bigkidz
Responses from bigkidz
| Is now a good time to buy a pre-owned DAC? I'll build you a DAC for $5500 if you want something special.Happy Listening. | |
| WHAT TURNTABLE? Just buy a better phono stage I use a TT that has JC Penny on it but the phono is all together something special. | |
| Shipping speakers Todd Currie www.teamww.com Phone: 860-386-6586 Fax: 860-386-6589 | |
| What area or country do you live in ? Geez all of you audiophools live all over the place. Very Nice indeed. For those of you in the NYC area I will be reaching out to you to invite you for a listen at a local dealer in northern New Jersey if you don't mind me doing so. I will be l... | |
| What are the best speakers you have ever owned and why? @tomic601 I build my own components so I can use any parts I want and have tried most of them. My DAC is a directed heated triode design with a 30lb separate power supply. My website is not complete but you can get some info on vujadeaudio.com The... | |
| What are the best speakers you have ever owned and why? I thought the Vandersteen 5s I owned were really good (actually they are really good). I visited a audio person this past weekend to hear the Vandersteen 7s using my DAC. I was really taken back by how good the 7s sounded. Anyone want to sell m... | |
| CD Got Absolutely Crushed By Vinyl Since I build a DAC and phono stage the phono beats the CD playback so far by far. My DAC sounds better than most vinyl rigs in direct comparison so that should tell you something about the phono stage. Happy Listening.. | |
| Stereo Amp Buy an old Counterpoint power amp. Send it to me to upgrade to the bi-polar transistors. It will sound fantastic for a lot less dollars than the stuff mentioned here already. Plus I can do an all out assault if you want to go there. Even in st... | |
| Budget phono stage under $100, cheap but refined, does it exist? The chassis costs more than $100 to make! | |
| Which area of components to spend the most $ on? Boy I was wrong all my life! My opinion the source has made the biggest improvement in my experience. To me the source provides the overall sound quality, soundstage, dynamics micro/macro, separation of vocals and instruments, placement, dimension and most important to me is... | |
| DAC chips Are you building your own DAC? If not then it comes down to how that DAC sounds in your system. You just cannot go out an buy a DAC based on the chip. I built a DAC with the Sabre chip. It will sound nothing like any other DAC with the same ch... | |
| Dynaudio Average. | |
| Speakers with the most detailed midrange? (non-ESL/planar) Alon V MKII speakers with the Alnico magnet was the most beautiful mid-range sound I ever heard. Fast and musical.Happy Listening. | |
| Some components too old now? It not that costly to upgrade your components. Amps usually have large capacitors with two leads on the top. You can just match the values and swap them out just measure the new caps and the clamps prior to ordering them. Nichicon you can buy ... | |
| DAC Repair I am in New Jersey so you would have to ship them. |