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| WHY IS THERE SO MUCH HATE FOR THE HIGH END GEAR ON AUDIO GEAR? I have no hate for anything related to audio The more money that someone spends on gear the more money circulating in society. However, on a personal level I find the price of a lot of high-end gear a farce. I laugh a lot these days when I read ... | |
| Female vocals I heard a brand-new song on the radio yesterday (KCRW.com) from a female singer that I had not heard before. I think this song is fantastic. It is available on TIDAL, Mia Doi Todd - Island in the Storm | |
| Krell KSA-i400 Stereo Power Amplifier Juicy pre’s are out for me. I had a year with a ’tube-like’ pre that cost almost 3x more than my current pre’s and I could not live with it, the latest model CODA 07x preamp. I need to figure out what is a more substantial upgrade the CODA to the... | |
| Krell KSA-i400 Stereo Power Amplifier I do want to hear the amp before I make a decision even though I have prior experience with the lower model. I am leaning towards the PlayBack Designs DAC. I should have mentioned that I have an optical streamer that ONLY works via optical on PBD... | |
| Preamp with Parasound A21+ amp? I found the A21+ a bit warmer than my normal preference, but when I paired it with a super neutral preamp like the Benchmark LA4 I liked the A21+ a lot. I currently use the LA4 with another slightly warm amp (less so than the A21+), the CODA #16. ... | |
| DAC as pre amp I have not heard a DAC that was as good as my current 2 preamps. Though the Lumin X1 with the Leedh volume control (that I owned) was as good, except at very low volume. My 2 preamps are the Benchmark LA4 and Holo Serene. You will be hard presse... | |
| The LRS+ Speakers Magna Riser stands and a jumper wire that came with the stands finally arrived after maybe 6-months of waiting. I am not sure which is part should get credit but my already excellent sounding LRS+ system (with Sanders Magtech amp) just went up to... | |
| Is my amp good enough? The NAD M22 V2 which I think was their top amp fairly recently was the only amp I bought that I quickly returned. I have had a few cheaper amps than that which I thought were better. D-Sonic Class D using Pascal module (pretty good) LSA Voyage... | |
| Speaker placement Quandary Do you use ROON? If so, then look at this company. Genius level stuff that is measured and setup remotely. Digital Room Calibration Services, Convolvers, Headphone Filtersets (accuratesound.ca) Send me a DM if you want to get more details, thoug... | |
| KEF LS60 v Reference 1s @dbphd You can hear the LS60 at Best Buy on the way to Los Angeles. Not sure which store. KEF is also selling the LS60 for 2K off this month. @mapman The LS50 Mets and KEF KC62 sub were really good. I gave the LS50 to my nephew and now run with t... | |
| Upgradeitis I had the same upgrade considerations: 1) KEF Blade Meta or KEF Reference 3 Meta 2) Vivid Kaya 45 3) Magico A3 4) Yamaha NS5000 I also upgraded from the CODA CSiB | CODA #8 | CODA #16 My DAC was a Lumin X1 but sold that to buy speakers and n... | |
| Budget Amp for Sonus Faber If you want a slightly warm amp them the Schitt Vidar. If you want a real clean sounding amp, then the Benchmark AHB2. Both are very small and 100 watts. The AHB2 would be interesting with the warm Sonus Faber. | |
| Help me spend $100,000 on a new system Only suggestion I would make is on the speakers. I demoed those speakers along with the Yamaha NS5000 and Vivid Kaya 45. The Yamaha and Vivid sounded way more coherent to my ears. I ended up with the NS5000. The Vivid speakers are rather unique a... | |
| Who is the best power amplifier that matches better with Zellaton plural evo If you are spending Nagra money the KRELL KSA i400 would be what I would look at. I have owned 2 of the lower end models and they sounded great. Super smooth and buttery sound with good detail. Class A using the KRELL iBias system. It also runs co... | |
| Integrated for TAD ME1: Luxman, Accuphase or Soulnote? I had the CODA CSiB integrated and as mentioned previously, the KRELL K-300i integrated (Dou XD variant). I would take the KRELL over the CODA. That Class A of the KRELL is great and would work really nice with the TAD ME-1. I sold both and now ... |