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| Is Mark Levinson still considered up there with the best of the best? I am waiting for ASR to measure them so I can decide if I should buy. Must measure well since the Grand Poohbah Amir uses ML amps for his Revel Salons. At least when I last read his site. If you want Mark Levinson the man's company and not his... | |
| Experience with Simaudio Moon North amps I did not compare my gear hooked up to a 761 against the 791. However, I have compared RJ45 streaming DACs against fibre optical and always preferred fibre. So, my preference there is based on prejudice for fibre. The dealer was not impressed by m... | |
| Experience with Simaudio Moon North amps Thing with the Sim amps is that Sim has stated in an interview that their amps were designed to be mono first and also support stereo. Sounds like a bit of marketing to potentially sell 2 mono amps vs 1 stereo. I liked the 761 a lot and may buy i... | |
| Need suggestions on preamp I just sold my LRS+ that I loved in my small office. I lost the office to my kid's new bedroom. I used the Benchmark HPA4 preamp with it. It is the quietest preamp you can find and lets you hear the rest of your gear. I used to own the Parasound... | |
| Raal Immanis top of the line headphones I tried both with the same gear and on the same day. The Magna is punchier and maybe a bit smaller sounding. It really hits hard. The Immains is a bit less on the punchy side (more than the CA-1a) but the soundstage is bigger, and really drew me i... | |
| Recommend a desktop nearfield speaker for me These are not passive but will work better than your choices from my experience. AudioengineUSA or some KEF. Not best in any way but putting speakers on a desk is a terrible way to listen. I have tried many speakers on the desk. Home Page — Audi... | |
| Raal Immanis top of the line headphones My last post turned out to be rather prophetic. I just spoke with my wife and we need to turn my current office into a bedroom for my kid. That means my lovely office system is going to be sold off. My new office space is not good for 2-channel H... | |
| Raal Immanis top of the line headphones @jasonbourne71 I am sure you have never heard any of the gear I mentioned but yet you have an expert opinion on this gear. For some people, especially the SR1a., the savings were massive buying a $5k earphone. One guy who contacted me about the R... | |
| Raal Immanis top of the line headphones I also heard from Danny that Stereophile and TAS will be reviewing the 2 RAAL 1995 phones (or maybe just 1 of the phones). | |
| Raal Immanis top of the line headphones Audiogon Discussion Forum (check out this thread). I have been waiting until I got a new job before I even thought about the Immanis. Since I start on Monday I am now thinking about the Immanis, I also have the CA-1a and sold the SR1a. The Imman... | |
| Best streamer, don't want Roon, don't want a screen, A DAC is OK but not necessary The new Aurelic S1 for $2 to $3k looks interesting, though it does not support fibre optic. AURALiC introducing new S1 streamer, updated ALTAIR G2.2 and V10 softw - AURALIC I would still get something from Sonore., who have many fibre streaming ... | |
| Amplifier recommendation The CODA is not a smooth silky mid-range. For that the KRELL Duo XD lineup is amazing. However, the CODA gear is slightly warm and to the neutral side of things. The Parasound A21+ was my gateway drug to the CODA gear. The A21+ was rather good bu... | |
| Amplifier recommendation @sls883 Did you trade the amp in with CODA (Doug) or with a dealer. I am eying the new CODA SYSTEM 150 amp and have a CODA #16 for potential trade. BTW - OP, last week, I setup my home office in my big space where I have my CODA #16 amp with my Y... | |
| Amplifier recommendation You should read Jeff Fritz’s articles on Sound Stage Ultra when he decided to revamp his system from a mega expensive to a fixed budget. While he was deciding on amps in the 20k - 40k range he got an old CODA Class A amp as a temporary placeholder... | |
| Battle of the Older DAC I have had about 10 DACs in the house over the last 5 years, from $700 to $15 000. Most of them sounded good. I do not think DAC tech has changed much in the last 5 years. Once jitter was figured out the difference between DACs came down to tastes... |