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| Finally upgrading my amp The PeachTree GAN400 is rather good for the $1000ish used price. I had it 2 times on my Magnepan LRS+ until I finally found the Sanders Magtech amp which is better for much more money. I used to own the older PEachTree NOVA 150 and found out via ... | |
| Preamp for a GaN-FET amp... HOLO AUDIO Serene, I Like It Like That! (youtube.com) | |
| Preamp for a GaN-FET amp... The Holo Serene is like the Benchmark LA4 preamp, except a tiny bit warmer. Hardly noticeable. I have both and have no desire to change. This was after trying about 6 other preamps. | |
| Review of ultraRendu / opticalRendu The OpticalRendu is not difficult to setup. At one time I had 3 of them streaming ROON throughout the house. I used PowerLine adapters (recommend TP-LINK not Netgear) to get the bits to the different rooms of the house. The oR is much better than ... | |
| Bananas rule, spades drool. End of discussion. Purifi and Benchmark measured the different types of connectors and found the bananas the worst measuring. There was an article/interview about this when Purifi was releasing their first amp module. Benchmark also mentioned the same in some articl... | |
| Floorstanding speaker experiences/recommendations in the $12-25k range I gravitate towards speaker companies that innovate with R&D, KEF, Vivid, Yamaha. I used to have Revel in this group but had tweeter issues a few times, so I skip them now. Take a look at the Yamaha NS5000 ($10k-$15k) which is packed with uber... | |
| Maggies and subwoofer integration A friend of mine dropped by 2 weeks ago to listen to my main rig. We eventually listened to the smaller LRS+ system in my office with the KEF KC62 sub (room is 12x11x9. He was asking me about the sub because he thought the integration with the LRS... | |
| KEF Blade or Blade 2 The blades need surprisingly a lot of power to really sing, Meaning to pair the blades with a class A amp, and truely power them correctly will cost some real money in amp pairing A KRELL Duo 300XD amp can be had used for around $7k. That is 30... | |
| Best Circa 90's CDP I had the previously mentioned Sony SCD-1 that was modded to Vacuum State Level 5. That was a killer rig and even today could compete with the very best. It lacked in some details to today’s DACs but what a great musical presentation. However, af... | |
| Roon is snappy responsive now Remember to reboot your ROON Core server after these updates. ROON does not ask for this but after spending a week (a few years ago) debugging ROON issues I realized a reboot is the easiest way to improve your chances of a good update. | |
| Best Audiophile desktop for under $2500? Using a computer in an audio system can be as good as anything else mentioned here. You just need to do it correctly. I posted earlier about my $5k fan less PC. I run 6 monitors of it and it is a powerhouse machine. It does not make a peep of noi... | |
| Comparing streamer/DACs between $5-10k If you do not need preamp functionality then a used Lumin X1 around $6-7k is what I would choose (owned it before). The LeedH volume control is great. Normally volume control on a DAC is bad at low volume. The Lumin is ALMOST perfect in this regar... | |
| DAC/Streamer/PreAmp The Lumin P1 would be my first choice for a preamp/streamer/dac. Mainly because the P1 does fibre streaming and the Lumin is amaziing for streaming. | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! CODA is not the easiest to sell but people who have heard it are quick to buy. I sold a few CODA items before, CSiB, 07x, and #8. I have the #16 now. I also have a Sanders Magtech that I really love with my Magnepan LRS+. I was told by Roger Sand... | |
| Looking for recommendations for integrated with a more “organic” sound. A used KRELL k300i integrated at around $5-6k is a Class A (mostly) with a smooth buttery sound, with decent details, and powerful. The DAC module is OK and super convenient. It also has great ROON READY integration with built-in RJ45 streaming. Y... |