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Responses from yyzsantabarbara
| Finding a Bookshelf for Luxman C900U/M900U Yamaha NS3000 | |
| Relaxed/Analog sounding DAC for under $10k (used or new) Schitt Yggi+ Less Is More | |
| Upgrading to a stand alone DAC I have owned the following DACs in the last 5 years Gustard X26 Pro Topping D90SE (also the non-MQA version) Musetec 005 Lumin X1 ($15k) Schitt Yggdrasil+ OG Schitt Yggdrasil+ Less Is More Benchmark DAC3B Audio Mirror Tubadour SE III T... | |
| Preamp for Parasound A21+ with Sonus Faber Venere 3.0 speakers I owned the A21+ and liked it. I found it a bit warm, so I used the low-cost neutral Benchmark LA4 preamp with it and thought it was a great combo. They have a 30-day home trial. If you want a bit more warmth than the LA4, then my other preamp, t... | |
| Benchmark AHB2 Power Cable Upgrade I have a few of the Audience forte 3 and like them on some pieces. However, I did not notice a difference with the AHB2 and the Audience forte 3. | |
| SimAudio Moon North Collection I just heard the 761 amp with the 700 series streaming DAC preamp. It was playing on the Parasound Persona 9H. When I had previously heard the 860 v1 it was on the Parasound Persona 5F. I spent over an hour listening to various tracks and I came ... | |
| 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... |