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| First Tube amp suggestions Hi tritube, just curious what you ended up doing. I was in your position 2 years ago and can empathize. The good folks here on Audiogon also provided me great advice like they have above here. Black Ice Audio came up as something for me to l... | |
| Magic returns in seldom used bookshelves? Hi menosavy, It has been a little over a year now. Any update on this? I own a pair of the Ascend Sierra 2EX, and they are currently in a box as I bought a pair of ATC SCM11 v2. I am about to swap out with the Ascends to see how they interact w... | |
| Over Tubing it? Thanks a lot for all of your thoughts on this. Very helpful. I am re-committing to the tube DAC for a while and just placed an order for some tubes from Brent Jesse. I am interested in what rolling in other tubes will bring to or detract from m... | |
| What are some of your favorite "COLD" songs? Cold Ethyl - Alice Cooper | |
| Share MYSTICAL, HAUNTING songs Awesome lists. Agree with many of these, and others I have never heard of them. I will have to do some studying! I will have to compile some of mine, but real quick, I would add Mazzy Star. IMO, quite a few "haunting" moody songs. Also, their sin... | |
| Advice needed on power cables, wall warts, conditioning, electrical outlet Wow! I am extremely grateful for all of the awesome and practical advice. Very, very helpful indeed. Thank you all so much for this Masterclass! Have a great rest of your weekend. | |
| Tube integrated amps -- new Value Leaders? @arafiq Thank you for this discussion! I went down this path as well this past summer, and had similar questions and thoughts. I lusted for a Raven, Prima Luna, etc. but couldn’t afford them. This led me to consider some of the “value” ones you... | |
| Why do I "need" Audirvana, Roon or the like versus just Tidal App? Hi phcollie,I tried to like Audirvana. I downloaded the latest demo (Mac) and it was a frequent source of random noise, distortion and hiss. It didn't matter if I was streaming Tidal or Qobuz through it. Same result. Damien had me send him lo... | |
| "Need" Roon, Bluesound Node, or or other streamer? Thanks a lot, Spencer. The Sonore/Small Green Computer offerings are a very enticing option! Still need to look into whether the ARIES is ROON ready. I like the bridge approach as well. In the meantime, I jumped on the Cambridge deal to buy me ... | |
| Quality 1 meter RCA Interconnects under $100? Hi everyone, Thank you very much for all of these suggestions! I will have lots of fun looking at all of these possibilities.Much appreciated. | |
| "Need" Roon, Bluesound Node, or or other streamer? As a wrinkIe, I noticed Cambridge (ROON ready) refurbs at below $1k this weekend. Thoughts on these?-Or- a used "bridge" only which allows me to keep my external DAC as primary. Like an Auralic Aries? Perhaps use their native app to control the ... | |
| "Need" Roon, Bluesound Node, or or other streamer? Wow! Thank you for all very much for this amazing advice. I have learned so much, and you've all given me a lot to think about. By way of update: I have installed the ROON suite (14 day trial) on my MacBook Pro, integrated my Tidal, Qobuz, an... | |
| Best Bang for your Buck DAC ? I am loving this discussion as I am looking for similar $1000 ish price point DAC, and really want to pull the trigger and move on with the listening.... Kind of narrowed it down to the below.Anyone else here had any experience with the Black Ice... | |
| Black ice Audio owners, pet peaves I just pulled the trigger on a Black Ice Audio Fusion F22 integrated amp. Looking forward to my first tube amp experience. And I am keeping my Foz SS-X for now.FYI, there are a couple of recent reviews of the F11 and F22 integrated amps up on hom... | |
| Penafrips, MHDT Labs DACs versus Integrated amps for home office Thanks rocray. |