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| Axpona 2023 @bloom How does the Vivid compare with the Borresen. I know the Vivid well and was considering the Kaya 45 in the past. I liked the Yamaha NS5000 a bit more than the Kaya 45 during demo time. Just personal preference. | |
| Anthem or Bryston Pre and Amp I have owned a lot of Bryston gear, including the BP20 preamp. I would take the incredibly transparent Benchmark LA4 preamp any day over the BP20. I think it may be cheaper too. I would use the LA4 with any priced gear but would never consider tha... | |
| Thiel CS3.7 repair I bought a used pair of CS3.7 and it turned out that it was massively messed up. I was able to rebuild everything with the remote help of Rob at Coherent Source Service – Specializing in repair and restoration of THIEL Loudspeakers He is in KY.... | |
| Peachtree GaN 1 Beta @lee_short I posted a few weeks ago on this thread how to setup the Lumin X1 to stream via SDPIF. It should be the same for the U2. I got that info from Lumin rep on AudioShark. | |
| Peachtree GaN 1 Beta As I type this, I am listening to my GAN1 with my RAAL CA-1a headphones. I got the GAN1 for the headphones but thought it was amazing on the 2-channel, so I had been listening to 2-channel since I got the modded amp back. I recently decided to use... | |
| Benchmark AHB2 amp - what speaker connectors are used…. If you have some bright components the very cheap Benchmark SpeakON terminated speaker cables really work nicely. | |
| Q on connecting Benchmark DAC3HGC to AHB2 The DAC input selected should determine what analog signal is sent to the amplifier. So if you select USB, Toslink, SPDIF, or analog RCA, that selection will be sent to the amplifier. BTW - getting an BM LA4 preamp will make your system even bet... | |
| Need to build a headphone system The best place for RAAL info is head-fi.com, where Danny and Alex the 2 principles of RAAL-Requiste help out. Raal Ribbon Headphones - SRH1A | Headphone Reviews and Discussion - Head-Fi.org RAAL-requisite CA-1a Circum-Aural Ribbon Headphone is h... | |
| If you had to narrow your choices to 4 - 5 speakers Listen to the RAAL SR1b with the VM-1a amp at the show (headphones that sound like 2-channel). Then compare that to million-dollar 2-channel systems at the show. Hopefully, RAAL will have a VM-1a to demo. They seem to sellout each batch. | |
| Peachtree GaN 1 Beta @viethluu Get it modded by Ric and then decide if the hype is real, ha ha. This modded amp is amazing. I just bought an amp stand (with wheels) for my CODA #16. That arrives soon. Once it does, I will be doing head-to-head comparisons with the f... | |
| How good is my SONY XDR-F1HD ? I have the modded unit by the XDR guy. It is my 4th best tuner. The reason it is last is because it is a little mechanically noisy. You won't notice it unless you have it close by, as on a desk. Saying that, my unit benefitted greatly by using a ... | |
| Peachtree GaN 1 Beta My Lumin X1 DAC is useless with the PeachTree GAN1. That is the DAC chip in the X1 is totally skipped. I only use the SPDIF stream output from the X1. Now this stream is rather good since it originated from a Fibre Optical input into the X1. The ... | |
| Setting up home office Take a look at my office system. It may give you some ideas. The KEF LS50 Meta in this room are up for sale. I cannot use a sub easily anymore so looking for a new speaker with more bass. Office System | Virtual Listening Room (audiogon.com) Tha... | |
| Peachtree GaN 1 Beta @sirnui I am going to assume your U2 is the same as my X1 minus the DAC chip. The streamer on the X1 is louder, faster sounding, and maybe more aggressive sounding (that could be related to the increased loudness). I am comparing this to my Sonore... | |
| Peachtree GaN 1 Beta @sirnui Congrats, the streamer is well worth it for the GAN1. Mine is modded and sounds incredible with the Lumin X1 using Fibre Optic input streaming and SPDIF output streaming. I also bought the optional remote control which is very useful. @do... |