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| What’s the best DAC match for the Cambridge Audio CXC original or V2? "What’s the best DAC match for the Cambridge Audio CXC ?"Only you can answer this question. To be fair, you may not like the sound of which DAC someone here may suggest. You`ll have to listen with your own ears. | |
| a question for those "in the know" re: the future for quality FM whatjd, Thank you, for asking. I`ve known about Magnum Dynalab for a long time. Their items were beyond my affordability. I did not pay attention to them. Because of your post, I may consider them, in the future. If, I come across sufficient funds. | |
| Best "Bang for the Buck" you have owned? A Schiit Loki. Best $150 ever spent.I bought a NAD 118 digital preamp. It is a cross between a Schiit Loki and Black Ice F360. I bought it, brand new, at half the full retail price of $1600.Five years later, I bought an immaculate used NAD 118 for... | |
| Maggies to Tekton? Ever consider a Sub? A nice compliment to your Maggies that will give you " oomph and excitement". | |
| Uprgading RCD 855 A Cambridge CXC transport. Teamed with the following DAC`s: Bifrost, Gungnir, Aries II, or MHDT Labs, would be hard to beat for that amount.The lowest priced Luxman, if you could find one. | |
| Matching tube preamp to ss amp There are plenty of tube preamps that have less than 2800 ohms output impedance. | |
| Do I need to decouple/isolate my preamp amp from my stand? I would recommend: isolate your audio stand from the floor, and isolate your source (CDP or TT) from the rest of your components. Herbie`s are the affordable way to go. | |
| What's the best integrated amp in the $1500-$2000 range? Rogue Audio Sphinx V3. Brand new, it may be the best, in that price range. | |
| Herbie’s Audio Lab still in Business? They are still in business. I received my order from them this past week. This was the second order they have fulfilled, to me, during the past month. | |
| Richard Kern modified Sony SCD-777 ES - what to replace it with #1. If I were you, I`d contact this Richard Kern, and ask, if he could replace the laser. He may have, or be able to obtain, the OEM laser for the unit. If not, I would try to purchase a used Sony 5400 ES, since you may prefer the Sony sound. | |
| DAC Upgrade from Jolida JD100? Just a revision to previous post.Jolida FX Tube DAC III w/ headphone outs. Schiit Bifrost and a Vali | |
| DAC Upgrade from Jolida JD100? Try the Jolida FX Tube DAC III. It will not break the bank. Another affordable alternative, the Schiit Bifrost. | |
| Using Tube Headphone Amp as Speaker Preamp You ask a very good question. I am surprised no one has answered, yet. Like you, I was curious about using a tubed Head amp, to do double duty, as a preamp. I`ll observe, with interest, as to what the responses will be.I purchased a Jolida FX tube... | |
| Match of Hybrid Rogue Pharaoh and B&W 803D2 speaker I can relate with the OP, about the experience. I have a pair of B&W 804`s, and that treble was fatiguing to listen to. I swapped in a hybrid tube amp, and that sure made a difference in how the music sounded. I, also, did not have to spend a ... | |
| Most satisfying system change in 2017? At the start of the year, I swapped out an ADCOM 5400 for a Jolida JD 1501P. This softened the brightness, and made my B&W`s listenable. In 2016, I discovered, that, tubes can make a difference.Teamed a multi-bit Bifrost, with a NAD 515 CDP, w... |