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| What happened to Audiowaves Hifi Alan Grau? He was always great to deal with. Good for him on the retirement though, he earned it. | |
| My Favorite Tweaks, What is yours? I don't know if it is considered a tweak. But I've found huge benefits from extensive, almost obsessive messing about with speaker toe-in. Sometimes the tiniest change can make a huge difference. Not always, but most of the time anyway. It sometim... | |
| Veritas Cables a new brand that I found I'm finally going to give one of their power cables a try. Currently I use a Cerious Graphene Matrix which I've always been happy enough with. Time for some tinkering though, let's see what the Matrix power cables can do. Has anyone compared the ... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - Kyoto | |
| Need Opinions for Streamer/DAC [One Box - Not Separates] Budget Approx. $ 5,000 I was in the same boat and thought I needed something with wifi. Turns out the range extender idea is very reliable, meaning I was able to look at all options instead of only wifi capable units. In my case I use an Asus brand router for my main n... | |
| Remastered CDs, HDCDs, SACDs Bluray can sound excellent but so can any of the other formats. It really depends on the mastering. It's frustrating that often times a vinyl release has different master than a CD release. Major difference in dynamic range. Streaming is also frus... | |
| Has anyone heard the Bluesound Node Icon streamer DAC? I heard it, seems pretty good for the price. Not a giant killer. The feature set is good though. If you wanted to use Dirac for room correction (extra license fee involved) it seems pretty unique in offering that. Otherwise just a decent unit, not... | |
| Triangle Magellan Duetto 40th Anniversary They look excellent. Triangle is one of those brands that doesn't always get a lot of fanfare, but steadily puts out really great speakers time after time. I'd have a listen if at all possible. | |
| Veritas Cables a new brand that I found @grannyring Sorry I'm new here, did you have a brand name for your cables? Or more just a DIY fun thing? Either way you clearly know your stuff, so your high praise of the Veritas designs goes a long way. | |
| DAC suggestions? I'll echo @kennyc who mentioned the Musician Audio Aquarius. Amazing deal for what you get. I guess they have a lot in common with Denafrips, maybe the same designer or factory? Either way, that DAC is seriously impressive in my opinion. | |
| Audio Mirror WAVE DAC k I'm a big fan of the Tubadour and have owned a few over the years. Having said that, I don't think AM's charming DIY web design aesthetic is up to par when dealing with $20k+ devices like the Wave. At that level I would expect more info, detailed ... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Aoife O'Donovan - Man in a Neon Coat (Live from Cambridge) beautiful performance, excellent recording | |
| Revisiting Chinese Knockoff Cables @zlone Thank you. I've read a lot of similar stories to yours and that makes total sense to me. I was just wondering if anyone had ever discovered a somewhat verifiable story as to the background of these cables. Best case scenario for us is the... | |
| DDC With I2S in and Out Doesn't the Laiv unit do exactly what you need as far as inputs? It can take your coaxial, AES, and I2S signals on the inputs side, and send out a single I2S to your DAC. Seems like it is worth a try and probably much better than any sort of switc... | |
| Veritas Cables a new brand that I found @tksteingraber No argument there, guilty as charged! I really didn't keep track of hours but I want to say it was several months of pretty extensive listening before mine really took shape. That sounds insane when I do the math and figure it might... |