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| Sound Impressions - Benchmark HPA4/LA4 in use with a quality vinyl rig? Send Rory Rail an email at Benchmark and ask him. He may be able to point you to some examples of such use cases. | |
| Listening Room If you are a ROON user or have something similar. I use this in my office and it was a revelation compared to analog BALANCE control. Audiogon Discussion Forum If you want something as good as a great 2-channel but do not want to deal with the r... | |
| Is there anything other than a Benchmark DAC? Since you are going through a tube preamp my suggestion is the Schitt Yggi+ MIB. For the longest time I thought Schitt was mid-fi gear. However, after buying the Jotehuim R headphone amp for my RAAL headphones I started to try out more of their ge... | |
| KEF LS50 Meta The KEF LS50 Meta are great speakers in a smallish room with the KEF KC62 sub. I used them with the Benchmark AHB2 amp, CODA #8 amp, and KRELL Duo 175XD. They were all great combos. I gave my LS50 Meta to my nephew and got the cheaper Magnepan LR... | |
| Is there anything other than a Benchmark DAC? I have a Benchmark DAC3B. It is a bit too hot on top if you have a very neutral system. However, with a slightly warmer system it is very good. The soundstage is not the biggest but that is a first world problem for me. I will be keeping the DAC l... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! @markmuse the high current #16 is the best amp I have tried on the LRS+. However, a $16k amp on a $1k speaker is a bit of a misalignment of funds. The Sanders Magtech is more than powerful enough to drive the LRS+ and sounds almost as good. Roger ... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! My LRS+ would likely not sound great with the S5.5. I spoke to Doug at CODA about using the S5.5 with the Yamaha NS5000 or the harder to drive Magnepan LRS+ and after my comment that powerful amps sounded the best on these 2 speakers, he said the ... | |
| Desktop preamp DAC for Focal Shape 50 I would look in the Schitt product lineup. I have a Schitt Mjolnir V3 that sounds really good. I use it as a second preamp in my Livingroom, but it is perfect on a desktop (no remote). Schiit Audio: Audio Products Designed and Built in Texas and ... | |
| Nagra streamer in Munich 2024 If you are asking about the $5K Nagra streamer then I think the USB is for both Nagra and USB compatible DACs. Of course, the PLINK (or whatever NAGRA calls it) would be better for Nagra and PBD DACs. I sold my PBD Stream-IF to some smart guy who... | |
| Need a modern Class A monoblock, preferably half or compact chassis I have not heard the Atmasphere and AGD GAN amps but have owned 3 other GAN amps that I liked a lot. Only issue for me was the limited power on the 2 amps I owned. My speakers are not easy to drive. The third amp, the PeachTree GAN400, had enough ... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! @kairosman How did the Bryston amps compare against the CODA gear you owned? I have owned the CSiB and the #8 V1. I have owned older Bryton but not the cubed lineup. Bryston 4B3 & 14B3 CODA CSiB & #8 V1 & S5.5 | |
| Streamers under $1500 The new Auralic S1 streamer looks very interesting to me. It costs $1999 with the internal power supply and $2999 with the external power supply. I would go for the 1999 one. The power supply made no difference in my 2 Sonore OpticalRendu’s. | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! @tmac1700 The System 150 is composed of 2 parts. One regulates voltage (I think) and looks like the 07x preamp. The other section looks like the CODA #16. You would need to use a preamp or DAC with volume control into one of the 2 pieces. I think ... | |
| Boulder 866 vs CODA CSiB It definitely was a "read between the lines" comparison. The reviewer loved the K-300i out of all the integrated amps he had reviewed over the course of a year or 2. If you read his other reviews on itegrated amps during that timeframe the prefere... | |
| iFi Neo Stream and Zen Stream as good as direct media playback @audiofun You are of the same mindset as me with the feelings on music servers near the rack. Thanks for the review. I have been streaming throughout my house with Sonore OpticalRendu's and Lumin X1 using ROON. I like to use fibre as my streaming... |