jl35
Responses from jl35
| Retirement integrated amp for a “fiscal conservative” Agree the Belles Aria Signature is awesome...there are also many threads about combining tube preamps with solid state amps or using low powered tube amps...BAT makes some great integrated amps that are SS amp and tube preamp... | |
| Where should the Tubes Go in a Vintage Preamp / Amp System I prefer high power amps, and don't want to deal with a high power tube amp, so using Class A mono blocks and tube preamp...I've often used tube pre and ss power amp to good results...from friend's systems both ways can work great... | |
| Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs? Still love LP CD and Streaming...all serve a different purpose...not saying one format always sounds better, but they often sound different...I often find it simply easier to pop in a CD rather than find my phone and search for what I want... ther... | |
| Will an Amp change improve my system ? The S300 is a fine amp for the price, but for me the Pass was much better sounding...don't know your speakers though...some love Benchmark, but very many do not... | |
| Doozy of an amp question My Epicon 8's loved my Pass XA`160.8 mono blocks, and are now loving my friends much less powerful and expensive BAT VK-80 tube amp... | |
| How does 10+ year old technology compare to modern: Musical Fidelity M1 DAC Transport I like, and use, Cambridge CXC...CD Players I like Marantz CD6006(7) and Rotel CD11 Tribute - I own both, just sold the Oppo...I liked the Schiit Modius DAC better than the Modi...these are simply my preferences, all within your cost par... | |
| Doozy of an amp question Which Dali speakers ? | |
| How does 10+ year old technology compare to modern: Musical Fidelity M1 DAC When I bought my OPPO-103 12 years ago, I thought it was a terrific DVD Player. After upgrading, I was disappointed in the OPPO as a CD Player or transport/streamer...I think as you're looking at older DACs, personal preference becomes even more i... | |
| How does 10+ year old technology compare to modern: Musical Fidelity M1 DAC @simao Schiit just released a new version Gungnir 2, at $1599 ...I've liked Schiit and Denafrips in that price range, haven't heard the older Gungnir... | |
| How does 10+ year old technology compare to modern: Musical Fidelity M1 DAC I use the current Modi+ for my desktop, and it’s terrific...never heard the older Modi3+ ... | |
| How does 10+ year old technology compare to modern: Musical Fidelity M1 DAC Not a clue…some here prefer the sound of older DACs…I much prefer the Bifrost to the M1 | |
| How does 10+ year old technology compare to modern: Musical Fidelity M1 DAC it has improved significantly ...Schiit Modi+ incredible for $129 ... and their newest Bifrost is definitely, for most, worth the 6X price...$799 today can buy so much compared to 10 years ago... | |
| The end of physical media is neigh I'm thinking with the age of most of the responders here, that the end of physical media will not be much of an issue...especially with LP and CD sales not only stabilizing but actually growing slightly in 2024... | |
| Why isn’t more detail always better? theoretically I think we would want all the detail that naturally exists in the music, but unfortunately many (most) systems do not often handle that very well ... reminds me of the old JG Holt debate about how highly accurate equipment is often n... | |
| What % Of Your System Are Your Cables? Thinking that in current system the cables list price is 10% - 15% of the list price of components. But my experience is that great deals on new/demo/used cables are better than on components, so probably spent about 7-8 % of total cost on cables.... |