mindhead1
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| After 20 years, in the market for a power amp Ochard Audio Starkrimson Ultra. FanFET class D is the way to go. Mine is paired with a PS Audio BHK preamp. It sounds great. | |
| Q Acoustics Concept 50 @caslon Did you ever get the Concept 50? any thoughts on them? | |
| Phono Preamp Selection https://forum.audiogon.com/posts/2729228 If you like Jolida gear check out Black Ice Audio. Jolida reborn. | |
| Phono Preamp Selection Darlington Labs MP7B | |
| What Power Amplifier Should I Buy? Orchard Audio Starkrimson Ultra DMC 2.5 is what you want. | |
| What are your thoughts/opinions on the Orchard Audio Starkrimson Mono Ultra Premium I picked up a Starkrimson Ultra 2.5 about a month ago. I feed it with an Eversolo DMP-A8 and it powers my Buchardt s400 mkII speakers. The best thing I can say is that once I turn it on it’s very hard to turn off. It sounds fantastic. The Orchard... | |
| iFi Neo Stream and Zen Stream as good as direct media playback @chiliray I run the Zen Stream as a Roon End Point. It works great and sound great. Very stable for me via wifi and ethernet. I recommend for a Roon use case. | |
| Higher-End Class A/B vs. Class A Integrateds Kinki Studio EX-M!+ owner here. I think the amp is great. I primarily use it with Buchardt S400 MKII speakers which are 4 ohms and the amps has no trouble driving them with authority. I also use them with my Triangle Comete EZ with great results. ... | |
| Zen Stream/Zen DAC v2 a Surprisingly Good Combo An update to this string. I acquired a Geshelli Labs J2S 4499 DAC w/ Sparkos Op Amps a few weeks ago and connected it to the Zen Stream (Roon Endpoint) and wow. The J2S is a winner. Compared to the Zen DAC v2 Soundstage, clarity, and dynamics are ... | |
| Zen Stream/Zen DAC v2 a Surprisingly Good Combo Lots of great streaming options available under $1K. My point was that the Zen Stream is the best as a pure streamer for Roon. The only thing that comes close is the Raspberry Pi streamer I put together. A cheaper package in terms of parts, but re... | |
| Zen Stream/Zen DAC v2 a Surprisingly Good Combo The Eversolo devices look good. I might consider one if it was purely a streamer or a preamp with streaming capabilities. While it’s not always avoidable (MQA) I prefer not to pay for functionality I won’t use. In this case the Eversolo DACs and S... | |
| Willsenton R8 - how good? @arafiq thanks for your write up describing the differences between the R8, CM II and Blackhawk III. It’s so hard to know how to compare these different tube amps. I have an R8 and like it a lot, but get curious. It seems like I have a solid platf... | |
| Connecting Subwoofer’s to Willsenton R8 I added a speaker to line level adapter I got from Crutchfiled (link below) and use it to connect my RSL Speedwoofer to my R8. Works great. https://www.crutchfield.com/p_543ADP12/Russound-ADP-1-2-Speaker-level-to-Line-level-Adapter.html | |
| Anyone heard new Zu Union 6? Thanks for the feedback on this thread. I have started looking at high efficiency speakers to go with tube amps. I have narrowed my search down to Tekton Perfect Set, Zu Union 6 and Omega XR8. Also, giving consideration to Heresy IV, but am intere... |