shkong78
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| What is your top priority items on Black Friday Sale. Both Abyss 1266 TC and Raal Sr1a are on Black Friday sale now. I am in a conundrum to choose one between those two excellent headphones.When I had listened to SR1a and 1266 Phi CC at my pal’s home, I liked both. Ultimately I will have both.But I ... | |
| SCAM ALERT ON MULTIPLE CRAIGS LISTS - Watch Out! No money transfer to Craig list items.Pick up only at public place like Walmart.It is dangerous to visit stranger’s house.I got few interesting camera lenses through Craig list but not audio items. | |
| What is your top priority items on Black Friday Sale. @b_limo I will stay in Korea to see my 87 years old mom until middle of December.Thus I will have no chance to drop at off line store on Black Friday.I had been to off line store about 10 years ago and got shocked by how lousy was the atmosphere.S... | |
| Krell K-300i vs Lyngdorf TDAI-3400 HelloI had used Krell KSA 150 to drive Apogee Duetta Sig from 1989 to 1999 with satisfaction.I have Lyngdorf 2170 to use as room correction and eq presets rather than Dac and amplifier.Lyngdorf 2170 does not have tube magic but will be as transpar... | |
| Old Legendary tubes vs New Kids on the block Amperex/Siemens/Tele vs Psvane/TAD/Shugaung In most case, I will stick to Nos tubes, but the problem is the availability of tubes in good condition.But I had been impressed with Psavne Acme 805 and 300B tubes which had been working fine for 800 hours since Jan this year in my Line Magnetic ... | |
| Soulution or CH Precision About 6 months ago, I auditioned Ypsilon amplifier to drive Avalon Isis speaker.It sounds pretty nice with only missing thing is analog ease.Both CH-P and Solution amplifier must be one of top SS amp avaiable.At this level, it depends on personal... | |
| Kingko KA-101 Integrated Tube Amplifier Thanks a lot OP for your answer on headphone.Could you give me more details like treble, bass quality and headstage?Thomas | |
| What is your top priority items on Black Friday Sale. @ pinthrift Massdrop offers good deal on mass order.Thus you can get bargains over there.The only problem is to buy unnecessary items on the impulse. | |
| Kingko KA-101 Integrated Tube Amplifier Had anybody used this as headphone amp? It seems to have been designed as headphone amp with three different impedance settings. | |
| Best CD to test headstage of your headphone. @millercarbon I had auditioned some expensive power cables which cost more than 2k$ each.But I need 9 power cables in my system.Thus I had gone for Synergistic Blue cable which is almost 90% as good as more expensive ones.Please note that I am usi... | |
| $30K DAC in a $70K system - wise or ridiculous? I had been deeply impressed with its full bodied sound when I auditioned Pacific Dac May this year.But since I am using Tube integrated amp, I had opted for Chord Dave and Mscaler.I agree with most people that speaker shall be most important compo... | |
| Congratulations Atmasphere! Congratulation!The market for OTL tube amp for headphone is pretty solid.You may consider developing one for Sennheiser 800s (300 ohm impedance) or 660 headphones.Thomas | |
| Audio hobby is like tasting wine. @r roberjerman Quad speaker is a classic thus it may keep value.Some classic LP seems to sell above original price. | |
| Audio hobby is like tasting wine. @almarg Some vintage audio get more value as time goes.For example I got WE 300B tube made in 1940's at 3k$ about 20 years ago.Now I have to pay around 10k$ for such tube in good condition.It must be same as some vintage wine.But modern speaker an... | |
| Audio hobby is like tasting wine. @lwin Thanks a lot for your insightful comment.Nice story of your friend’s wine buying tip!I have to investigate way of drinking free wine myself.Thomas |