djones51
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| Conceptual Framework for Identifying System Bottlenecks "Put it this way: the Hypex allowed me to hear all the cymbals on a tambourine; the Class AB allowed me to hear where they were in relation to each other"I find this hard to believe the AB amp allowed you to hear where the cymbals on a tambourine... | |
| You just won a $5,000 audio gear only gift card 1000 feet of cheap wire some fancy wrap and gold connectors. Anyone interested in some $200 a foot exquisite speaker cables? PM me. | |
| PS Audio DirectStream DAC measurements by ASR ASR measured Benchmark and recommended it. | |
| Preamp w/DAC (or Integrated w/DAC) vs. Outboard/External DAC? (Again! Forgive me!) Actually I was thinking if you moved to a larger room or floorstanders later on these amps and others like them would work good as well. I have used separates, integrated with and without dacs and I never really noticed a whole lot of difference.... | |
| Preamp w/DAC (or Integrated w/DAC) vs. Outboard/External DAC? (Again! Forgive me!) With those speakers I would get an integrated amp, if it has a dac that's fine if not there are good ones that are fairly inexpensive. The Parasound Hint 6 has the power, a pretty good dac and runs $3000 new. The Vincent 237MK has enough power, tu... | |
| Axe to grind know it alls I guess this is where the axe grinding begins. | |
| good laptop-computer just for the audio At that price range it's about the only streamer I know. The new NAD C 658 does all that for $1700. If I was going to get a laptop I would stay with an Intel chip at least an i5. Dell or Lenovo are pretty good. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-i... | |
| good laptop-computer just for the audio https://www.minidsp.com/products/streaming-hd-series/shd-studioYou have a pretty good dac so you don't need one this streamer doesn't have a dac it's $900 for couple hundred more you can get one with a dac. They both have XLR out. | |
| good laptop-computer just for the audio If you mostly stream why not get a streamer? | |
| Looking for a DAC w/ balanced XLR line out, budget $1k Streamer, pretty decent dac the AKM4490, Balanced out, it also has Dirac room correction if that's something you're interested in but not sure you could hang this on a wall. It runs $1200https://www.minidsp.com/products/streaming-hd-series/shd | |
| Looking for a DAC w/ balanced XLR line out, budget $1k https://apos.audio/Topping D90 for about $700 or something cheaper the SMSL-SU 8 for about $250 they both have balanced out. | |
| Axe to grind know it alls If you have an axe to grind make sure you do it right.https://www.ochsenkopf.com/en/press/the-right-way-to-grind-your-axe/ | |
| Building an AUDIOPHILE friendly PC from scratch so what is a must to consider in 2020? M.2 drives are now cheaper than sata as well as faster. https://www.newegg.com/intel-660p-series-1tb/p/N82E16820167462You mentioned Audiophile computer which is why I suggested the Jcat femto USB card but it’s about $500 I wasn’t sure if you were ... | |
| Done selling on eBay, they are demanding my social security number to sell Looks like you’re considered a business. | |
| Building an AUDIOPHILE friendly PC from scratch so what is a must to consider in 2020? Depends on what other thing you are planning to do with the computer and what you want to spend. If you use USB to connect to your dac consider something like a femto USB card they are expensive. For hard drives PCIe instead of sata easier on th... |