essrand
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| Who has Luv for the Lyngdorf 2170 and is thinking about the 3400. Any chance anyone here has a 3400 and wants to give us all feedback? (especially if you were formerly a tube guy). | |
| Who has Luv for the Lyngdorf 2170 and is thinking about the 3400. @cal3713 Really looking forward to your comparison against the 300b franks. I own a pair too, and am wanting to replace it with the 3400. | |
| Who has Luv for the Lyngdorf 2170 and is thinking about the 3400. I am also waiting on this thread, for someone to post thoughts on the 3400. | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? About $3500 if buying used. Or about 5-6K if you insist on buying new.Always active (unless you get singularly lucky with the amp match) and almost always go with tubed preamps (unless you want to spend the big bucks).Almost everyone tries to do w... | |
| Who has Luv for the Lyngdorf 2170 and is thinking about the 3400. Uggh! My dealer who gave me a home demo for the 2170 (which blew my mind and made me take out the checkbook) is quoting $8939 for 2170 and $11900 for the 3400!! (I live in India now, where custom duties are high (18%), but not this high). Kind of ... | |
| Who has Luv for the Lyngdorf 2170 and is thinking about the 3400. Just got an in house demo of 2170 today.Wow! I am blown away. It has changed my entire notion of my audiophile journey and preconceptions: tubes, a sweet spot, separate components, speaker positioning -- they all seem so unnecessary. All that audi... | |
| Who has Luv for the Lyngdorf 2170 and is thinking about the 3400. Like @uberwaltz I was in the market to downsize to a <10000$ SS integrated from my current setup of tube monoblocks. I had zeroed in between the Luxman or an Accuphase class A integrated. But this thread has made me curious about the Lyngdorf a... | |
| Luxman L590AXii vs Accuphase E-650 for a Shindo lover @restock Thanks for your input. Very interested that as a Shindo and O/96 user, you like Accuphase. Just the person I wanted feedback from.Just another question, how is the lower freq (bass) performance of Accuphase, does it beat your prev Shindo ... | |
| Luxman L590AXii vs Accuphase E-650 for a Shindo lover Yes, there is a Shindo Apetite tube integrated.But I want to move to a SS integrated that is supported by a dealer (Shindo has no dealers here).@jond I want to try SS, cause I want to keep the amps on all the time, switching on the tubes and waiti... | |
| Verity speakers opinions/experience? I have dreaming/hunting Verity speakers for years after listening to a pair of Parsifals at someone’s house in SF a few years ago.During this hunt I came across the Verity Amadis at a store in LA, the best audiophile experience I have had in a sho... | |
| Esoteric N-05 Network player vs Bricasti M1SE with network card I am the OP, I just wanted to add that I am considering a third unit as well. I should have just edited the post :)Removed the post to avoid confusion. | |
| Dated but still A rated DACs +1 on the Luxman D-06 | |
| Dated but still A rated DACs The AMR DP-777 is a keeper, best DAC according to me in the 2.5K used range. I went through a lot of DACs in this price range before settling on AMR. It can compete with a vinyl rig of the same price as its MRP (I tested this out), couldn't make o... | |
| Solid state DAC under 12K retail preferably with ethernet @drstarbug32 Do you know if the gold version is better than the SE version sonically?It looks fabulous for sure, but wondering if the added $$$ also translates to better sound. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD As a silent follower of this thread for years.I am waiting to see the Audioexotics acclaimed Trinity DAC and the Wadax Atlantis in Matt's audio room. I feel like it will happen soon, now that with Boulder DAC @mattnshilp has breached the 60K mark :) |