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| Best Exercise To Improve Capability Of Handling Heavy Amps Forearms | |
| DAC recommendation for DSD input One needs to consider the nature of their system to decide what is the best DAC for it. For example, my office system is now on the warm side with the Schitt Mjolnir v3 preamp and Schitt Wotan amp. I used the Schitt Yggi+ LIM DAC in my prior offic... | |
| Are Headphones Fit for Serious Music Listening? I find it interesting that you like the SR1A better than the Immanis. Could you elaborate on the difference other than the bass which is kind of a given. I use a REL Carbon Special to raise the SR1A’s bass performance significantly with no downsi... | |
| Are Headphones Fit for Serious Music Listening? @devinplombier I have not spoken with Danny McKinney the designer in about a month. My issue is that I am trying to go cold turkey on all purchases at least until December 2025. I am working 2 jobs to get the financial house in order. I have been ... | |
| Streamer, no DAC please? @larsend A Sonore OpticalRendu can be bought for under $1500. Infact, I got a used opticalRendu a few months ago for $200 + an EtherGen. I was going to give the EtherGen to recycling so I was very happy. I have 3 OpticalRendu's. This top end gear... | |
| Streamer, no DAC please? @xwfalcon Congrats getting to the uber top end with your digital setup. A first A'gon post too. When I made my fist post my system was a work in progress and not very good. | |
| Roberta Flack Listening to her today on my big rig gives me goosebumps. Incredible talent. | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @verdantaudio I have 3 streamers that do fibre and I use 3 network switches ranging in price from $200, $75, $49. They all seem to sound the same to me. What I do is use the Sonore SPF connections since it makes compatibility easy. https://www.s... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend I think the Linn supports fibre optic like the Lumin X1. If so, have you tried that input? I have heard this unit before in an all-Linn system. Maybe I am wrong about the fibre since I do not see it listed. Next-generation Klimax DSM | Network Mus... | |
| Streamer, no DAC please? The new DAC less LUMIN U2 streamer that is the old X1 minus the DAC section is something that I would get if I needed another streamer. I have 3 Sonore OpticalRendu's streamers so I am good on the streaming front. However, when (or if) one of them... | |
| Why are DAC's so much more expensive than transports? The only evolution in DACs that I see (and really interested in) are FPGA implementations. A different tube, chip, casework, etc are not that groundbreaking with DACs. | |
| Are Headphones Fit for Serious Music Listening? @devinplombier I have used a sub with the SR1a. At one time I had my KEF KC62 sub on a bar stool near my ear level. I was just trying the sub on the stool for kicks. I now have the sub on the floor. Office System 2 | Virtual Listening Room The K... | |
| Spatial Audio Raven Preamp My last question on the Raven Revelation preamp. Does it support the Balanced standard, AES48? I keep my amp far away from the gear. I also sold my Holo Serene preamp a few days ago (an excellent SS preamp) and now looking for a tube preamp to f... | |
| Balanced vs RCA preamps I got 15-feet of XLR for 1 system between the preamp and amp. Though I am not sure if the Schitt Mjolnir v3 preamp and Schitt Wotan amp are AES48 compliant (I will ask today). My Benchmark HPA4 preamp and CODA #16 amp are AES48 compliant and have ... | |
| Dusting gear and turntable My friend who makes and sells tube amps and other delicate gear uses a paint brush to dust his gear. I am now also following suite. My RAAl VM-1a tube amp for example is almost impossible to clean with most regular methods and a breeze with the so... |