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| Tekton versus Klipsch Thank you. I appreciate your comments and would like to hear more specifics if you want to share.I am also really trying to get a handle on the differences in the "house" sound of the Tektons compared to the other two, which I have heard. I though... | |
| Higher End DACs @rower30...Audio is like the stock market, a commodity price has been set with the weaknesses boiled in. If a $2,000 level technology DAC was really as good as a $35K DAC, the answer would not stay a secret for long...Well said, with the caveat t... | |
| Best Bang for your Buck DAC ? Jjss49I appreciated your informative post about the rme and musical paradise DACs.Can you please share what preamp, amp, and speakers you were using?Thanks for listening.Dsper | |
| Thiel Owners charles1dadAs I recall, Pat suggested the right and wrong way to insert the fuse so I have not experimented.Interconnects are really where I want to experiment but need guidance. Would love to hear what other Thiel owners prefer - and why!!Thanks ... | |
| Thiel Owners vair68robert and charles1dadIts good to know others can hear a difference with fuses. Hopefully, you are not pulling my leg:-)!I am a pretty analytical "my glass is half empty" kind of guy. My view was pretty negative that there could be a differe... | |
| Looking for my Final Pair!! jarossi13, I probably need to go listen to the Cornwall IV's again but with tubes. The first time I heard them it was with McIntosh solid state and was not impressed.I am coming from Thiel CS5i's, which have a certain solidness to the sound that t... | |
| Looking for my Final Pair!! thanks roxy54 | |
| Discrete R2R Ladder dac from Soekris, Absolute Sounds review. I have the Soekris running straight to the amp this morning.Listening to Bill Evans "Another Time". Eddie Gomez' bass is sounding the best I have heard it with my setup.Yesterday, I had the preamp in and that sounded good, too. Not better or worse... | |
| Looking for my Final Pair!! @roxy54 I actually tried a bought an inexpensive set of planar magnetic supertweeters to augment my speakers last year, and found them to be disappointing. The ones that I bought sounded sort of "dry". However, 3 weeks ago, I finally bought a se... | |
| Looking for my Final Pair!! @ozzy62 I, for one, love my Cornwall IVs....ozzy62, can you comment on how the Corwalls sound different with tube amplification versus solid state?I've only heard then once with McIntosh solid state...I have a Don Sachs preamp on order by the way.... | |
| Are "vintage" DAC's worthwhile, or is this a tech that does not age well charles1dad, Hi @dsper,Given the diminutive size of the Soekris DAC I imagine the optional power supply is external. I would bet its use makes a positive difference. I emailed Mod House Audio and Soekris in Denmark but so far no response about... | |
| Thiel Owners jafant,Thanks for the clarification on what a loom means. I have not gotten into power cords and my speaker cable runs are only about ten feet so I not too concerned with that part of it.However, at the suggestion of Pat at McCormack Audio, I add... | |
| Thiel Owners Gotcha, as in it would be a bad idea. Thanks. | |
| Discrete R2R Ladder dac from Soekris, Absolute Sounds review. One item to consider if you are thibking about running a DAC direct to your amp.Consider if the DAC has a remote control for the volume.If that does not matter, consider how the volume is incremented on the DAC and how large the volume control is ... | |
| Discrete R2R Ladder dac from Soekris, Absolute Sounds review. Well in my system, I have not had a delta sigma that has sounded good.Just too bright and thin.More noise, less music.YMMV. |