daniel25
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| Looking for a new DAC Also have the innuos Halo May Kte combo. It's amazing. I had it narrowed down between Denafrips and Halo May Kte. It's not a matter of which is better but personal preference. However between these two who h have been compared extensively by every... | |
| Who has gone fully active? What speakers and preamp did you end up with? Atc active 50s. Paired with Supratek Cortese LCR phono preamp. Atc impedance is crucial to match with a preamp, most tube preamps aren't neutral enough or able to have low enough impedance to match Atc. And that's defeats the purpose of Atc if you... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Just got in SDH Semiotics Department of Heteronyms self titled 2018 vinyl, and La Dispute 2008 Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair. | |
| A life sentence!!! It's not close to the most expensive component in my rig, it's not the second most expensive, it's tied with my 3rd most expensive... it's my Supratek Cortese LCR, and I'd part with everything else before this preamp. In part because the guy who ... | |
| Will a high quality preamp really make a difference in sound?? Also speaker cable I’ve owned Rega, Naim, Linn, Macintosh, Denafrips preamps, and currently a Supratek tubed preamp. None of then sound alike. All vastly different. So yeah it matters. Another thing to consider with speaker cables is trying both copper and silver. T... | |
| What's the weakest link in my stereo set up? I live in a townhome, so limited on space. First off anyone who says cables don’t make a difference is because they dont have a system revealing enough to hear it. And if this is true about yours then definitely don’t waste your money. Focals are very revealing but Macintosh and Cambridge ... | |
| My Gray Experience I also ordered S510 from a small dealer in my area. I did some research and Shipping took a few days longer than expected. In a panic I called Rel and Paul Magee returned my call assuring me the speakers had been ordered new, the dealer was an aut... | |
| «40% Of Audiophiles Are Dying And No One Is Doing Anything About It!» Of all the people I know, work family and friends I'm the only one into hifi and collecting physical media. I have a few theories why more youths haven't taken on this Hobbie. 1) it's wildly overpriced 2) whenever people talk about quality reco... | |
| speaker upgrade fever I'm an ATC active owner and Focals. I run my atc w Tubes. For me it's tbe perfect balance of detail and musicality. The focal paired w Naim is also unique but the speakers can be interpreted as bright. So I mention my setup for refrence... however... | |
| Is it the gear or the ears? I always found it odd and assuming that some people think because others evaluate, compare and analyze gear that means they don't actually listen to or enjoy music. Reminds me of what they say you are when you ASSume. I mean take your favorite sp... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Drive (soundtrack) Sidewalks and Skeletons (white light album) Vortice Mortale (Momento Mori) Supratek Cortese with Ken Rads, Linn Lp12, Atc 50 actives | |
| No God No! Say it Ain’t So! This is terrible. If you currently own Macintosh or SF hold on to them. What will come out next definitely be the result of cutting cost where they can. They will sell an inferior product but market the heck out of the brands. I expect 2024 and ol... | |
| Bose buys McIntosh People expressing all the optimism are kiddong themselves. These kind of deals where a large company with an inferior product buys a company(or in this case two companies) that in comparison make something league's above them is never a good thing... | |
| Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say? Don't be D, we have enough narcissistic ego babies in this world. Ask them about their system. Engage with them how they put it together and what was most important to them in sound. Maybe they had financial limitations, or maybe they like detaile... | |
| Do speakers need to be re-broken in? Maybe they got stiff after sitting for so long and like someone said are loosening up a little but I'm not sure that makes sense bcs if that was the case wouldn't that imply the material of drivers are deteriorating? But who knows. However conside... |