF Blade. I own the LS50 in my office system and I want the exact same sound for my main rig but full range. I love the LS50 fed by Benchmark DAC2 + Parasound Halo A23 amp + Window 8.1 computer with JRive... | |
| Sony HAP-Z1ES Hi-Res Music Player RMAF 2013 "It is windows based, constantly is updating the OS and is hampered by all the regular windows problems"May I ask what issue you are having other than the updates? I have a Windows 8.1 system in my office running on SSD's and it runs flawlessly. I... | |
| Need more volume control for desktop system I have the Benchmark DAC2 HGC + Parasound Halo A23 amp + KEF LS50's speakers on my desktop for near-field listening. My DAC has a very good volume control that can lower the sound very nicely. My amp has a output level control for each channel and... | |
| Sony HAP-Z1ES Hi-Res Music Player RMAF 2013 Another option to what has been listed so far in this thread is a CAPS server. This is a Windows machine running on a silent fan-less chassis. You need a DAC to connect via USB or Firewire to the CAPS. I am now leaning more toward a CAPS server si... | |
| KEF LS50 Need Help "I've heard the LS50's and they are a nice speaker, but the Revels will be a big step up and you shouldn't need a sub. "To each his own I guess. I owned the Revel Salon1 for a very long time in a perfectly sized room. This may be heresy for some b... | |
| KEF LS50 Need Help The sound does improve a lot around 200 hours. However, these are small monitors and you are not going to get huge bass out of them. I use them on my home office on a desk for near-field listening and it is incredibly good for that purpose. If I h... | |
| Sony HAP-Z1ES Hi-Res Music Player RMAF 2013 I am under the impression that with the Marantz you can access the FLAC files on a network or attach a USD storage drive to the USB 2.0 connection on the back. I am assuming it is similar to the Bryston BDP-2 (but with a built-in DAC). The Bryston... | |
| Sony HAP-Z1ES Hi-Res Music Player RMAF 2013 Sony HAP-Z1ES or the Marantz NA-11S1I am interested also in comparisons between the 2. I already have a computer based system using Benchmark DAC2 and KEF LS50 and this will last a long long time. Now I need a second DAC/Server system for the livi... | |
| Ultimate Classical Speaker. Magico Q5, Rockport... The KEF Blade is the one I am anxious to hear. I like the idea on a huge sweet spot.http://www.theaudiobeat.com/equipment/kef_blade.htm | |
| Kef LS50 vs. Emerald Physics CS3 mk2 I was hoping to keep my office system simple and cheap with the LS50 as the only splurge. A month later I have gotten a new DAC, new cables, new computer hardware just to bring out the best from the LS50. All the improvements had a discernible aff... |