yyzsantabarbara
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| Have you upgraded from a Freya? @zlone I have owned the CODA 07x (for 1 year), the Benchmark HPA4+LA4, Schitt Freya+, Topping pre90, and the Holo Serene. I have decided to keep only the LA4 and Serene. The 07x is warm, fairly detailed, and slightly noisy. In the end that noise ... | |
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? I am comparing the Peachtree GAN400 with my CODA #16. In the past, have compared the CODA #8 with KRELL Duo 175XD and the Voyager 350 GAN in the same system at the same time. The PeachTree GAN400 is not too bad at all. I like the other amps more... | |
| Balanced/Differential tube preamplifier recommendation? Schitt Freya+ | |
| Sonore OpticalRendu I had 3 of the optical Rendus at one time. I only have 1 left, but I am looking to get the new OpticalRendu coming out maybe next month. I compared the OpticalRendu to the opticalStreamer in the Lumin X1 and they sounded different, but neither wa... | |
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? I spent about 12 hours today listening to the GAN400 on the LRS+. It was really good, many times I had to stop my work and listen. I am so glad that I got this amp back. However, there is a hint of hardness on top that my very neutral system conve... | |
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? This is a comment that I often see made by people that purport SETs. We might have a difference of opinion here; mine is that the equipment should not add or subtract WRT to the beauty of the recording. In this way, the more neutral you can get t... | |
| Will China become the poor man’s dealer for high end audio? The original question is about now and the future. History from hundreds of years ago is a broader topic involving context to understand how and why. I put more value in first hand experience of the last 20 years. There is a common theme relate... | |
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? I have not had a Class D amp that bettered my best Class A or even AB amp yet. I have kept it under $3K for the various Class D amps I have tried. However, for certain applications, like my office system, with the LRS+ it is a lot of Class A or A... | |
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? Getting back to GAN amps. I got the used Peachtree GAN400 (400W) today and replaced the modded Peachtree GAN1 (200W) on my Magnegan LRS+. Those ratings are for both 8 and 4 Ohm. The LRS+ sounds more alive with that additional power, and also the... | |
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? Like re soldering makes a difference. When I owned Thiel speakers, a support guy at Thiel sent me the solder Thiel uses for my driver replacement because he said they thought it sounded better. It definitely was nicer to apply over other solder... | |
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? I have tried the Voyager 350 GAN and the Peachtree GAN400 with Thiel CS3.7 and Magnepan LRS+. Another poster on this thread has successfully tried the GAN400 with the LRS+ and other Maggies. In my case, the GAN amps were able to delivery very goo... | |
| Speaker that are 'KEEPERS" for the long haul!!! I will be keeping my Yamaha NS5000 for a very long time. I have wanted to buy it for about 7 years and it was well worth the wait. | |
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? You can also buy a cheaper amp and tweak it (void the warranty) and potentially have an amp that sounds a lot better. I have (or had) both great stock amps and tweaked amps. I listen to music a ton of hours each day on both types of amps. | |
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? The reason I went to Ric for mods was I had my Sony SCD-1 modded 20 years ago the way Ric described in his post (by KERN I think). The change in sound was incredible, especially in the SACD layer. I had that player for over 20 years, and it only d... | |
| Parasound vs Coda I got my new CODA #8 from Destination HiFi. An excellent dealer. |