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| Schiit yggdrasil + Less Is More vs. Denafrips Pontus II I owned a Schitt Yggdrasil OG and was considering a LIM conversion. Schitt reluctantly admitted that the LIM has less detail. Less detail reminds me of a Spring 3 KTE. The OG can be bright on a few recordings, depending upon the rest of your syste... | |
| Good Suggestions for Tube Amps under 6k Don Sachs makes great components. | |
| Tube amps - what 3 things… From what I hear DHT is right, but budget and such matter. Rule 1 though is GIGO, garbage in, garbage out. My system with an old PS Audio 200C or Acoustat 3l200 watt amp would sound good, but my Mark Levinson smokes them both. OTOH, if I had a $10... | |
| Is Imaging Worth Chasing? paul6002 Simply put, chasing ANYTHING in audio is a personal choice/preference. What I believe/enjoy is ultimately relevant to me, and I only care what others think if I am buying something, but as I don't actually know the predilections of th... | |
| How much does a DAC do the more expensive it is? If only price were a good guide. There are many DACs that will trounce your DAC, and some may cost less, I don't know about that end, but it certainly would be possible. The problem is that we have limited exposure and we don't all agree as to wha... | |
| Thiel 03a speakers It doesn't sound like a tweeter problem if you get no reading from the crossovers. Being that it's both channels it sounds like they are shot, but not if they are not getting a signal. Meniscus audio used to rewire coils, you can contact them and ... | |
| Audiophile Speakers for Rock, HipHop and Techno Hi rrrItmac1700, I suspect that a Mark Levinson 27.5 would fix your problem. Short of that a PS 200C or CX, but they are a bit colored compared to the neutral 27.5. Lou | |
| Thiel Owners Hi maplegrovemusic, the 7's need a powerful amp, any clipping and you will blow the tweeters. I have a pair, but I am not set up to use them as they need to be on the long wall, so they are collecting dust... Lou | |
| Vandersteen 2CE Signature III — video review on YouTube by Steve Guttenberg (1/15/2023) Hi patrickdowns, being a long time critic of Vandersteens it doesn't surprise me that making the treble more accurate bothers many. Every time I listened to the older version they sounded similar to whatever I had IF you tossed a thick towel over ... | |
| How much should I spend on a new DAC Hi jetter, We literally have buildings miles apart with fiber between them. Fiber is great when working well, but it's a pain when it's not. I don't know if they sell tools to clean Toslink connections, but we use tools that look like they have de... | |
| Don Sachs Owners Thread The Shuguang tubes Don was using prior to the Linlai tubes are pretty good, IME. I just did a better/worse between the Linlai and Soviet tubes and the Soviet tubes were fuller where the Linlai tubes tapered off sooner. The Soviet tubes just sound ... | |
| Don Sachs Owners Thread rbautista, I believe that those are 1965 or newer, I have some but haven't listened to them. I believe that all of the ones I bought came from Europe, mostly from the Ukraine. I bought a lot of them in December I believe that they all arrived safe... | |
| Don Sachs Owners Thread Hi rbautista, I need to revisit the Ken Rads to be sure. They were necessary in the first version of the Schiit Freya in order to have a sound stage, and the oldest Raytheons were needed for tonality i... | |
| Don Sachs Owners Thread invalid and @jackd, IME your system is no stronger than the weakest link. OTOH, music is very personal, so weakest link is subjective. So, reviews of tubes are going to vary based upon the neutrality of the system, and the predilections of the use... | |
| Don Sachs Owners Thread Tubes go bad, Brent Jesse does through testing, as do Kevin Deals' people. I haven't heard of a DS2 going up in flames, but anyone who deals with tubes should tell you in no uncertain terms that they can, and not to leave them on and unattended. T... |