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| Whats the ultimate goal with your pre amp ? Do a 30-day home trial with your system and ears of the Benchmark LA4 preamp. Uncolored, XLR, pure silence from the tweeters, and the volume control is amazing. The volume control does click but that is a benefit for me since it has 256 steps. Be... | |
| David Crosby R.I.P. Local radio station, KCRW, was saying that he was recording new music with a live band. So likely to see some new music in the future. I guess that means the music was not put together on a computer, like a lot of artists these days. I was listen... | |
| How much should I spend on a new DAC @jetter My new PEachtree GAN1 amp only has 1 input, it is a SPDIF. To get my Fibre stream into that amp I bought a $499 Sonore UltraDigital. I also bought a WyWire SPDIF cable with BNC on one end and SPDIF on the other. The UltraDigital comes with... | |
| How much should I spend on a new DAC Would anyone here with engineering background will bother to explain how the network streamer affects the sound quality, or can point to any research or documentation from the web? Thanks UpTone-J.Swenson EtherREGEN ’white paper’.pdf (shopify.c... | |
| How much should I spend on a new DAC I have 1 DAC that cost $3300 and another that cost $14000 (but with built-in streaming). In terms of the DAC sound, I like both equally. The higher priced DAC showed me that the laws of diminishing returns seem to be very strong for DACs. With my... | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers When I was helping a friend setup ROON streaming in his workshop I ordered a 100-foot fibre optical cable from Sonore. The person at Sonore told me that longer cables are actually better for fibre optical. I was asking him if such a long length wo... | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers @sns I am going to go with the SPDIF on the Benchmark DAC3B to RAAL VM-1a tube amp. It sounds a bit better to me, and that is what matters. I am currently testing the i2s on the Musetec 005. I can really do a nice apples-to-apples comparison with... | |
| Thorsten Loesch vs Amir The Musetec Audio (LKS Audio) MH-DA005 has a headless Pink Panther. The Topping D90SE has a sweet spot Pink Panther. I recently sold a Topping D90LE (the non-MQA version of S90SE). Thank goodness for ASR because they helped me sell the DAC qui... | |
| Streamer for mostly Qobuz with volume control I have the Leedh processing via ROON and my Lumin X1. I 100% am going to use this DAC direct to amp, a CODA #16. It sounds excellent. However, if I put the $2500 uber neutral Benchmark LA4 preamp into the system the volume is better at low levels.... | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers @singingg Last night, I was listening to my Benchmark DAC3B with my uber revealing RAAL CA-1a headphones on the RAAL VM-1a tube amp. I normally stream fibre from a Sonore OpticalRendu to the USB of the DAC3B. However, last night I was short of a l... | |
| GREAT NEWS! The Coda Technology new #16 amplifier will arrive this week I was debating buying the CODA #16 or the new KRELL KSA i400 which was 5x more than the used #16. Price was a factor, but the biggest issue was the much smaller size and weight of the CODA. It also is not too bad in terms of heat, not as good in t... | |
| GREAT NEWS! The Coda Technology new #16 amplifier will arrive this week I mentioned in an earlier post that it was possible using 2 preamps with the CODA #16. I sort of did that today. The CODA #16 has a button on front of the amp to toggle between XLR and RCA. I want to run a Lumin X1 into the XLR of the CODA and us... | |
| Best sounding headphones you have owned? I was thinking that the Bricasti would be good with the SR1a. In fact, Danny is going to test out the lower cost Bricasti out. I am going to stick with the DAC3B into the VM-1a. It is actually my worst 2-channel DAC but my fav on the VM-1a. | |
| GREAT NEWS! The Coda Technology new #16 amplifier will arrive this week Got the CODA #16 today and listening with the IsoTek listed above. The CODA #16 is used so, broken in. When I heard the #16 in the past it was with a warmer preamp. It was great and the reason I wanted to buy it. However, today, connected to my ... | |
| Best sounding headphones you have owned? @rlawry You are correct! Listen to the SR1b with the new RAAL Star8 cable (I also have SR728) and the VM-1a tube amp. A Lumin X1 is great as a DAC to this but I still like the Benchmark DAC3B into the VM-1a. That Star8 cable is some genius work. A... |