hifimaniac
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| USB DAC CDP: EAR Acute MkIII or Marantz SA11S3 I owned the EAR DAcute 192 DAC/pre amp and wish I had held on to it as this rush to DSD DACs is premature. The EAR is very musical and tube rolling can enhance sound even more. Head to head with the Marantz, I would bet my bottom dollar the EAR wo... | |
| Best music server for the money Septmous, in the sub $3k there is nothing even close to the Baetis Revelation II. The design of taking the sound right off the motherboard; the flexibility of 8 USB connectors; six of which are 3.0; a BNC out right from the mother board; wifi capa... | |
| Shuguang Treasure tubes.... I responded to a more recent question abou the KT-88s from Psvane which are the direct competitor to the Treasure series. Both are manufactured in the Shaguang factory and look to be almost virtually the same. I too purchased a quad set of the Psv... | |
| Psvane KT88 tubes in VAC amps Dr. John, are the CV-181's the alternative to the 6SN7 input tubes that come in Kevin's amps? I swapped out the two input tubes on my Phi 200 mono amps with those tubes and the amp sounds fantastic. I did try the Psvane KT-88's but feel the KT-88-... | |
| Best music server for the money Please check out the Baetis Revolution; it is far superior to any options thus far listed and has more features and flexibility than the Antipodes for less money. I believe it was reviewed in the February Absolute Sound and received rave reviews. ... | |
| PS Audio Direct Stream Paul McGowan himself brought this new DSD DAC to the Arizona Audio Clubs last meeting and we kept Paul for around 3 hours asking questions about the design of this unit and its uniqueness. This could be a game changer; the sound was very, very goo... | |
| Ayon Dealers Don't know, but you can call USA Tube Audio in Scottsdale; I believe he is the U.S. Distributor and he can tell you. Great guy. | |
| Looking for great cable I'm a Snake River Audio cable fan and it may just fit in your budget depending on the model you try. There is a 30 day money back guarantee if not happy. Call Jonny. I have a revealing system as you can tell and I am quite pleased with the perform... | |
| Class D or Hybrid Amp for Fritz Rev 7 speakers If you look to demo a class D; please check out the NewClear digital amp; it is very well built, a bargain and sounds fantastic. This is one of the very few Class D amps I'd ever consider and it does mate with tubes. Here's a link: http://www.newc... | |
| Is there a Rosetta Stone for digital speak? Skip Steve N's recommendation for the Antipode and buy a Baetis Revolution II Music Server and an excellent digital BNC to RCA digital cable (Teresonic's for $400 is superb) to connect to your DAC of preference. You will find that music sounds bet... | |
| How Do I Delete Low Bit Rate Songs From My Library I am a newby to JRiver but I bet you could do a search for all your 16 bit music and once it comes up you could highlight it from top to bottom and right click to delete it all off JRiver. I am hoping some really experienced user can confirm my th... | |
| baetis media server Gee, maybe no one told me about the computer maintenance on my Baetis. I have yet to do any! I did get one Windows update, but that's about it. I do occasionally save my music lists in JRiver, but beyond that I am not sure what else I should do. O... | |
| baetis media server I sold my Esoteric X-03SE when I purchased the Baetis and use Snake River Audio Mamushi and a Boomslang digital cable. Excellent cabling and building a wonderful following. I spoke with Jonny Wilson recently and he is back logged with many orders ... | |
| baetis media server Colekat; I ditto your comments. The review in the February Absolute Sound may finally make others aware that buying just any computer for audio playback isn't a wise choice for computer audio. Glad you're enjoying your Baetis as much as I am; so g... | |
| Looking for a DSD/PCM DAC that can do 110 and 220V I believe the Resonessence Mirus can do 110/220 volts and does DSD and PCM beautifully. I considered this DAC very carefully and auditioned it for a week and thought it was one of the best I have heard. It also has an SD card reader on it so you c... |