mcondon
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| High Fidelity Cables CT-1designed by Rick Schultz I am grateful for High Fidelity Cables, not because I own the cables, although I have demo'd them. Mostly, seeing their price tags a few years ago and the numbers of people who I generally respect who have bought them made me realize how seemingl... | |
| Integrated Owners: I Need an Excellent Power Cord I use an integrated. I demo'd many cords a few years back. CH Acoustic is the best I tried, Silent Source was very good as well and close to the CH Acoustic, HiDiamond 4 is good if you want a more relaxed sound with bass emphasis. Used, they al... | |
| Looking for a power cable upgrade For your budget, I would recommend the Mad Scientist Audio NEO power cord. It compares favorably to some very expensive cords, in my experience. | |
| Hot off the press: Yggdrasil review I thought it was a good review and refreshingly unusual, in that Chris compared the Yggy to $15K DACs that he considers to be his references. And the Yggy in no way fell short. Chris Connaker supposedly had the review unit for over 2 months, and d... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Are you in New Jersey? If so, I would give Brett Messler at Audio 202 in Far Hills a call. Some of the speakers on your audition list were also on mine. Brett carries some interesting brands you won't hear elsewhere. I auditioned Behold Tanara spe... | |
| Anything wrong with PS Audio DirectStream DACs? There was also a glut of PS Audio Perfect Wave DACs for sale a few years ago on Audiogon. Paul McGowan, the head of PS Audio, tends to hype his latest product release, in ways that have undermined his credibility in my book. A year ago, he was cla... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE Living in a New York apartment, the idea of trading into and out of speakers has not appealed to me...too much lifting, too much hassle,not enough time. About 2 1/2 years ago, I started looking for speakers to replace my Sehring S703s through all ... | |
| Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC Aolmrd, I saw that offer and had a similar reaction. But I thought it was well known that some PS Audio dealers offer very steep discounts below retail prices, especially after the model has been on the market for a while. I wouldn't be too surpri... | |
| How are Crimson cables Yes, they are great interconnects. They are extremely "open" sounding, with a great sense of air and speed. I demo'd many interconnects a few years ago and they were the best by a considerable margin. The only IC that was close was from WyWires, b... | |
| Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC The best DAC I have heard for under $10K was the Bricasti M1. It has great extension and creates a big soundstage. The PS Direct Stream sounded good when I heard a demo, but overall it seemed a little edgy/fatiguing. So I still prefer the Bricasti... | |
| Tidal vs. Spotify According to Pitchfork, Jay Z has offered to buy Aspiro, the company behind both Tidal and WiMP, and his offer of $56 million has been accepted by Aspiro's board of directors. I wonder how committed he will be to audiophile quality streaming? | |
| Behold Gentle G192 Media Player Wisnon, by your definition, a server has to have a large internal hard drive? I don't know of any audio piece that has that, as well as an internal DAC and balanced analog outs. To use Lumin, you need to set up a NAS, which is very easy to do and ... | |
| Behold Gentle G192 Media Player Audiolabyrinth,So you want to keep your amp, but replace your CD transport, DAC, and preamp with a single digital server with balanced outputs? I believe a Lumin server would fit that bill. Nothing else comes to mind, since most digital servers ou... | |
| Behold Gentle G192 Media Player Audiolabyrinth, the G192 is an integrated amp with DAC. I believe it can be purchased with "modules", including room correction and a media server. I don't know much about the media server module. Brett Mesler, my dealer at Audio 202 in New Jersey... | |
| Behold Gentle G192 Media Player I own it. It is an awesome piece that sounds superb with Behold speakers. I auditioned quite a few speakers costing up to $30K. I thought I would keep my separates, but felt that the G192 and Behold Tanara were very far ahead of anything I had pre... |