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| Streaming Dac $5000-8000 You're price range is close to a pre-owned Lumin X1. Hard to beat a Lumin X1 below $10k especially if you can take advantage of the fiber connection option. The Lumin user app is also top flight. Do not settle for a DAC/Streamer that used MConnect... | |
| Interesting situation! Do we need this.... @rbertalotto Your story is amazing and I've had similar experiences with low cost gear. It always amazes me when reviewers focus on how expensive the gear they're reviewing costs. You would think a reviewer would gain more attention by finding th... | |
| Why is everyone so down on MQA? @walkenfan2013 It's likely going to die because it doesn't sound as good as true lossless hi-res. My dCS Rossini DAC/Streamer supports hi-res and fully renders MQA Studio Quality. I used to subscribe to TIDAL and found that MQA tracks generally so... | |
| Ultrasonic record cleaners @tennisdoc56 +1 on the HumminGuru recommendation. I too was interested in an ultrasonic cleaner but didn't want to spend $3,000 on a Degritter or KL Audio. All ultrasonic cleaners basically do the same thing, spin a record in a bath of water, ha... | |
| Looking for good recordings of female vocals I have not yet tried... Try Sophie Zelmani. Specifically the track called 'All About You' on the Soul album. You'll swear Sophie and the players are in the room with you. And it's only Redbook CD quality. I can only imagine how good a hirez version would sound. You ... | |
| The review wehave been promising is up @dznutz I used my Gryphon Antileon EVO Stereo amp and Gryphon Pandora pre-amp with a friend's Paradigm Persona speakers. Like @havocman , I also found the Persona's bright and edgy. The Gryphon equipment has never been accused of being bright a... | |
| Is SUT needed for a low output cartridge with a Gryphon Pandora & Legato phono module? Thanks to all of you for your comments and suggestions. I agree with many of you that with the Gryphon Pandora & Legato phono stage, I don't need an SUT. I have plenty of gain and the sound of the Dynavector DV-20X2L cartridge is amazing and ... | |
| Is SUT needed for a low output cartridge with a Gryphon Pandora & Legato phono module? Thanks @dover and @jasonbourne52 for your replies. According to the Gryphon Legato user manual, below are the specs including the available gain that @jasonbourne52 asked about. Technical Specifications (Balanced operation) Signal to Noise ra... | |
| What's the heaviest speaker you've ever owned? What's the tallest? Heaviest are my Rockport Altairs @ 515 pounds each | |
| My endgame system I think @ronboco If the only device you need to connect to your home network is the 866 then you don't need a network switch. You can go direct from you internet provider modem to the 866. | |
| My endgame system I think @ronboco I strongly suggest using the 866 for streaming as it's better than the Bluesound Node. You're also not taking advantage of one of the main reasons to own an 866, you only need a single power cable and no interconnect cables, other than c... | |
| My endgame system I think @ronboco The EtherREGEN is in the audio path for any music you Stream (eg. Qobuz, TIDAL, Spotify) or any music you may have locally ripped that resides on a computer or hard drive that's on your home Ethernet network. The EtherREGEN isn't in the ... | |
| My endgame system I think @ronboco Great choice with the Rockport Aviors. I own Altair speakers and they're my end game speakers. I don't understand the purpose of the Bluesound Node. I used to own the Boulder 866 and in addition to being a great amp/preamp, the Streame... | |
| Your thoughts on my quest for new speakers @jcs01 Unless you like to listen to heavy metal or classic rock at high listening levels, you owe to yourself to purchase Maggie's as they sound different than box speakers. A few years back I purchased a pair of 20.7's after auditioning the 3.7i... | |
| What makes the biggest difference in sound quality? @ted_denney Ted, since you framed the question to cover all the products Synergistic Research sells, I can tell you that the Shunyata cables and power distribution devices I recently purchased made a significant SQ improvement over your cables and... |