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| DAC upgrade Oh, and replacing your Node would be a mistake as well, since you already own an outboard DAC. Contrary to the crackpot consensus around this forum, the primary factor in choosing a stand-alone streamer should be its operating software, and rathe... | |
| DAC upgrade I owned 2 Topping D90 DAC, the MQA and non-MQA. Both too sterile. I was thinking that the second time I got it, I had a very warm setup then, that the Topping would match, no luck. I currently have the Benchmark DAC3B. It is hot on top and works ... | |
| suggestions? Coda CSIB or Musical Fidelity M8xi? I owned the almost latest CODA CSiB, #8, and now #16. I also own a Sanders Magtech that I bought used from Sanders for $4k. My understanding is that CODA built the Magtech for Sanders based on his design. I like the Magtech more than the CSiB and ... | |
| Add a pre-amp to Mola Mola Tambaqui? This may sound sacrilegious, but I like the sound of the KRELL XD so much that I would never want to use a preamp that adds anything to the amps sound. You give me a free $100k preamp, no thanks, if it adds to the sound. Not the way I want my syst... | |
| Thinking of changing amplifier to I have seen that it is not solely the watts that are determining the power from an amp. My CODA #16 is only 150 | 300 | 600 watts and it sounds more powerful than the rather powerful Sanders Magtech at 500 | 900. I think it is the power supply tha... | |
| Add a pre-amp to Mola Mola Tambaqui? As I write this, I am listening to my $1100 Class A Schitt Mjolnir preamp with a $800 Class A Schitt Aegir amp and a Schitt Yggi+ LIM DAC with a RAAL CA-1a headphone. I am listening to the group Sault and it is incredible. I need warmth in this se... | |
| 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... |