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| Needing DAC Advice I strongly recommend the Mola Mola Tambaqui. The better the system, the more you hear the ability this DAC possesses. Pair it with an Auralic streamer and you've got an unbeatable combo. | |
| What preamp with both line stage and phono? Understanding that the recommendations here are primarily tube preamps, let me throw a solid-state preamp into the considerations. The Mola Mola Makua preamp comes highly recommended and especially because it can be had with a world class phono st... | |
| Which sounds better 2 way or 3 way speaker design As has been alluded to, it's all about the design. Most specifically the crossover (assuming you have high quality drivers). It's easier to get a 2-way design to have proper phase characteristics between the tweeter and woofer/mid woofer. the c... | |
| Why isn’t more detail always better? Natural detail is always something to strive for. Unnatural highlighting of a certain group of frequencies that are pushed in your face is not detail - it's highlighting. If you're listening to a live unamplified performance, you hear all the de... | |
| How Many Times Do You Have To Listen To Understand A Piece Of Music? The original question is something that my musician friends and I talked about from time to time (How Many Times Do You Have to Listen to Understand a Piece of Music?). At first exposure it's not so much about understanding the piece but rather r... | |
| Room setting: new amp or new speakers? I agree with the several posters who advised to fix your room first. Get a pair of good speaker stands for your Sonus Fabers and get them out into the room a bit. You'll be surprised by the transformation of your system. You'll be able to get a... | |
| Starting my showroom again @nashvillehifi I was certainly acquainted with your business. You definitely have many years of experience. The key is clientele. So many folks opening up an audio store for the first time have no client base, and they believe they will just sho... | |
| Is the microwave the perfect model for audio marketting? I love the concept of a "defrost" cycle on your preamp. But I would like it for burning in the preamp or warming it up quickly before a listening session. In our industry/hobby we can either advertise features or sound quality. Advertising be... | |
| My All Time Christmas Song Jesu Parvule - by The Singer's Unlimited on Christmas - 1972 Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song) - by Amy Grant on Home for Christmas - 1992 | |
| Ugliest Component of the Year 2024! I suppose it's a blessing in our industry that those component designers with a bad eye for aesthetics may be brilliant in their ability to make sonically amazing gear. On the flip side I've experienced components that look amazing but sound like... | |
| Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say? Interesting quote from Mark Twain! Makes you think! I've been in this situation many times over the years. I will find something about their system and its sound quality that you can honestly say is good. It could be that the overall sound qua... | |
| Help Deciding On New Speakers For Small Room, $10k budget I have really been enjoying the Vivid Audio Kaya S12 speakers. They are small speakers with matching stands ($9,700 with stands). I have to say they are a slice of pure heaven. They have an uncanny sense of presence and amazing imaging with "re... | |
| Retirement System Finally Completed: Impression of the Mola Mola Tambaqui Congrats on the system! What a beautiful post documenting your journey to obtaining a such a wonderful system. You simply can't beat a system with a Mola Mola Tambaqui and Vivid Audio G3s2 speakers at anywhere near their price! Here's to many y... | |
| ???YOUR Personal Favorite???Why??? The Vivid Audio Kaya S12 with their stands are absolutely mesmerizing. Technological marvels that are 3D, focused, musical, dynamic, and have great, neutral bass response. Really special. I use them with a Mola Mola Kula integrated amplifier. Gr... | |
| New Speakers under consideration - but I’m afraid Let me offer up another thought. The fellow who designed many of the best technologies and speakers at B&W is Laurence Dickie. After leaving B&W he continued to develop and improve upon many of the technologies he had pioneered at B&... |