nitewulf
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| Metrum Onyx versus Metrum Pavane I have been very busy but I will get back to my impressions on known audiophile tracks as well the tracks you mentioned. One quick note is as a headphone listener your experience of soundstage is different than a primarily speaker listener. Of cou... | |
| Aqua xHD v Rockna WD SE Balanced I would straight up stay away from both and either get a Metrum Pavane or an MSB Analog. Aqua is overpriced for a rolled off dac, Rockna...not sure but why bother? | |
| Metrum Onyx versus Metrum Pavane @donThe issue is, many of your questions are system dependent, as in, what are the speakers and how are they placed in the room. Anything to do with sound stage is more dependent on speakers and speaker placement than electronics. At this level, ... | |
| Metrum Onyx versus Metrum Pavane Yes I own the Onyx, I have owned it almost since it came out. The dac progression would be:Peachtree Decco integrated > HRT Music Streamer + > Cambridge Audio Dacmagic + > PS Audio Perfectwave MK2 > Metrum OnyxI own a portable high res... | |
| A DAC that can make digital sound analog? Anyone actually like digital glare and noisy dacs that do not sound good? Anyone? | |
| Metrum Onyx versus Metrum Pavane It's not so much about "how better can it get" rather, how astonishingly good the Onyx/Jade are for the price. Pavane has more output hardware, dual transformers and two more r2r chips (same generation chips as Onyx/Jade) per channel. So in theor... | |
| Paradigm Persona series There are no 9Fs, I see someone keep mentioning them. 9H and 7F. Personally I wasn't a fan of the 3Fs, but the 9Hs were fantastic. I would get the 5Fs if that's what you auditioned...unless you also auditioned the 3Fs and liked them. | |
| Chord DAVE, any lesser Chord DAC come close? If you check out head-fi or superbestaudiofriends...their lesser dacs seem to be almost as good. | |
| Chord Dave Replacement Any specific reason you wanna replace the Dave? | |
| So disappointed in today's Americana Have you checked out Rhiannon Gidden's? She's amazing lyrically and production is fantastic as well:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vy9xTS0QxM&list=PLHpYimU_rWoCNT1cD6fVmOiiuGPq4h3IUKacey Musgraves (though pop country) isn't bad either:https:... | |
| Metrum Onyx versus Metrum Pavane I have the Onyx, it sounds so good and I lead such a busy life that I couldn't justify the Pavane. I spoke to Metrum personnel directly and they kinda agreed. Unless you listen critically everyday, it probably wouldn't make any "real" difference. | |
| How do I get a speaker with the bass slam of my el cheapo ear buds...? @mtrot very easy to test this. Add a cheapo EQ like the one from Schiit and emphasize the bass and see if that works for you. I’d guess the speaker system is more neutral and giving you a flatter sound, but you prefer the bass emphasis of the ear ... | |
| pick an integrated from CAM for under $2000 What’s your question | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. @4krow I believe most of the Japanese integrated amps have tone controls: Luxman, Accuphase and the newer Yamahas. I am a fan personally, my vintage Kenwood sounds so good. There is definitely something undeniably cool about switches, knobs and le... | |
| Budget hi-fi and vintage audio gear I was in the same boat recently, honestly I just like the look of vintage gear and wanted one for my bedroom system. I took a look at the specs for your speaker. You can get what I got, a serviced/recapped Kenwood KA 5700 Integrated Amplifier.Stun... |