drubin
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| Tell me about the Ortolan Cadenza Black I think lots of folks prefer the Cadenza Bronze to the Black, if that's an option for you. The Bronze is less expensive. | |
| Comparing the Pass Labs XA30.5 to the XA 30.8 A late post to this thread. I just read Srajan's 6moons review of the 30.8, which I highly recommend. In it, he does comparisons with two of Nelson's First Watt amplifiers and talks about their "lit from within" quality compared to the relatively ... | |
| This might just be the end of brick and mortar I have always interpreted MD's earlier 30-day policy as effectively an in-home demo, though I don't think I've ever tested it. My guess is the change to 60 days is to match Crutchfield. I doubt it will increase the volume of returns for them (30 d... | |
| Quality issues with Tekton speakers.... Only in group settings. We used to call it a circle jerk, but in the era of social media, it's more commonly called a Groupon. | |
| Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ? Petero, do you have any experience with the current 8008? Wondering how well it stacks up against the older classic designs. | |
| Best way to output hi res files to DAC? >Since SQ isn't critical given the raw digital outputSorry to tell you this, but it turns out that SQ =is= an issue even with raw digital output. | |
| Parasound A21 vs Bryston 4bsst 2 >for those who say get the Bryston, is it twice as good as the Parasound? That's a poor way to frame the decision. The question you want to ask is whether the Bryston is $2,000 better, or whatever the price difference is. Diminishing returns ki... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Great post, Rebbi. | |
| THE BLACK BY BEL CANTO- NEW REFERENCE I'd like to know what the story is with NAD's new M22 stereo amp. They say it uses NCore technology, but at 250 wpc and $3,000 I don't see how it could be either the NC400 or NC1200 modules. Wonder how it sounds ... ? | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Some transformer passives (maybe autoformers too) have gain, usually up to +6dB. | |
| THE BLACK BY BEL CANTO- NEW REFERENCE It appears that you can use these as traditional power amps via their analog inputs, but the real performance happens when you use them with the fiber optic link from the Asynchronous Stream Controller. So this is really a different kind of beast ... | |
| State of the Source: Server, computer....or what? I have heard the Baetis only at the recent California Audio Show and did not pay attention to the fan. Windows, as Kal stated. | |
| Aerial Acoustics 6T Speaker Teajay, I just auditioned the 7T last week, but my local dealer does not have the 6T. Have you heard both? | |
| State of the Source: Server, computer....or what? For me, the thing that distinguishes the Baetis is its galvanically isolated, dedicated SPDIF connection taken right from the motherboard. No PCI card. | |
| State of the Source: Server, computer....or what? Another hat to throw into the ring is the Auralic Aries. Not a server per se, but I'm very curious to know how it compares sonically to the dedicated server solutions as it has some advantages in both flexibility and cost. Yet another is the serve... |