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| Open baffle speakers I met up with my friend who is designing the new open baffle speaker I am interested in. I noticed that he had his setup almost the same distance as I sit in my office (near-field). My office is the second floor of my home overlooking the first fl... | |
| How do you pick your gear? Tips and insights are welcome. I used to do the standard thing of reading reviews and forum posts. I also bought and sold a lot of gear in the past 5 years and heard them in my space. That all worked well but these days when I need something I first check on the Schitt web site... | |
| Schiit Yggdrasil DAC, why did they change it ? I took my Yggi+ OG to my friend’s house to hear the new speakers he is building (I am now buying, wow). He loved the OG DAC and will be taking it to a Colorado headphone event in December on my behalf. I asked one of the organizers to compare my Y... | |
| More potential bad news for some big names... The young folks are in the headphone space for the most part. Some of them are slowly moving up to the audiophile headphone space from mass produced gear. Tomorrow I will be selling a $5-6k headphone amp. I will have no problem selling it since t... | |
| Upgrade Nakamichi PA 7All power amp with mono blocks @thriftyaudio I also owned the CODA #8, and it is not as good as the #16, but the #8 was pretty good to my ears, just not reference level. The CODA 07x is too noisy for my LA4 + Serene perspective. Once I heard the hiss I could not unhear it even ... | |
| Coda 11, Schiit Tyr, JC5 or ??? Has anyone compared the Schitt Wotan to the Tyr monos. My CODA #16 is going up for sale sometime this month and I need a low-cost temp amp for a while, or I may have to park my Yamaha NS5000 speakers for a while. I need some cash for the RAAL 199... | |
| Upgrade Nakamichi PA 7All power amp with mono blocks @thriftyaudio Thanks for the response. I now remember reading your take on the m700 in another thread (late night reading yesterday). I think I am going to take a chance on the m700 since my office Magnepan Mini does not drop as low as your speake... | |
| Upgrade Nakamichi PA 7All power amp with mono blocks @thriftyaudio How did the LA4 and the M700 work out together. I am thinking of raising funds for a headphone and replacing my Sanders Magtech for a M700 to use with my HPA4 preamp. This seems like something that may work. It is for a Magnepan Mini... | |
| New DAC suggestions I dropped off my Schitt Yggi+ OG with a top end headphone vendor for him to test it out for a few weeks. He is now coming around to how incredible this DAC is. Not warm, just neutral, and relatively low cost. Since this DAC is no longer made the ... | |
| Speaker cables with good timbre Audience AU24SX or FrontRow. They have a natural tone, are highly resolving but never bright. I tried many speaker cables and the FrontRow are by far the best I ever heard. I have 2 sets of these, and I concur. My Magnepan Mini (and LRS+) did n... | |
| Class D is just Dandy! @jaymark nice post on the M1200. Did you not own the CODA #16 at one time? If so, how do they compare to the M1200. I have owned the modded Voyager and some other GAN amps, so I have a similar frame of reference. | |
| Speakers for a Large Room (20’x37’) @doni what did you end up getting? | |
| Meitner MA3 DAC enhanced with fiber optic connection? The EtherRegen and Optical Module are not my fav. I tried both. Get a Sonore OpticalRendu instead. I have 3 of these for each of my DACs. Last oR cost me $200 and a trade of an EtherRegen, which I was going to send to recycling. | |
| Amp for Sopra No. 1 A CODA #16 is what I have and would bring to life that Focal. It is a bass monster, and the first 100 watts are Class A. Super quiet too. I also see my old KRELL 175XD listed for sale on TMR. That would also be great on the FOCAL. It is buttery s... | |
| ???What's The LEAST Expensive "End Game"Amplifier You've Ever Heard??? @samureyex If Benchmark ever upgraded the AHB2 I would think it would sound like the new SimAudio Moon 761 (have not heard the 861). I have owned the AHB2 many times and the 761 reminded me of a better AHB2. More power and a bit tinge of warmth an... |