drubin
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| First Sound preamp I had a First Sound for a couple of years and agree with all of the praise above. I will add that it has a lot of gain and the volume adjusts in 2 dB increments, With your very efficient speakers, you may find yourself hanging out in the first few... | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective The Playback Designs DAC or player should be added to the list.In the computer audio world, there are some who proclaim the very reasonably priced pro unit from Metric Halo, the ULN-8, to be very special. | |
| Pass Labs XP-10 & XP20 Users Does anyone have an opinion on the XP-10 vs. the preamp section of the INT-150? The integrated has preamp out capabilities and seems to offer the same functionality as the XP-10, though I believe it does not have any gain. Of course, the two share... | |
| New Green Mountain Rios - has anyone heard them? Further thought: Roy Johnson of Green Mountain Audio is one of the best writers among high end manufacturers and he is very generous with his knowledge on the website. Others in that same elite group include Charles Hansen (Ayre), Karl Schuster (E... | |
| New Green Mountain Rios - has anyone heard them? >someone needs to overhaul the website.Why do you say that? It's not particularly slick but it's very informative and even compelling. Compare it to, oh, Vandersteen. | |
| What amplifier for Harbeth HL-5? I agree about them being easy to please. I had very good success with Nuforce and Harbeth -- rich, detailed, textured, present. | |
| Internet Radio sounds better than ripped CDs. Why Something is amiss with your setup. Internet radio sounds decent, but your ripped CDs will sound better -- no ifs ands or buts. | |
| Skylan vs. Sound Anchor speaker stands? Comments? Oops, I see you did reveal. Good choice. | |
| Skylan vs. Sound Anchor speaker stands? Comments? No metal in the Skylans except for the support rod that runs top to bottom in each post, and the spikes. I like the Neoprene pads but have not experimented with alternatives. I still have Blutack stuck to the bottoms of a pair of speakers -- I hat... | |
| Silverline Face-off: Sonatina II vs 17.5 Agreed, you should definitely leave the sub out for basic comparisons and, especially,for comparing stands and such. | |
| need suggestions for GMA C1 match You might ask Roy at GMA what he thinks. My impression, based on having owned Europas, is that you can hardly go wrong. You might also consider one of the Odyssey amps.What are you using now? | |
| Amarra for iTunes at RMAF... Oh, and Mark, you should be sure to visit the forums at Computer Audiophile, if you haven't already. | |
| Amarra for iTunes at RMAF... There are also a number of budget pro audio devices you can use as Firewire to SPDIF converters, such as the Focusrite Saffire and the TC Electronic Konnekt 8, both of which can be had for around $300. The new Weiss converter, the INT202, is expec... | |
| Monitors to replace Dynaudio Confidence C1's Hmmm...I got to hear me a pair of them C3's. Thanks Budburma. | |
| Pass Labs XP-10 & XP20 Users Mrchips, have you ever heard the Parasound JC2? |