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| Balanced wiring for Sennhesier 800 S The Ayre QX-5 Twenty uses two connectors for balanced. Gotcha. The Cardas Clear cable is very nice. I have one with dual XLR for my LCD-4. I think it's the best build of any headphone cable I have. They use two cables and you can just order dua... | |
| Balanced wiring for Sennhesier 800 S Sennheiser makes a high quality balanced cable for the 800s. I have one and use it with the 800. It's a good cable. Works on the 800 and 800s. | |
| Will Accuphase E-800 be enough to power Klipsch La Scala speakers? Yes. | |
| ARE SUPER EXPENSIVE STREAMERS REALLY WORTH IT The DAC and what it does to produce the analog signal that is sent to your speakers is the most important part of your digital chain. i2s vs. USB vs. coax, etc., R2R vs.FPGA, etc. matter less than the implementation of the conversion to analog. T... | |
| Class D is just Dandy! I have owned a few Class D amps and had one in my main system years ago, but they were pretty easily bested by other similarly priced solid state or tube amps. A while ago, I had some issues with one of my solid state monoblocks and bought a pai... | |
| Vacuum Tube Preamp for Solid State Power Amp Pairing You can't go wrong with Audio Research. Modwright makes really good tube preamps. If you can find a pre-owned Herron Audio VTSP-360, that's a great piece. | |
| Main speaker placement- fundamentally wrong? They have these things called headphones... or in some cases, ear speakers. | |
| Recordings with BASS Lots of good ones already mentioned. I'll try not to repeat, here are a few more: FKA Twigs - Lights On Almost anything from Yes prior to 90125 Lady Blackbird - Blackbird Almost anything from Yello or Boris Blank Chocolate Chip Trip - Tool ... | |
| Needing DAC Advice I think you're on the right track of sending the CD output to a high quality DAC. Consider Jay's Audio CD + DAC. Very musical and engaging. My current DAC is the Rockna Wavedream Signature, which you should be able to find for around $5K if you... | |
| I need a physically flat or small subwoofer.... Kef is making some nice small form factor subs. | |
| Which subwoofer should I get? SVS SB3000 BOOM, lots of BOOM, this thing had power, but not accuracy. Would be perfect, if I just listened to Techno, Rap. It's unfortunate that's what you heard. Where did you hear it, and who set it up? There's Best Buy and like stores th... | |
| Is anyone here still into live concerts these days? I rarely attend a show where the capacity is over 5,000. Prices for most large shows are ridiculous and I'm not satisfied sitting somewhere far away or off to the side, don't enjoy the parking hassles, and the sound usually sucks. I'd much rath... | |
| Location of compoments. I have a weird shaped room and between that and space considerations, having the rack between the speakers is my best option, but it's a compromise. I have a nice solid center image, good imaging, and a big soundstage, but it's easy to tell it cou... | |
| Why I Sold My Aurender N200 I think many people place too much importance on the streamer and not enough on the DAC. Sounds like a positive move on your part all around, eliminating something that has no sonic impact on your listening experience and providing a wonderful op... | |
| Recommendation Request: Headphone Amp/DAC combo The Sony TA-ZH1ES is a little long in the tooth now, but you might be able to find a pre-owned one for about half of your budget. Lots of power, great sound, and a number of connection options. |