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| Budget amp that will give Magnepan 3.6Rs better depth of soundstage You can pick up a Crown XLS2502 for around $400 used, $650 new. I have one here that I use to drive a pair of passive subs, I've messed with it driving fullrange speakers and it sounds surprisingly good. I've had 3.6Rs in a room that size and th... | |
| High powered single end 300b recommendations Allnic A6000 monoblocks are rated 60w using EML XLS tubes, 4 per side. They also have a toggle for negative feedback and no negative feedback, which helps with more difficult speakers. They sound fantastic if you can find a pair. | |
| DAC recommendations The Denafrips Terminator is a great choice. I had the original with updated DSP board and it sounded wonderful. I should never have sold it and still haven’t replaced it. In the future if you have some spare cash and feel like moving up the ladder... | |
| Klipsch La Scala replacement? If you like your La Scala I can’t imagine you being satisfied with B&W speakers. I think you need to be looking for smaller horns, Klipsch Forte, would be my recommendation. Or take a look at the Volti Razz. Great speakers, possibly as good a... | |
| Thoughts on Moving Up From Denafrips Terminator / GAIA DDC I like the look of the Weiss dacs but haven’t seen a used one show up in weeks, other than a unit that’s located in Europe. I really like the look of the Berkeley Reference dacs, though they seem to attract mixed reviews. Not that looks are impo... | |
| Thoughts on Moving Up From Denafrips Terminator / GAIA DDC I don’t stream from sites like Tidal. My SMG i5 is a file server and I’ve around 7tb of music stored on a usb drive. I’ve a mix of 44.1 through DSD512, etc. I use an old OPPO 95 as a CD transport for occasional use of physical media, but mostly I ... | |
| Lyngdorf TDAI-3400 I have the 2170 and ran a Denafrips Terminator into the high-end analog module and it was only a slight improvement over the internal DAC. I used a SMG i5 as a Roon core, Sonore UltraRendu, Denafrips GAIA DDC. So when I removed the Terminator I ju... | |
| Capital AudioFest : Fyssion Speakers I spent time in the Fyssion room at CAF. I own full-range driver speakers so I've a reasonable point of reference in terms of what to expect. Without getting into too much detail, the guys in the room had 3 pairs of speakers each connected to a s... | |
| Has anybody heard the Whammerdyne Circuit Salad recently? I haven't heard the Circuit Salad but the DGA Ultra was as at CAF last weekend driving a pair of Songer Audio Field Coils. It sounded excellent. There's a report here, with photos and a short vid: | |
| What are the big attractions at Capital Audiofest coming up this Friday? I’m about 80% through the show and the standouts have been: 1: Odyssey/Symphonic Line: Klaus is showing a top flight system this year featuring electronics from Symphonic Line with Odyssey Liquid speakers. There’s a video of Klaus showing off the... | |
| Tube preamp options Allnic Audio make great preamps. | |
| Shipping 80lb amps. Be careful to insure each box for the full value of the pair if you ship them that way, unless Klaus would be willing to make you a single matched amp to replace one that is trashed. | |
| Premium SuperTweeter Cables? Aperion Audio manufacture a good sounding cable for use with their range of super tweeters and it’s very good value. I’ve also used it as the speaker cable on a 100dB efficient speaker and it’s quite competent, though obviously that isn’t its prim... | |
| Does the Eminent Technology 2.5 arm work well with the Transcriptors Reference turntable? As I look at my Basis Audio Debut and gently test the compliance of the suspension system with a well meaning finger, I can’t for the life of me imagine how the carbon fiber armwand would deflect the suspension as it moves slowly across the record... | |
| A Tale of Two Cambridge Audio Edge Amps Personally I think you'd improve the sound of your system by moving away from the PC and investing in something like a Lumin U1 Mini with the Sbooster power supply. The Lumin has a proprietary volume control that people are using to replace expens... |