dbb
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| Problems with the IFI Zen Stream.. What's a better Alternative? "What convinced you that it’s not the ISP quality?" Too big a coincidence that it happened twice under two different ISPs. Also called technical support and no indication of drop offs. | |
| Kef and McIntosh I use a McIntosh mc402 with Kef Reference 1s. I feel the two work well together with the Mac's applying needed smoothness to the Kef metal drivers. | |
| Review: Holo May (L2) DAC and the Musetec Audio (LKS Audio) MH-DA005 DAC Compaired @stuartk Your welcome. It was a fun project and gratifying to get so many positive responses. I don't think I'm likely to do another soon given the expense involved in acquiring equipment for review. | |
| Review: Holo May (L2) DAC and the Musetec Audio (LKS Audio) MH-DA005 DAC Compaired @sagur80 Thank you for your kind words on my review. For the record, it was posted before the Audioscience review and therefore couldn't be a rebuttal. As @melm has said volumes have been written on this dac. I suggest, if you have the stamina, ... | |
| Record Stores NYC I think this is the one you want for classical. I lived on the upper West Side for 40 years. This was the best. Westsider Records, 233 West 72nd Street. Check out their website. | |
| un-becoming an audiophile I think the solution for you may be to go to live concerts. Your brain will focus on enjoying music, not sound. I find it hard not to listen to the music in a live concert. In my opinion, many audiophiles do not enjoy music and are shallow in thei... | |
| What speakers have you mistakenly let go and then later repurchased? Green Mountain Audio Chromas. I liked them but thought they lacked sparkle. Replaced them with B&W 704 s2's and then bought Legacy Audio Signatures. I listed the Chromas for sale, but no takers. After a few years of owning the Legacies I compa... | |
| Looking for a McIntosh amp that gives a great example of the “McIntosh Sound” I recommend the Mc152 which I’ve owned for about 8 years. It definitely has the McIntosh house sound: smooth, good sound stage depth and width, nice imaging, a touch of warmth and always listenable even with a mediocre recording. It sounds very mu... | |
| Topping Pre90 Switching op amps? Thanks for the update. I found myself consistently preferring the way more expensive Hegel p20 and p30 so the pre90 will eventually go up for sale. | |
| Amazon music vs Qobuz @Robshaw I used this method until about a year and a half ago. I did find adding a separate dedicated streamer fed by ethernet via a switch and optical cable lowered the noise noticeably in my set up. I stream Qobuz via Mconnect, but have not fou... | |
| Amazon music vs Qobuz @Robshaw You said "I use a windows based computer to stream through my Meitner DAC hard wired via Ethernet cable." Can you explain in more detail? I assume the ethernet cable goes from your router to your dac which contains a streamer. Can... | |
| LTA microZOTL or Backert Labs Rhumba Extreme 1.3? You can do the two week trial with the Microzotl. I did and found it was not a good match with my power amp. | |
| Preamp with selectable outputs? I would call a pro audio store like Sweetwater and ask if they have a remote controlled out put switcher. | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @americanspirit I have a P30 which I use with a McIntosh MC402. It's very nice, especially with natural timbre. I hear the P30A won't be in the US until November or December. How does the M8sPre sound with the Mac? | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @americanspirit If you're still looking for a preamp, you might want to try a Hegel P20. I use it with the 005 and the McIntosh MC152. I found it was better than the McIntosh C47, more dynamic, detailed, and timbrely accurate. |