yyzsantabarbara
Responses from yyzsantabarbara
| Speakers for 2nd System! My office on the second floor has one side facing the first floor Livingroom. It is a small space. In my 12 x 11 x 9 previous room I used Magnepan LRS+. I liked the wall of sound effect of the Maggies, but the clarity of the sound was a bit below ... | |
| Tube Amp for Coda 8 Part 2 From my preamp to my CODA amp, I use low-cost Benchmark XLR (25 foot). The Benchmark HPA4 preamp definitely does not benefit from costly XLR. I think I tested the CODA with various XLR’s and went with the Benchmark XLR. However, I do use expensiv... | |
| Best amp options between $2k-$4 to power Magnepan 1.7? I owned the LRS+ and Mini speakers from Magnepan. LSA Voyager GAN 350 - not good with Maggies, not enough power for the demanding Maggies. Benchmark AHB2 - needs more power but has some beauty in a small room and more restrained music Sanders M... | |
| Tube Amp for Coda 8 Part 2 If you do not listen at very low volume, then the digital volume on the DAC should be good enough. The only DAC that had a volume control as good my best analogue preamp was the Lumin X1 DAC/Streamer with the Lindh volume control. That thing was a... | |
| How large (or small) is the audiophile market? KEF (U.K.) Rockford (U.S.) Bowers & Wilkins (U.K.) Pioneer (Japan) Dynaudio International (Denmark) These are top end audio companies who can compete with anyone. BTW - to see where audio market is going head over to Head-fi. The fact that t... | |
| Tube Pre-amp Suggestions. @kds I like a bit of clarity in my sound and the Freya+ was a bit too thick for my tastes. I did get it sounding to my sonic preference with the uber neutral Benchmark AHB2. However, other preamps sounded better to me with the AHB2, so the Freya+ ... | |
| Odd DAC Pricing The Mola Mola Tambaqui originates from a design Bruno did about 20 years ago. Bruno mentioned this in an interview on ASR. This design went into the DAC section of the Mola Mola Makua preamp. Customers asked for a standalone version of the DAC mod... | |
| Tube Pre-amp Suggestions. I have a CODA #16 and use the Benchmark HPA4 preamp with it. I also had a CODA #8 at one time, this is similar to the Schitt Wotan amp. I have tried the following preamps with the #16, #8, and the Wotan.In order of preference: - Benchmark LA4 an... | |
| Interim SS Amp - Likely Candidates? The Schitt Tyr are more polite than the Wotan I mentioned. This was from Jason Stoddard the designer. The Tyr are on clearance now and will be replaced by a new more expensive replacement that has some of the Wotan's designs. The new Tyr should be... | |
| Interim SS Amp - Likely Candidates? I have owned the Parsound A21+ and liked it though I thought it was a little thick. A good amp for a bright speaker. My recommendation is the Schitt Wotan at $2k. I consider it as good as a couple of $8k SS amps I owned in the past. The Wotan has... | |
| Flatscreen between speakers A projection screen or no screen if music is the top priority. | |
| Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds Fan of Hackney Diamonds and they had a lot of other material from those sessions that are going to be released. | |
| Sonore OpticalRendu I have 3 OpticalRendu’s ROON Only version. I also have the audiophile power supply and cable for Sonore in 1 of the 3 Rendu’s. If I had to do it again, I would not buy the expensive audiophile power supply and cable. I cannot tell a difference, an... | |
| What is a good all around high quality speaker to purchase? @onehorsepony I owned the Thiel CS3.7’s and I think you are being a bit hard on them. They are a very good speaker, though I think the drivers on them are surpassed by Beryllium and the even better Zylon (as detailed but not harsh). This what I t... | |
| Why most $3000 and lower DAC’s sound almost identical I went from a $15k DAC to the $2800 Schitt Yggdrasil+ OG. Sold the $15k DAC immediately and got great speakers with that money. The concept of glare is trickly to address. Sometimes you get a veiled sound that does not have glare and is considere... |