pmotz
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| Choice of Vandersteen models I disagree that the 5’s need a HUGE room. I have a fairly small room and use 5’s and they sound quite good. A bigger room would be better, but it’s not a necessity. Having said that, the Quatro Wood may be a better choice for a small room. I go... | |
| XTC: This Pop Roberjerman, previous to seeing the documentary I had not heard of that group. It was given about five minutes, enough to pique my interest. I will search it out! | |
| A lot of hype about PS Audio, deservedly so ? Jbuhl, you are correct that PS Audio just assembles (and repairs) at their facility, however a significant portion (can’t say all since I don’t know specifics) of the manufacturing is done in the US. Machinery is expensive and the more advanced eq... | |
| PS Audio DAC output Missak, glad to hear my second response was the correct one. I followed the link but the writeup seemed like a sloppy translation from Japanese so I couldn’t make a lot of sense of it. I’m not familiar at all with Sansui equipment so I can’t rea... | |
| Vandersteen's new affordable mono blocks at the CES 18 I got that same e-mail this morning. Very interesting, but I doubt I’ll bite. One thing not mentioned, how much will they cost? If they are under $10K they may be competitive, but more than that they would have to be pretty impressive. I’ve got a ... | |
| PS Audio DAC output As soon as I posted this I had a thought about your integrated. Does the “Direct Input” completely bypass the preamp section as your post says, or does it bypass tone controls? If you don’t know look at your manual, but if you are already using ... | |
| PS Audio DAC output Bad idea! The DL III does not have a volume control. If you plug this into an input without volume control you will send full voltage to your speakers. This would be the same as turning the volume all the way up on the integrated. Do you think... | |
| So how many people jumped on the PS Audio Black Friday Sale For The BHK Amps And Pre Amp? Tomcy6, I very much like the BHK250! I’m using with Vandersteen 5 and I think it is a good match. I was using an Audio Research Classic 60 and the BHK has better definition and low end. Not to mention I don’t need to change expensive power tube... | |
| So how many people jumped on the PS Audio Black Friday Sale For The BHK Amps And Pre Amp? I ordered a preamp to go with my DirectStream DAC and BHK 250. I was happy without a preamp, but thought I’d give the preamp a try at the great price they offered. | |
| HDMI cable for I2S To further expand on what jwpstayman said, the HDMI cable that PS Audio is supplying now is a “generic” cable, no name is on it and IS NOT the AC series cables that lowrider57 refers to. The best part is the new cable is relatively low cost, thou... | |
| The Music Room Some of you may have noticed that PS Audio is taking trade-ins on their new equipment. Doesn't have to be PS Audio brand, anything will be considered. TMR is the outlet for all of the gear that PS Audio takes in trade. | |
| PS Audio NEW Huron Firware upgrade. 😩😫😩 Audioman58, I presume you are pauljvl2122 from the PS Audio forums. Assuming that is correct, you should be clear to everyone here that your DS DAC has about 175 hours on it and it was recommended by a couple of folks on the PS Audio site to give... | |
| Help me build speaker cables please! I'm not a serious DIYer, but I have a couple comments. I've read about several speaker cable manufacturers touting the benefits of multiple individually insulated strands of smaller gage wire. If I recall correctly in the 22-24 gage range. This i... | |
| What's the best non-DAC CD player? The PS Audio DirectStream Memory Player (DMP) is a very nice player, though it plays best wth a PS Audio DAC since it permits I2S connection and DAC decoding of SACD. | |
| Axpona Shout Outs To each his own on the sound, though I will say I intentionally stayed away from the MBL room since the three or four times I have heard them in the past it was painfully loud. Rock concert level is NOT my thing, note my comments on the two live ... |