mitch2
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| Reviews of $10k plus ics, speaker wires, and pcs I don't mind reviews of extremely expensive cables, gear or speakers, especially if I learn something new about design or materials. What I don't like are reviews that are all hype and don't provide any substance about the design, materials or act... | |
| Aerial Speakers Years after owning and enjoying a pair of Michael Kelly designed ADS L810's, I circled back around to one of his current offerings the Aerial 9's. Like the L810's, they have a great combination of clarity, dynamics, even response across frequencie... | |
| New Lampizator Level 4/ Version 4 DAC in the house Thanks for the links.I would be interested in discussing but do not want to sidetrack this Lampizator thread. | |
| New Lampizator Level 4/ Version 4 DAC in the house If you use a non-audiophile grade transport (a.k.a. computer), then something like an offramp is prudent. Another affordable option is the l-fi product's from AMR. Huh? Is a computer not simply another method of processing a digital signal, not un... | |
| Aragon 4004MKII replacement recs Here are three recommendtions to consider;1. Buy another 4004MkII. I liked the one I owned years ago and for $600-800 used, they offer good sound quality IMO.2. McCormack DNA 225 at around $1,500 used, and sometimes less,3. Hypex Ncore NC400, eith... | |
| Rack Recommendations I would look for something as solid as possible that can be coupled to the floor with heavy coned footers such as the brass Bear Paws by edenSound or Mapleshade brass. I personally appreciate the structural integrity, flexibility of equipment plac... | |
| Equipment that has made you 'stop' looking? SMc Audio modified/upgraded TLC-1. This linestage from the 1990's was the forebearer to SMc Audio's highly regarded VRE-1 linestage, basically a buffered passive, which is most often configured for 6dB gain resulting from the transformers. Steve M... | |
| HYPEX,PASCAL OR ABLETEC I auditioned the Ncore Atsah's in my system for almost two weeks and came away impressed with the controlled punchy bass, tonal density and musicality. IMO they fell a bit short of the Class A Clayton M300s in direct comparison, primarily related ... | |
| Sonos or Mac Mini? I have been very satisfied going the mac mini route last summer and having Ben at Mojo Audio do his thing has bumped it up to a very, very good sounding source, IMO.Mojo removed the internal SMPS, added their internal filter, an outboard linear po... | |
| Acoustic Zen Hologram II - best for the $ One difference between the Audio Sensibility cables and Acoustic Zen is the use of larger 14awg conductors in the AS cables compared to multiple strands of individually insulated smaller wires in the AZ cables. There are some who believe 14awg is ... | |
| Are older series speaker cables a bad investment?? Who cares about better? Just find something you like. After many years of listening, I found that, for speaker cables, I like the sound of a larger aggregate gauge cable consisting of multiple, small diameter, solid core conductors, made from high... | |
| Stolen gear Your title says it all....it is "stolen" gear.Your offer to buy back "your" stolen gear is generous but, seriously, your stuff was stolen, report it to the police. It would be interesting to hear the story given to the buyers as to why the preamp ... | |
| Best sounding new DAC under $2500? The Octave MkII recommended above is very musical and if you can swing just a bit more, I have been very happy with their higher end model the HEX, which has an internally powered (not BUS powered) asynchronous USB input, better power supply, and ... | |
| Amp recommendation for B&W 801 Matrix SII speakers Try your MC275 first before you spend your money.The PASS will work fine, as will any high current SS amp, although the PASS will probably sound better than most.Back in the day, many liked Classe' amps with B&W, maybe because quite a few Amer... | |
| New Lampizator Level 4/ Version 4 DAC in the house The new Jupiter copper caps are out Hi Bill, did you order these directly from Chris at Jupiter? I do not see them yet on the website but I was hoping to obtain some in time to use on a current project. |