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| Peachtree GaN 1 Beta Nice, that is my amp that the mods are going into. Looking forward to getting this amp back. Initially, I will be streaming from a Lumin X1 SPDIF into the GAN1. | |
| 8-10k budget suggestions please @laaudionut The new Duo XD amps are warm and very smooth. @asmithkash My Krell K-300i integrated drove a difficult to drive Thiel CS3.7 nicely, not all the amps I tried it with drove them well. The Thiel should be more difficult to drive than th... | |
| Thoughts on the Gustard X26 The Gustard X26 Pro is a slightly warm DAC that is not extremely detailed like some of my other ESS DACs. I used it with a bright and detailed headphone, and it was very good. I sold it to buy a Musetec 005 for about 2x the price. That DAC is smo... | |
| Future DACs with Fibre Optical A couple of other DACs that are fibre Optical are the MSB and Playback Designs units. I am thinking of cancelling my plans of buying an expensive amp and get a Playback Designs DAC instead. The designer of the PlayBack Designs DACs is an impressi... | |
| What's going with Small Green Computer? Give him a call. | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @verdantaudio Playback Designs MPD-6 Edelweiss DAC – Verdant Audio Playback Designs MPD-8 Dream DAC – Verdant Audio PLINK I/O Compatible with Classic, Sonoma, Edelweiss and Dream Series products for native digital audio transmission. Connecti... | |
| What amps are out there that are Class A, 50 wpc into 8 ohms? The CODA #16 (100 watts Class A, 150 watts total@8). The CODA is not much of a heater. Just warm to the touch. The KRELL Duo 175XD (175 watts Class A). Westminster Labs (100 watts Class A). These 2 use a biasing scheme. The KRELL runs cool, I exp... | |
| Analyzing DACs @verdantaudio That sounds interesting. If you are a dealer for that unit lest talk a bit more offline. I will send you a DM later. | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers I was speaking with Ric Shultz the other day about streaming. He is working on my Peachtree GAN1 amp which only has SPDIF as the input. He was stating, like many people, that the digital signal must be clean and noise free otherwise, the signal i... | |
| Analyzing DACs @verdantaudio Have you compared the Lumin X1 DAC in your shootout? I need to get another DAC and trying to find a reason not to get a second X1. Variety would be nice or maybe not, since I like the X1’s sound and features. The other DAC I have on ... | |
| 8-10k budget suggestions please @asmithkash Congrats, on the KRELL. I am assuming it is the K-300i. I have not read all of this thread, but I saw somewhere that you had a bad room. Here is something to consider. The reason I bought the KRELL K-300i was to be a headphone amp for... | |
| Is R.E.M. underrated by new music nerds? @mitchagain Thanks for mentioning "The Comeback Special". What a great concert and the sonics are great on my headphones. I will crank this on 2-channel tomorrow. A shame Johnny Marr does not play on this one. That guy is why I started listening ... | |
| 8-10k budget suggestions please Go for the KRELL. That K-300i integrated is fantastic. I am working a second job to buy the KRELL KSA i400 amp which has some of the same tech as the K-300i. I had the K-300i integrated and then the Duo 175XD amp. Both sold to get the KSA i400. T... | |
| Recommend A New DAC Between $1000 and $2000 Gustard X26 Pro or the newer R2R DAC which I have not heard but people seem to like a lot. Both are in your price range. The Musetec 005 is a very good DAC, but a bit over your limit ($2-$3K) I sold both of them. The Gustard to buy the Musetec 0... | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC My 3 DACs as of last week were Lumin X1, Musetec 005, and Benchmark DAC3B. Today, I only have the X1 and DAC3B left. The Musetec is smoother and warmer than the Lumin X1. The Lumin X1 is not as hot on top as the DAC3B, nor is the 005. 005 (warme... |