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| Are DACs superior to top-graded regular CD Players George, I disagree with your view that newer, much better caps such as Jupiter, Deulund or Mundorf would not improve the sound. Besides that, the original caps would be 25 years old now & would have degraded, so it is sensible maintenance to c... | |
| Are DACs superior to top-graded regular CD Players Doug, I live in Australia so I only know one or two high end AE's locally. I have spoken to and like and respect Dan Wright at Modwright, however I believe he only does set mods such as his famous Oppo & Sony mods, though you might want to che... | |
| Are DACs superior to top-graded regular CD Players As George commented on, I have eschewed a separate dac or transport/dac combo & own a Vitus SCD-025Mk2 which is a pretty awesome dac & does DSD. I still like to spin cd's, so it is great that the player also has a very good transport. 2nd ... | |
| Best used floor standers up to $1300 You could buy a 2nd hand pair of Infinity Renaissance 90's for that money. The Rens are incredibly, fast, transparent & have good bass when paired with a strong ss amp (atleast 200 watts, or lower wattage with low loss, high current and a high... | |
| What's a contender to an Audio Reference 5 SE? Well first of all, the input impedance of your Plinius amp is 47K Ohms which should be benign to even the weakest tube preamps. In my opinion, with your Plinius amp I would just go for a Vac Renaissance Mk3 & upgrade the tubes. Kevin Hayes has... | |
| pass labs xa 100,5 vs Vitus sm 101 11-16-15: EbmI was talking about SM 101. Thanks+ 1. | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable John deere, get off the phone...Captain Cobalt has a new customer! | |
| pass labs xa 100,5 vs Vitus sm 101 11-15-15: EbmSorry its a great deal.Ebm, your brief comment made it sound like you were making a general statement about all Vitus products, hence my response. If you're talking about the SM-101 mono's mentioned by the OP, I agree with you. | |
| pass labs xa 100,5 vs Vitus sm 101 Ebm, I can't say I agree with you. Have you heard the SIA-025? Or SL-102 preamp? Moreover, have you taken any time to learn about the design and extremely high build quality of their products? I can tell you, Vitus are using even more expensive an... | |
| Looking for integrated better than my Rogue Sphinx Andysf, Unless a Luxman representive wants to come on here and officially discredit my view, I am sticking by my comments. This is a public forum. I am free to post my views based on what I know to be the truth. I am not engaged in a smear campaig... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable 11-14-15: AudiolabyrinthMy system has $24,000.00 8ft speaker cable's...it was worth the price of admission for meI'm sorry, but that is ridiculous. Keith how can you possibly expect to hear what $24k worth of speaker cables can do with your 2nd ha... | |
| pass labs xa 100,5 vs Vitus sm 101 YW Mikel. To be honest, $25k is not a good deal on the SM-101 mono's. If you want my opinion, for that budget I would buy the current Vitus SIA-025. The SIA-025 was recently updated & now puts out 25 watts Kl.A & 150 watts Kl.A/B (switchab... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable 11-13-15: CzariveyThanks, I'd rather listen to $5m Strad of Joshua BellWires should not sound by any possible means and if they do than something is wrong.Oh well i'll put my Jorma Statements up for sale & place an order on Joshua Bell wire wi... | |
| Looking for integrated better than my Rogue Sphinx It should be noted that Luxman have been bought out by a Chinese company & manufacturing of all their lines has returned to China. Personally, I don't have much faith in the motivation and skill of a worker who is probably earning $5AUD an hou... | |
| Vintage DACs. Do they hold up over time? I think the Vimak DS-1800Mk2 dac still holds up well even today. It is the one of the best Delta Sigma dacs ever made & was designed as an incredibly complex and heavy, all-discrete Delta Sigma architecture designed by the company which invent... |