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| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? In my experience, I thought I was looking for a magical mystical linestage that money could deliver, but I was actually trying to correct abnormalies in the speakers. When the speaker were great, direct from DAC was glorious...but still open-minded. | |
| High End is Dead? For many of us, the central thing that was happening in the 60's and 70's was the sudden surge in creativity of relevant music, and we wanted to experience it as fully as possible. Our experiential lives were directly related to the music we expe... | |
| Axpona 2018 It was my first Axpona, and I was impressed. Most rooms sounded good. Some downstairs rooms seemed cavernous. The full-up Avantguard system in a room suite seemed ridiculous.Always amazed at the breadth of tastes and hearing. Here were my impr... | |
| New Speakers ... Can't Stop "Listening" To me, Joseph Audio always has one of the best sounds at the shows, and Axpona was no exception. He gets that extremely lifelike "hear the vocals chords vibrating" insight that I normally only hear on very good, super-efficient speakers driven by... | |
| Should I eliminate my preamp? Just to update my own experimentation...I found happiness with an ARC REF 3 linestage, but only after I replaced the tubes with a spare set of new Sovteks that came with it. The existing tubes were well within their life-cycle, but I did noticed ... | |
| Should I eliminate my preamp? Since I've gone from tube integrated, to direct-from-DAC to tube amp, to solid state linestage, to classis ARC tube pre-amp, to newer ARC tube linestage, I've decided that....it depends. I have some speculations and experiences but few technical c... | |
| Organic Power Cord with Micro-Detail With the plethora of fake cables, what's a good source of the Oyaide Black Mamba Sigma V2 that is reliable, safe and a good price?Thx | |
| Should I eliminate my preamp? I just travelled this road. The direct from DAC was clean, extended, with great dynamics from lower mids down. Things like Neil Young at the Cellar Door sounded live, and bombastic things like Emerson Lake and Palmer sounded bombastic. No liste... | |
| Neil Young - Guitarist Personally, I think Rolling Stone died by the endless, pompous, derivative, purposely-argumentative, dated lists. | |
| Linestage types versus soundstage In my original post, I said " Perhaps I’ve screwed up something else in the signal path."Well, time to fess up, man up and eat crow. I have a sub sitting in the corner, crossed over at 50 hz with a separate set of wires going from the amp taps t... | |
| The ups and downs of tube vs. SS... Most audiophiles care about their systems, and tubes provide that "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" ethos that allows interaction and care of a quality product. In contrast, solid state is something you bought that just sits there. I a... | |
| Linestage types versus soundstage Thanks to all who suggested and informed. A special thanks to Ralph for taking the time to address each of my issues with clarity and insight.I feel more empowered and reality-based for my decisions ahead, guided by your experiences and knowing... | |
| Dated but still A rated DACs Benchmark DAC2 if you have an integrated or a preamp, or DAC2 HGC if you don't. | |
| Picking a Tube integrated amp I'm very familiar with the original VAC Avatar, which has four things going for it: 1) Switchable between triode/ultralinear, 2) great el34 tube sound for voice/midrange, 3) it's a VAC, which means great sound and good investment at used prices, 4... | |
| 20 Year Old Amplifiers compared to 2017 Well, I obviously mispoke on Atmasphere amps, since they're OTL. Only heard them once at a show, and thought they sounded very open. |