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| Newbie to Vinyl Seeks Tips @noromance Good question. Mostly it hasn't. As I suspected, I find the whole process of playing vinyl to be less than satisfying. I know a lot of people find the ritual of taking an album out of the case, cleaning it, and lowering the needle an... | |
| Denafrips Ares ii 1) There are no import taxes or fees. The Singapore dollar price at Vineshine is what you pay. Right now that is about $808 USD.2) No idea. Never heard one.3) Most people think the Ares II is a very natural sounding DAC. I hear a tiny bit more... | |
| Anybody else waiting for GaN and Purify to have a baby? rocray,I generally run my DAC straight into the amplifier. I do have the Schiit Freya, Elkit TU-8500DX, and DIY Wayne's BA2018 preamps that I have tried with the GaN 400 etc. but generally I find I like the sound straight from the DAC better. I ... | |
| Anybody else waiting for GaN and Purify to have a baby? rocray,The First Watt F5 definitely has more "meat on the bones" than the GaN 400. But if you start doing an A/B comparison with other First Watt amps I think you will conclude that the F5 isn't a particularly nuanced or accurate amp. I felt it ... | |
| Anybody else waiting for GaN and Purify to have a baby? @rocray I have DIY FirstWatt F4, F5, F6, Aleph J and M2x. And I have the Peachtree GaN 400 and Mini GAN 5. I compared the GaN 400 directly against the First Watt M2x which had been my favorite of the First Watt amps. I preferred the GaN 400 for... | |
| Anybody else waiting for GaN and Purify to have a baby? @jjss49Very nice review of the Mini GAN 5 and it matches my experience of the amp. It is an amazing value at $750. I have the Nuprime IDA-8 and I would be shocked if you found it competitive with the Mini GAN 5. I also have the Peachtree GaN 400 w... | |
| Peachtree GaN 400 vs Class D Audio Mini GAN 5 The Peachtree trade-in program is certainly what motivated me to pull the trigger on the GaN 400I will be very interested in hearing your comparison with the Raven Blackhawk. The GaN 400 doesn't have a rich, rounded, tubey sound so I imagine it w... | |
| Peachtree GaN400 - Anyone Listened To It? I got the GaN400 yesterday and have spent a few hours listening to it and doing an A/B comparison with my DIY First Watt M2x which is my favorite out of the 8 amps I have. I think it is a little early to draw any definitive conclusions, but I can... | |
| Ex Dunlavy Owners - What Other Speakers Have Made You Happy? There is a pair of Dunlavy SC-V for sale on Reverb right now for $5K. And I would have thought either the Tekton Moabs or Tekton Ulfberhts would have been logical speakers to consider. I've been very happy with my Moabs and prefer them to the ot... | |
| My New Magnepan 1.7i's sound dull and lifeless on the top end...why? Maggies are very sensitive to positioning. You might try them with the tweeters on the inside and tilted towards you. Just put CD cases behind the back legs. Make sure they are several feet from the rear wall and try various angles. But in gen... | |
| Tekton speaker comparison thread I have had the Tekton Moabs with BE tweeter and upgraded crossover for about 7 months. I think they are fabulous speakers, especially for the money. I also have a pair of Magnepan 3.7's set up in a second room. The ribbon tweeters in the 3.7's ... | |
| GR Research Power Cables If you are going to buy those cables it is cheaper to just buy them on Aliexpress rather than eBay. | |
| GR Research Power Cables I assume shielded in a standard power cable is better and I use these for that https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/686-17605 or https://www.alliedelec.com/product/volex-power-cords/17604-10-b1/70115980/ I'm not going to make any claim for these o... | |
| GR Research Power Cables abdodsonI decided to assume the GR Research cord is just using the same cables as their speakers and I've ordered 12TC cable and some cheap connectors from Aliexpress to try building my own. They won't have the nice cover or cotton core but will ... | |
| GR Research Power Cables Is there a chance the GR Research power cable is just their 16 strand speaker cable with a 16 AWG ground wire running through the middle? |