bgross
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| Simaudio, MOON, Neo MiND In my opinion, Bernard is a good guy, no reason to feel otherwise but as representative of the Simaudio brand, he's trying to get me to spend significant money to upgrade to the MiND 2 platform; I get that. No doubt it's a worthwhile package for s... | |
| Simaudio, MOON, Neo MiND He will have the Simaudio techs change the internal transformer and bring it to NA spec for a couple hundred + shipping to & from MA to Montreal. We have common friends up there so he offered to do the switchover for the "right" price. I don't... | |
| Best Bang for your Buck DAC ? Would say shop for a used Rega DAC. Had one in my system for several years and thoroughly enjoyed it. Takes the sizzle out of the digital experience and is decidedly British in its presentation. Has several filter settings with the slightest of di... | |
| Line Magnetic 502ca I'm going to jump in on this resurrected thread... I recently picked up an LM-502ca. I pair it with a Node 2i, Manley Shrimp, Cary CAD808 & Equation 7 speakers in my main setup. Its replacing a Rega DACr and I'm using a coax cable to connect t... | |
| External DAC connection for Bluesound Node 2i (after "Another streaming newbie" thread) Been reading a bit about the Auralic Aries Mini - seems to be similar to theNode/Node 2 with no internal DAC. Anyone have experience with this piece? | |
| External DAC connection for Bluesound Node 2i (after "Another streaming newbie" thread) So I’m finally going to give the Node 2i a shot. I’ve been using a Line Magnetic 502CA DAC in both Tube and SS mode & like both presentations a great deal depending on the track and type of music it’s being fed. Going to try it with an Audienc... | |
| Best Bang for your Buck DAC ? Very happy with my Rega DACr... under a grand and maybe around $450ish for a good used piece. Fabulous build quality and plays great with any electronics I throw at it. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Early session tonight... big bowl of Pho, couple shrimp spring rolls, two (xl) cans Sapporo and straight into Walter Trout, "Livin' Every Day", Joe Bonamassa "Slo Gin" & now Terry Reid, "Superlungs" - prob been said here 100x but, imagine turn... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Anderson East "Alive in Tennessee" & The Black Crows "Shake Your Money Maker" - then just streamed "Shake Your Money Maker 30th Anniversary Deluxe" - very nicely done with a couple hidden gems. Jealous Guy being a favorite of mine and a fabulo... | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Former Sex Pistol, Steve Jones, "Mercy" & The Del Fuegos, "Boston, Mass" - boy the late 80s... what fun! | |
| If your were to assemble a vintage system ? Was just playing around with a perfect little vintage $1,500 rig... a much written about Musical Fidelity, A100 integrated, Canton, Karat 40 (3) way monitors; beautiful German build and a Music Hall, MMF 2.1 TT w/Adcom high output MC cart. Or, how... | |
| What’s the best tube for a Sonic Frontiers SFL-1 preamp I run a Genalex, Gold Lion in mine,... fabulous! GL with yours @skipper320; it's a terrific linestage that paired with the right amp will bring you pure sonic joy. I've run mine with TAD, Hibachi Monoblocks, a Cary 808R tuber, and soon a Sugden Bi... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Trying out a new to me vintage Adcom high output MC cart... playing nicely on the Luxman low mass arm. So, Amos Lee, "self titled" sounds very nice. Lots of string pop and accurate decay. Cowboy Junkies, "The Caution Horses" & now Ben Harper, ... | |
| Solid-state preamp with tube power amp Been thinking about this a lot myself... have a simple Sonic Frontiers, SFL-1 (Electro Harmonix tube) with a Cary "Rocket 88R" (Gold Lion and Raytheon tubes). Speakers in and out although right now a pair of very efficient Equation "7". It all pla... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @bkeske Jason Isabel, yep reaching for "Something More Than Free" right now... Children of Children - so powerful! |