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| Audio Research in Receivership. ARC is an iconic American brand. My biggest fear is that someone might buy it and only focus on capitalizing the brand name at the expense of everything else that was responsible for giving ARC near-legendary status. I won't be surprised if most o... | |
| Gustard R26 vs hi end streamer I've now put almost 100 hours on the Gustard R26 so I feel it's fair to compare it to the Pontus II at this point. So here goes ... First of all, the R26 is a really really good DAC. I've owned more expensive DACs in my main system and the R26 wi... | |
| Fritz Carrera BE vs. Harbeth 30.1 @cobra1356 Totally agree with you. I tried my Carrera BE's with a low'ish powered SET amp (Rogers 65v2) and they were fabulous. However, they scale much more as you feed them more watts and current. I tried them with Audio Hungary Qualiton a50i (n... | |
| Gustard R26 vs hi end streamer @marco777 I’m actually comparing the Pontus II and Gustard R26 in my second system as we speak. I will share my opinion when I’ve put at least 100 hours on the R26 since I’ve had it for about ten days and still breaking it in. | |
| The best plug in filter ever! Has anyone compared it to the Puron to the QSA jitter plugs? I have a QSA Red conditioner in my main system. For the second system, I don'r want to spend too much and am seriously considering the Puron. However, I don't use a dedicated power condi... | |
| Prospectives on Chi-Fi The motorcycle and automotive reference is a dead giveaway 😀 | |
| Holo Red Streamer @nymarty Thanks for the info. Right now, I'm connecting my Roon core server (SMG sonicTransporter5 with LPS) to Pontus II via USB and it's actually sounding so good that I'm wondering if it makes sense to even add a streamer at all. By the way, ... | |
| The New Amati G5 or Joseph Audio Pearl Graphene @prof The Joseph speakers have an incredible clarity give a nice insciveness to the higher frequencies. However, as you move up from the lower mids, the sound does lose a bit more body, so things like upper female voices, then wood blocks, drum... | |
| Holo Red Streamer @jackd That's really good info! When you say "connect the Red to a Denafrips streamer ...", I'm assuming you mean Denafrips DAC, right? So basically the configuration looks like this: Ethernet IN >> Holo Red: HDMI cable >> Pontus2: ... | |
| Help me upgrade my beginner system! I also owned a Peachtree Nova 150 a few years ago. Ditching that amp and going to a modestly-priced Parasound A23 was a huge jump in sound quality. If you can afford it, look into Parasound HINT 6 Halo integrated amp. You can also search for used ... | |
| Bluesound Node 2 producing distortion and dropouts Are you using wifi or connecting your Node via ethernet/LAN? I had a similar issue where wifi stopped working properly and I was experiencing lots of dropouts especially when playing hi-res music. It turned out that I had installed a Google Nest d... | |
| Holo Red Streamer @nymarty Thanks. I understand that it can do both, but I was kinda hoping to kill two birds with one stone and use both functions simultaneously. A few questions if you don't mind answering ... How are you connecting the Red (while functioning a... | |
| Børresen M3 vs. CSS (Jay Iyagi) vs. Wavetouch This thread is a joke. I’m outta here. | |
| Børresen M3 vs. CSS (Jay Iyagi) vs. Wavetouch @mihorn For the record, I wasn't talking about your speakers in my first comment. I was only talking about the comparison between the Borresen and CSS/Jay speakers. Personally, I feel that judging speakers based on youtube recordings is the most a... | |
| Schiit yggdrasil + Less Is More vs. Denafrips Pontus II I own, and love, the Pontus II residing in my second/home office system. I'm currently comparing it with Gustard R26 and so far I prefer the Pontus. One thing to keep in mind that the Yiggy, at least the original version, does not play DSD or hi... |