jburidan
Responses from jburidan
| If you love SET amplifiers, boy do I have speaker for you. Do you know which driver NSMT uses in its Mastering series? | |
| Best bookshelf speakers <$2000 Merlin TSMProAc 1SC | |
| Digital, Low Mass, ClassD, Less expensive, Let it happen! Yeah, Class D sounds like poop. | |
| Nature of the current used speaker market "Middle Class is Gone"!A few Asian nations have a growing middle class, e.g., the PRC, but it has disappeared in the USA. And it's definitely a factor in the decline of hi-fi audio, and high quality life in general. | |
| Nature of the current used speaker market What's available is often mediocre. Why buy someone else's mistake? | |
| Best bookshelf speakers <$2000 tinear123:Why did you choose wireless?I would imagine that the wireless electronics occupies volume that would filled with damping in the wired version. But I may be mistaken as usual :) | |
| Turning off tube preamp first sends solid state amp into protection? I follow the jeenam and imhififan order: ALWAYS power the amp on last!ALWAYS power the amp off first!It works for me. | |
| Tannoy Prestige Canterbury GR - Amp Recommendations Art Audio Jota HC has 24 watts per channel, and gives you the wonderful 300B sound with 300BXLS tubes. Plenty of power for those speakers. | |
| Best bookshelf speakers <$2000 KEF LS50 wired, i.e., without built-in plate amp and not the wireless version. But as with any bookshelf speakers, you'll need a subwoofer if you want low bass. You may be able to find a pair used for $850 - $1,000.There are technical reasons why ... | |
| PS Direct Stream latest firmware, "Snowmass" jedi1:Ditto, my advice and experience track with yours. I have no financial interest either. Simply wish to steer other music lovers in the right direction. | |
| PS Direct Stream latest firmware, "Snowmass" "Also a small company called dCS"Here's a long discussion of FPGAs: https://www.computeraudiophile.com/forums/topic/39190-fpga-dacs/ | |
| PS Direct Stream latest firmware, "Snowmass" "PS Audio isn't the only company using FPGAs."Chord is another one. | |
| Decisions, decisions (upgrades to digital front end) https://www.psaudio.com/products/directstream-dac/On sale now | |
| PS Direct Stream latest firmware, "Snowmass" tom6897: "Still using Delta Sigma DAC isn’t he?"No, DA conversion is performed by software on the FPGA. | |
| Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC You’re right, biil_k… Bricasti M1 uses the ADI 1955 chip. And while I’m not in a position to evaluate Bricasti -- never heard and can’t afford one -- I wouldn’t invest in a static-state DAC, because I think that FPGA is the future of digital conve... |