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| New Preamp from Musetec My opinion is of value only to myself and do not question others tastes. My need for a preamp is for 2 reasons. I listen to a lot of FM radio on the airwaves with 3 tuners (not streaming FM). I also found that all DAC volume controls were of lesse... | |
| New Preamp from Musetec One way I compare a pre to see if it adds to the sound is to compare a DAC with volume direct to amp and then with a pre. The pre that had the least additional sound to the system was the Benchmark LA4 and HPA4 preamps. The Holo Serene is very clo... | |
| When Will the DAC Singularity Be Reached? I think we maybe close to that singularity point. Though a lot of differences in DACs are related to the purposeful coloring of the sound. | |
| The Snob Appeal Premium When I look at a Wilson, I always think that someone designed a relatively ugly looking speaker and then they called in the "finisher" to make it super unpleasant to look at. When my wife came with me to a top of the line Wilson demo of what wa... | |
| New Preamp from Musetec The likely difference is that the Mustec maybe a bit warmer or smoother sounding. The 2 preamps I listed should be used if you do not want the sound of a preamp in the chain. That would be for any price of system. The Musetec preamp does look ama... | |
| New Preamp from Musetec Should be a competitor to the Holo Serene preamp. Which is a competitor to the Benchmark LA4 preamp. I own both of these. | |
| Thiel Owners Hi guys, I've ordered 2 new Coaxes for my 3.7s from Rob hope to get them by next week. It's a shame the new ones are black on the outside, hope they are just as good as the original ones? I think they are better because they do not need the ... | |
| Budget preamp with quality volume control If u have gain issues do not touch the topping pre90. It ONLY worked for me with amps that had gain adjustments, such as the Benchmark AHB2 and the Parasound A21+. It was terrible with about another 5 amps I used it with. The Sxhitt Freya+ has a ... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @topside3 All 3 of my streamers were great. I have not heard the very best feature of the PlayBack Designs Streamer-IF because I do not have a PD DAC to use the PLink feature. However, the SPDIF of the IF sounded a mix in-between the Lumin X1 fibr... | |
| Peachtree GaN 1 Beta I had the modded Peachtree GAN1 and the PeachTree GAN400 in the house for the past month. I was using the GAN400 on the Magnepan LSR+, which I like a lot. I found the GAN400 with a Holo Serene preamp and Shitt Yggi+ LM rather good. A bit of hardne... | |
| Distance from rear wall for KEF LS50 W2 The low freq of the LS50 Meta radiate in a circle around the speaker. If you put it against the wall, then that radiating pattern is disturbed. My LS50 Meta goes down to 80 Hhz and that is still some low end that should not be near a wall. If the... | |
| T+A Amps and Preamps? Anyone compared the T+A HV line with the SPL line from Germany that also has a high voltage design. | |
| Coda FET 02b Balanced Pre vs Newer Preamps I have had the following CODA gear: #8 amp, #16 amp, CSiB integrated (from 2019 build), 07x preamp I also owned the KRELL Duo 175XD that I paired with the 07x preamp for a while. I also had a Benchmark LA4 preamp ($2500) and I eventually came t... | |
| Thinking of Magnepan ... finally! I am back to listening to the LRS+ with the modded PeachTree GAN1, which is a heck of an amp. It would be perfect if I did not listen to FM over the airwaves. FM is a big part of my day, so I need to use an amp | preamp | tuner and so cannot just ... | |
| Magnapan LRS+ VS .7 The LRS+ is the very best speaker I have had in my small office, 12 x 11 x 9 + 4 extra feet in a closet where I have my office computers and desk (totally silent). I have had the following speakers in this space: Thiel CS3.7 KEF LS50 KEF LSC... |