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| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? I have had my first R2R dac (Laiv) for a number of months, and I am very pleased with its overall presentation, it's quite organic compared to a number of delta sigma dacs that I have owned. Of the chip dacs I would say the burr brown chip in DSD ... | |
| ???What's The LEAST Expensive "End Game"Amplifier You've Ever Heard??? I have been very pleased with Accuphase and consider it to be my ed game SS Preamp and Class A amp. The integrated are also excellent. I would look at something which fits your budget, definitely used, these are built like tanks. | |
| Physically Comfortable Headphones +1 Seinheiser, I currently enjoy the 600, light weight, padded ear pads, comfortable over longer listening sessions, I also have the hot ear problem and Seinheiser 600 open back seem to be the best for me. They do not have the big base your lookin... | |
| The Low Volume Loudness Dilemma +1 Accuphase loundness (compensation) switch for low volume. Great for background listening. | |
| The Allure of Vintage Audio Gear I think that being very busy raising a family with different priorities, I haven't had the opportunity to use my stereo gear as much in the past, and this has provided my gear with some longevity or as you noted vintage. These days, like it was in... | |
| The Allure of Vintage Audio Gear +1 Harmon Kardan 730, my receiver for 40 years. Never had the bug to upgrade until it died. Now I split the duty between a Cayin tube receiver and Accuphase SS preamp and Class A amp. | |
| IsoAcoustics GAIA I have an interesting story about these isolators on speakers. I was not in the market for such things until we happened upon a booth at the Toronto Hi Fi show where they had an A-B set-up with the exact same speakers, one set with these isolators... | |
| Amps that don’t impersonate space heaters. I have had a couple of Class A amps that run as hot as a small space heater. My currrent Class A amp from Accuphase runs very cool in comparison and is not an issue at all. Curious if others have had a similar experience. | |
| MoFi v/s UHQR I recently bit the bullet and decided to replace some of my cherished, and often played, original vinyl. I went through a similar process, purchasing a 45 rpm Mofi, 45 rpm Uhqr, and a double disc 33 rpm anniversary reissue by a record company, jus... | |
| Equalizer in a Hi Fi system I have seen this discussion before, but I also have owned a Lokuis, which I loved, but sold once I bought an Accuphase C-260 Control Amplifier with a 4 band presence control. I love having the option to fine tune some poor recordings. Nice to have... | |
| what are the best sounding Accuphase or Luxman amps/preamps? I currently have the Accuphase C260 Control Amp paired with the Class A- Accuphase A 20 y Amp. as my solid state option and could not be happier. The way I would describe the sound is musical, I can listen for hours without fatigue, wonderful sou... | |
| Those rare albums that are great on first listen. Wow what a great thread, keep them coming! Forgot my favorite Pete Townsend album with small faces alumni Ronnie Lane, "Rough Mix". A real sleeper album at the time , I think I was the only person in our group at the time who had ever heard or lis... | |
| Those rare albums that are great on first listen. Muddy Waters-folk singer Traffic-low spark of high heeled boys Rodney Crowell-Aint living long like this Little feat- Dixie Chicken & Sailin Shoes Level 42-first & World Machine Donald Fagen-the night fly Allman Brothers-eat a peach ... | |
| Kind of Blue Some great examples, I had forgotten about, thanks for that. I have been enjoying of late, Tord Gustaven Trio-The Other Side and Chet Baker-Chet. | |
| Accuphase Experiences I have an Accuphase C260 Control Preamp and an Accuphase A20y Class A amp. As I live in a codo I have to respect that timing is everything when listening for me. Low to moderate listening volumes is my usually listening level. The compensator on t... |