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| A DAC for the Oppo 105 I made a mistake on my D.BOB post. It is SPDIF that goes into the DAC from the D.BOB, not USB. | |
| A DAC for the Oppo 105 Look at my posts on the D.BOB. I use this with a low end OPPO and either a great Schitt Yggi+ DAC or a good Benchmark DAC3B. Many other DACs will work. Now the beauty of this solution is that DSD and PCM are output from the HDMI cable coming out o... | |
| Metrum Onyx vs Schiit Yggdrasil? Lot of people like the LIM because of the reasons the guy at Schitt disliked it. He found it rolled off on top resulting in the loss of some resolution. He wanted to hear everything on the track not a rolled of "musical" version. Saying all of th... | |
| Metrum Onyx vs Schiit Yggdrasil? I have 2 Yggi+ DACs. I recently got the OG because a musician guy working at Schitt told me to get the last one available and I would not be sorry. I already owned the "musical" Yggi+ Less Is More and the musician guy told me it was awful. Though ... | |
| Help me build out my first system Neutrality is important for me too. Two of the very best preamps for a neutral sound are (I also own both): Benchmark LA4/HPA4 (consider the HPA4) Holo Audio Serene There is a review online comparing the 2 preamps. The reviewer preferred the... | |
| SimAudio Moon North Collection @audphile1 Four weeks ago I drive from LAX airport to a HiFi store that had my speakers and the Moon North. Unfortunately, that arduous drive was not successful because the dealer closed early for some unstated reason. This Thursday I make the re... | |
| RAAL 1995 headphones, Magna and Immanis (10) RAAL 1995 Immanis - Reviews | Headphone Reviews and Discussion - Head-Fi.org This is an incredibly detailed review. Comparisons are made against all the current TOTL phones, including the $60k Sennheiser HE1. Sennheiser HE-1 Review: $59,000... | |
| Benchmark AHB2 Power Cable Upgrade I have had the AHB2 many times over the past decade. I no longer have it but I did a lot of speaker cable comparisons before I sold it. Mainly because the AHB2 was the best amp to hear the gear. The speaker cable that Benchmark sells is really go... | |
| Magnepan LRS plus & Atma-Sphere digital amps The LRS+ is really good and needs high current. The limitation of the LRS+ is the details that it reproduces. The detail retrieval is not up to the level of my Yamaha NS5000 speakers and the RAAL 1995 Immanis headphones. However, those two are com... | |
| Album(s) That Took The Longest To Come Around To The Isley Brothers was just another band for me but with the advent of streaming they are now in my top 5. I love the stuff from the early 70’s, especially the 3+3 album. It was also interesting to learn that Jimi Hendrix got his first proper gui... | |
| RAAL 1995 headphones, Magna and Immanis (12) RAAL 1995 Immanis - Reviews | Headphone Reviews and Discussion - Head-Fi.org | |
| Looking for a CD / SACD player. Also, tell me about Esoteric Please correct me if I’m wrong- no more Oppo, no more Sony, etc as to getting a more or less cheap transport and using a nice D/A converter? That is what I do. I get DSD and PCM out of my Oppo ($200) and into my DACs. I have tested with Benchma... | |
| Anyone listen to entire albums? Entire albums all the time via streaming. Great thing is after the album is done the ROON RADIO kicks in based on the album played and my listening habits. I sometimes listen to entire box set in one sitting. Like the recent Tina Turner - Queen ... | |
| RAAL 1995 headphones, Magna and Immanis Raal 1995 Immanis Ribbon Headphones – Early Impressions | Head-Fi, Portable & Desktop Audio, Hearables (stereonet.com) | |
| Speakers 10 years old or older that can compete with todays best, I was attracted to my 9-year-old design Yamaha NS5000 speaker because it is the successor to old NS1000 speaker from the 1970's. I think that was made for about 30 years and considered a classic. The NS5000 has some of the best drivers I have eve... |