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| Add a pre-amp to Mola Mola Tambaqui? Try a Benchmark LA4 for a 30-day home trial, I was all in on getting the Makua about 6 years ago. Then looked at the descriptions of both the LA4 and Makua and thought the LA4 maybe a cheaper version of the Makua. I am not even curious about the M... | |
| Best sounding headphones you have owned? Let me first say I am not a huge fan of headphones because I dislike the in your head soundstage. However, I love the RAAL SR1a because it does not sound like headphones. The only traditional headphone that I liked was the RAAL CA-1a. It is saved ... | |
| Good measuring DACs vs. The Benchmark DAC3B (same as the HGC) is a little hot on the top. However, that is sometimes needed. I am using it today with a slightly warm speaker and preamp. The DAC3B seems to level off that warmth a bit for my tastes. I loved my RAAL VM-1a... | |
| Best sounding headphones you have owned? I also had VM-1a + RAAL SR1a + Lumin X1 = fantastic. I sold the VM-1a + Lumin X1 to buy speakers and a 2-channel amp. Today, to run my RAAL SR1a, I use the following: RAAL TL-1b amp interface box | Schitt Mjolnir amp | Schitt Aegir amp This ge... | |
| Help with speaker selection <$20k When I went looking for my Livingroom speaker, I realized that coherence in the sound (with driver-based speakers) was amongst the top attributes I should seek. The speakers I was demoing usually had drivers made out of different materials and so... | |
| Anyone listen to Music on a FM tuner anymore? The station that I love to listen to has an emphasis on high quality source material (when possible) The DJ's bring in vinyl when they can because they say it sounds better. This station has an over the airways FM signal, internet stream, and an ... | |
| Purifi v Gan amps? @snapsc ^ | |
| Purifi v Gan amps? @unsound I was not aware that it was that much of a CODA design. I was under the impression that it was a pure Sanders design, but CODA built it for them. I have the following 3 preamps. Today, I am using the LA4 with the Sanders because I need ... | |
| Advice needed: It's time for a new DAC When I was looking to get an integrated amp, I demoed the Luxman 509x and it was rather good. Then I made the mistake of listening to the Luxman c900u + m900u with the Luxman DAC in the then top end Luxman SACD player. The separates are significan... | |
| Advice needed: It's time for a new DAC @bigfatpaulie I am using a Schitt Yggi+ LIM DAC that I like a lot. I have a Benchmark DAC3B in my Livingroom system, The plan is to get a PlayBack Designs Dream DAC to supplement the DAC3B. You may want to read up a bit on the PBD. I wanted a DAC ... | |
| Advice needed: It's time for a new DAC @bigfatpaulie When I want to evaluate DACs I use my headphones (RAAL SR1a or CA-1a) to really hear my gear. When you had your phones which DAC did you like the best? The DAC I own now is what sounded the best on my phones. Tidal vs Qubuz. I have ... | |
| It's attention, not money, we should budget In my office system my $1000 speakers have $12K combined speaker cable and amp (all MSRP). The magic ratio is a bit off here. | |
| Purifi v Gan amps? I have owned the Peachtree GAN1 that is modded. I am keeping this one since it is amazing. More comments on this in a few months. I will be doing something special with this amp. It is so good that it gets the first crack at some new gear. I owne... | |
| ROON Radio I have been thinking about using Spotify for exactly the same reasons you have provided. Though adding another subscription service to my already overloaded subscriptions is holding me back. I am trying to trim these in 2024. In 2023, I had 2 big... | |
| Lumin x1 vs P1 vs U2 as a STREAMER ONLY I had the X1 and loved it especially the streamer. It is in the same league as the Sonore Optical Rendu and PlayBack Designs Streamer-IF that I still own, interestingly they all sound different, which surprised me. I used fibre optic on the X1 and... |