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| Anything you liked at the Newport Show? Best sound I heard, I did not expect...It was in a closet of a room with an apathetic rep streaming requests through Tidal, in the Mark Levinson/JBL room. Pair of JBL K2 s9900, with tidal streaming a mix of all kinds of music.Absolutely blew my m... | |
| B&W 805 D3 I heard both, same setups, same everything except the speakers. I am not a B&W fan, but the d3 805s were amazing. The slight nasal and closed in character of the d2 (to my ears) is completely gone in the d3. I think Joey V said they're 25 p... | |
| If money was and was not of any concern when buying speakers. If money was no concern...Wilson Alexandria XLF. Heard them at Sunny Components in West Covina. Heard every other Wilson speaker, and didn’t care for them. But the Alexandria XLF’s, hooked up to about 700k worth of gear...it was the best sound I e... | |
| Golden Ear Triton One vs Mythos ST-L Supertowers In my opinion the mythos st-l are not even the equal of the mythos st they replaced. Treble on the new models is quite hot, and the bass can be tricky to balance between too boomy and too absent. Tried the st-l at home, at the urging of the deal... | |
| What vintage speaker might you use today Grew up with a pair of KLH 1's, the ones with the "bass computer", hooked up to a cool looking Phase Linear amp. They're still at my mom's house, powered by an ancient Hafler amp. And, they still sound rediculously good.These are them...http://w... | |
| Tried analog yet again after decades of digital Fair enough man :) sounds like you gave it a good go. On the upside, it's always nice when you can focus on where you want to go, and I look forward to hearing about that. | |
| Your "eureka" digital moment For me, it was this Parasound, I think it was called a cpd1000 or something I bought for a hundred bucks...supremely listenable! Very polite, but I could listen to jazz for hours on end! Was very sad when the laser finally died. But, the sound ... | |
| Schiit Bifrost Multibit option WillieI usually go stock on things till a month or so., but I tired a shunyata and a pangea on it to see how responsive it is to upgrades, and they make a difference, but I'm gonna let it burn in Stock till I settle into what I'm looking to improv... | |
| Tried analog yet again after decades of digital I have pretty humble setups both on the digital and turntable front, but I find myself listening to digital more often.Though, when I feel like listening to something I haven't heard in years, and I just want to sit and melt away, I dig out the vi... | |
| Simple question, best sounding inexpensive DAC. I liked the Arcam rDac alot when I owned it, and the new one is supposed to be even better. Sounded very different than what most consider digital...relaxed and easy on the ears. I've seen alot of rDac's on ebay and craigslist lately for $250ish... | |
| Schiit Bifrost Multibit option Just got the bifrost multibit. Had no experience with the original bifrost/uber. Came from a John Kenny jkdac32 which I enjoyed, but the battery gave up the ghost.Keep in mind, this is after a week of ownership, so this is more impressions, rath... | |
| Best preamp 2k or under, new or used I ended up with an eastern electric avant. REALLY digging the music coming out of this thing! I also bought an arcam a31 for nothing, and used it for a while. Both are really nice. | |
| NHT 2.5i VS NHT Classic 4 Glad you're enjoying them again. I left my 2.5i's in storage, and miss them sometimes.But yeah, keep your eye out. Classic 4's have been coming up super cheap lately. And, they're way better than their going price. | |
| Classe ca 150 vs wyred for sound st250 You'll like it, I'm sure, and your energy bill will thank you :-) | |
| NHT 2.5i VS NHT Classic 4 I ran the 2.5s with a w4s st500. Sounded pretty good. Keep us posted :-) |