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| Best SS Amp - Pass Labs X350.8 vs. Luxman M900u vs. Ayre VX-R Twenty @riaa_award_collectors_on_facebook You think AYRE is easy to resell?? As somebody who owned multiple Ayre amps I can tell you that you are sadly mistaken if this is your belief. Why do you think this is? I've seen an Ayre integrated and a... | |
| darTZeel CTH-8550 MKII integrated Amplifier-review! Oh, to have the dough for darTZeel. Haven't heard any, but every review hs been stellar. | |
| Replacement for current speakers suggestions bogiedr1 re "Diabetic for 39 years, Cardiac issues, (massive MI in 95, double bypass in 05) and the latest is stage 4 cancer, no remission possible!" Godspeed man, and I salute you for a positive attitude and not quitting. I wish you the best.... | |
| Do We Have New Software? @oldhvymec you’re a funny guy! 😁 | |
| The $20K Soulution Audio 330 Integrated Amp is a Bargain ? https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisa2gee-soulution-330-integrated-amplifier-phono-solid-state | |
| A move has me thinking of a CD changer....? jusam I haven't played a CD in months, since I ripped all my CDs to my Roon server (SGC SonicTransporter). I stream Tidal and Qobuz (via Roon) and I can assure you, it sounds as good or better than ripped CDs or CDs played through my Rega CD p... | |
| Member Make Zero Sense I dream of Jeannie... | |
| Help me pick one of four music servers/streamersreqi I like my SGC sonictransporter https://www.smallgreencomputer.com/collections/audio-server/products/sonictransporter-i5 Mine has an internal 2TB SSD. I just connect a $25 external CD ripping drive to the SGC, to rip CDs straight to the sonic with ... | |
| architectual digest hifi setup. The only time I can recall seeing a really high-end system in AD was a pair of >$30,000 Wilson speakers jammed in a room in the worst possible placement, and the other gear was hidden away. The decorating budgets for these multi-million dollar ... | |
| Bryston with vandersteen. See p.3 of the 2CE manual, where it also has a diagram:https://www.vandersteen.com//media/files/Manuals/2ce_signature_ii_manual.pdf | |
| Speaker Recommendation up to 70k Stenheim Alumine 3 gets raves, and apparently do well in mid-size rooms.https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/stenheim-alumine-three-loudspeakerThe Vandersteen Kento and Seven intrigue me, but I’m a Vandy guy (I’ve heard the Quatro CT, and the... | |
| Fidelity vs. Musicality...........Is there a tug of War? Thanks, I think, @ douglas_schroeder :) LOL | |
| How important is the pre-amp? How little I know, and wish I knew! re:The issue with transformers is loading and inter-winding capacitance. All transformers have inter-winding capacitance. If the transformer is not loaded correctly (usually too lightly) the capacitance may pl... | |
| Fidelity vs. Musicality...........Is there a tug of War? Hi douglas_schroederI read with great interest your dagogo review of the Legacy class D amp, and have added their 2-ch version to my short list under consideration. So I find it interesting that you mention here the Benchmark amp, which some revie... | |
| How important is the pre-amp? WOW mikelavigne ! You’re in rarified air, or rather the stratosphere. Good on ya. I love the listening room you built. https://darko.audio/2015/11/the-select-dac-ii-msb-technologys-90000-da-converter/I used to run a well-regarded passive line stat... |