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| Are integrated amps technically better than separates? In a word: No | |
| Do we ask too much of our audio systems? @mapman and @oregonpapa you guys are spot on are as many comments here. I'd like to add, there have been many live shows where the actual sound was pretty crappy--I surely don't want my system to sound like that!Cheers all! | |
| Sound quality of Roon vs. Lighting Very interesting discussion; I have noticed variation in SQ with Roon over the past 18 months; used many different PC’s including OSX and some dedicated Roon core servers; IMHO, I think much of this SQ variation has to do with USB. The hallmark si... | |
| Bricasti M3 In the house Hi @teajay yes. Mike is a very experienced audiophile and knows the gear very well. I highly recommend Audio Archon! Super happy customer here. | |
| Bricasti M3 In the house @rsf507 thanks for the kind words. I was told by the dealer it has the latest upgrade to the main board; He also said that the M3 with revision surpasses the M1se and comes extremely close to M21, But I have not heard any other Bricasti DACs so I’... | |
| Bricasti M3 In the house The M3 is a game changer for me; I compared extensively USB to ETH; Result:No more USB; In general, I have been up and down the USB link for 2 years. I dislike USB as an interface for high end digital audio--way too much involved to make it sound ... | |
| Non Analytical Sounding DAC Upgrade- Budget $1,500 or less Chord Qutest incredible value; according to the designer Rob Watts, they selected the best power supply for the overall low noise design; stick with the stock supply and you can’t go wrong.Immensely musical for the price of admission. | |
| Looking to upgrade DAC from SA8005 I like Marantz stuff always have; I have the 8004 and it’s very musical, not the last word in extension but it is a heck of a value for the age; I can’t recommend these two highly enough at your price point:Chord Qutest and Schitt Saga+; Highly un... | |
| Furutech GTX NCF receptical break in, how long Interesting thread! Thanks for posting your updates in the process. I have a Furetech GTX-D-rhodium sitting in my drawer. It was in my wall for a while; Very similar experience. I just figured not a good fit, bad synergy, etc, so I swapped back to... | |
| Bricasti M3 In the house @briang no way! cool!I had the PS Audio DSD too. Nice dac! Let me/us know what you find out!Thanks,Dave | |
| Opinions please - Rowland 625 S2 vs Luxman M900u ? @thyname @denon1 you were right; The TWL Obsession is a fantastic PC and has improved the performance of the system. I tried a Nordost Brahma (bought from a friend and ended up using on the C-900 preamp), Audience AU24SE-HP, Shunyate NRC something... | |
| Bricasti M3 In the house Currently I’m running it directly from the Zenith’s network streamer output. The EtherREGEN is out for now; I want to get a clean perspective on it for a week this way; I did some initial testing, and preferred the Ethernet connection but it was d... | |
| New Amp help/recomendations? @mmj have you tried both (4 or 8 ohm) taps ? | |
| You've tried other amps and ended with Pass, please discuss @erik_squires It is not simply pick a gain stage, follow that up with suitable output drivers, toss in some distortion mechanism, and poof you have a Pass amp. It's my basic understanding that Nelson Pass designs his amplifiers not specificall... | |
| You've tried other amps and ended with Pass, please discuss Hi @english210 Noble quest--complete sound, that is. I applaud you. I can only speak to my experiences with Pass equipment. I have had many of the AB "X" series amps with, mostly, Dynaudio speakers. The Dyns have the hallmark of smooth and natural... |