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| Luxman 509x vs Hegel H390 The ML 585 is the second favorite integrated amp that I have heard and could afford to buy at that time. My favorite was the KRELL K-300i which I bought and sold to get a KRELL 175XD stereo amp. I just sold that XD amp to raise funds to buy anothe... | |
| Streamed music sounds awful in my system and I don't know why .... @dr-john You can use a computer to stream with amazing quality. The easier way is to buy a dedicated audio server (really a computer) as mentioned by many others on this thread and be done with. If you are a bit more technically oriented, then you... | |
| Streamed music sounds awful in my system and I don't know why .... @kota1 If you go with ROON or JRiver you can have the very best room correction in the world. That is software-based convolution filter that runs on the ROON (or JRvier) server. Only negative is that it only works for streaming, not turntables, tu... | |
| When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better? @jl35 I say yes. A great example was the TAD ME-1 speaker. It was $15K with stands, which was very high for a monitor. They dropped the price by $5K (I think) to be more competitive with gear like KEF Reference 1. That last about a month or 2 and ... | |
| Streamed music sounds awful in my system and I don't know why .... @dr-john Give ROON a try and put the ROON Core computer in another room. I have my ROON Core server (a $500 PC) behind my office door next to the router. I have set up the computer to automatically boot up at 8AM and shut down at 2:30AM each day. ... | |
| GREAT NEWS! The Coda Technology new #16 amplifier will arrive this week @jaymark Congrats, that is going to be great amp for you. Not sure if you are aware but you can easily run 2 preamps into the #16 via RCA and XLR. There is a switch on the front that toggles between the 2 input options on the amp. | |
| When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better? @jumia I put some money into interconnects for my Benchmark system. The sources to the preamp use Audience Au24 SE XLR and RCA. The speaker cable is Audience FrontRow. The cable between the Benchmark LA4 preamp and Benchmark AHB2 monos is low cost... | |
| When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better? I am considering a $35K amp for my Livingroom system. The cost of that amp is way higher than I normally spend but I have reasons that made me chose that over a $6750 used amp in the same lineup. I also considered the phenomenal CODA #16 at $13K, ... | |
| When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better? @jumia A good DSP arrangement solves a lot of room problems and equipment problems and is underrated and not fully appreciated. Probably because the interfaces and the product are so difficult to work with. It's a real pain in the ass to deal ... | |
| Say She She Just listened to the whole album. Found it underwhelming. A shame they did not put the 4 or 5 singles they released earlier this year on the album. While listening to Say She She, I discovered through ROON Radio a cool funk album canned Ultra/Sou... | |
| Bryston 7Bcubed vs Mark Levinson @ddafoe I was only talking about the ST series that the OP owns. I have heard the 4B3 and it is much different on top. There are some folks who still like the older ST and SST line for bass. I have not compared too much to have an opinion, but I w... | |
| Say She She Listening to the live performance on KCRW radio today. The album is released today or tomorrow. I have goosebumps listening to these ladies. Sort of like Chic meets the Bee Gees. Say She She serves up a discodelic trip through space-time, live fr... | |
| Review on Coda Technologies 16 Amplifier went live today @jaymark the #16 is not big at all. I was really surprised at how small it actually is. It is bigger than the #8 but given the specs of the #16 I thought it would be much bigger. | |
| GREAT NEWS! The Coda Technology new #16 amplifier will arrive this week My Coda #8 meters mostly moved when I used it as a headphone amp for my RAAL SR1a headphones. When I used the #8 with the Thiel CS3.7 speakers I really had to crank it up to make the meter move. If I were to get another CODA it would be the #16 w... | |
| Is there such a thing as a FOREVER DAC/streamer? I have 2 of the same DACs for my 2 systems. It is the Musetec 005 DAC. I am in the process of building out my second system and my dealer is strongly suggesting I get the Bricasti M12 preamp/DAC at $16K. I am considering it as a final system purch... |