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| Top 3 Headphones @mastering92 If you are adventurous, you should consider having Mitch Barnett of AccurateSound.ca create a convolution filter for your headphones. You would have to send it to him if he does not already have it. He is a DSP star and is now well kn... | |
| Top 3 Headphones The SE-Master 1, tuned by Tim Vine-Lott (former Technical Director at AIR Studios is the most resolving open-backed headphone I’ve ever owned/heard. It’s very much like listening to tower speakers in a control room. Minimal EQing is required to g... | |
| Network optimization for serious streamers @sns Thanks for the streaming advice. I got a new DAC which has built-in SFP input. I am testing it out with the EtherRegen in B > A and then into the DAC. This is likely the way to go. However, I need to get an additional set of SFP and anothe... | |
| Headphone amps The Topping pre90 preamp is nowhere as good as the HPA4 and LA4 preamps from Benchmark. I have had all 3. Even ASR folks agree about the short comings of the pre90 with certain amps. Though, one of the Stereophile reviewers uses the pre90 has his ... | |
| Headphone amps The Benchmark is a great 2 channel preamp if the definition of great is not adding to the signal. The HPA4 was also excellent with my warmish Meze Empy headphones, both now sold. The best rock and roll headphone I have heard is the new RAAL CA-1a... | |
| Why don't higher end amplifiers come with a separate power chassis? PS 3000 HV Power supply (ta-hifi.de) | |
| New DAC or New Streamer? Yesterday I was comparing the Sonore OpticalRendu streamer with the streamer inside the Lumin X1 DAC. I was using fibre on both, and the fibre came out of my Ubiquiti Network switch or on the second test, an EtherRegen B > A. The sound was rel... | |
| Lumin P1 or X1 or others? Now that I have an X1 at home, let me add to my original post about an EtherRegen connected in front of the Lumin X1. I use an EtherRegen from my network switch to take RJ45 into the eR and then fibre to the X1. I feel that the eR takes a bit of ... | |
| SQ of digital volume controls compared to preamplifiers I am going to be comparing a Lumin X1 DAC's LEEDH volume control vs the Benchmark LA4 preamp this weekend. I spent the last 8 hours listening to the LA4 with the X1 and it was fantastic. The LA4 is a killer preamp, if you do not want a preamp to ... | |
| Why does pulling out main speakers from wall improve sound? Speaker Placement: How far from the wall should I place my speakers? - (gikacoustics.com) | |
| GREAT NEWS! The Coda Technology new #16 amplifier will arrive this week @rlovendale thanks for that advice. It was suggested to me to use this from the wall to the CODA #16. IsoTek - EVO3 Syncro Uni Sine Wave Rebalancing Unit (C19) - Music Direct I am going to give it a try. It supposed to be non-current limiting.... | |
| GREAT NEWS! The Coda Technology new #16 amplifier will arrive this week How are CODA #16 owners powering the unit, directly from wall or a power conditioner? I am considering a Torus RM20 conditioner, if the wall is not enough for the #16. Though I am relucent to spend that much for most likely a 2-component system, ... | |
| Headphones vs speakers…. The soundstage in the RAAL SR1a is like 2-channel not like headphones. That is the one of the beautiful aspects of the sound thorough them. Checkout this review below where the reviewer says he disliked the SR1a because people laughed at him and t... | |
| Inexpensive but good sounding power supply (and hard drive) for PC audio? Get a Sonore OpticalRendu and connect the fibre to a network switch with the option for fibre. The rendu | power supply | USB cable can be obtained for under $2K. If you want a bit more improvement, get a FMC from the network switch to the FMC via... | |
| Peachtree GaN 1 Beta The reviewer is thinking like me, the GAN1 is a portable amp. |