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| Pass x260.8 v. Parasound JC1+? I have heard both, although briefly..and not on the same day. The Parasound is very good indeed but not as refined as the Pass amp. Parasound is a little bright or shrill on the top end compared to the Pass. IMO. | |
| My thoughts on the HiFi Rose 150B I tried the Rose device and I thought the GUI was not intuitive, It would connect wireless but not wired. Even with wireless it would drop out. It was replacing a Node 2 system and with Bluesound I had found the customer support was fabulous. I s... | |
| We should reject hard-to-drive speakers more often This is a bit ridiculous and I assume clic bait. Get what you like and enjoy the music. It does not have to be complicated. Hard to drive speakers require more power, more current. There are high quality amps that can do this??? | |
| Tube amps - what 3 things… Push/Pull (I don't like really hot amps) Don't spend too much on a tube amp. Some chinese companies (not all) are making excellent tube amps with warranty/ repair centers in USA Include the cost of the better NOS tubes you will want to roll in ... | |
| what are your top "audio bargins" in your system history? Vandersteen 2CE Sig II speakers Schiit Freya Plus tube preamp Schiit Bifrost II DAC Line Magnetic 216i integrated tube amp (best addition overall) | |
| What is the forums opinion of SVS subs? I have had one SVS subwoofer long ago and didn’t have a good experience with the company. The unit needed service and they really didn’t want to do it. They wanted me to buy another subwoofer from them. Years later a local store in Ohio was sellin... | |
| What can beat Wilson XVX for less money? Bose 901 version 5. Put aluminum foil on the equalizer fuse and the speakers go to 11. | |
| What is your experience with amp power? Scott22 Great comment. Clear as mud to me as well. God Bless us poor guys! But I think many people here have great contributions to a somewhat complicated issue. and i appreciate everyone's input. I have a low power tube amp that I really luv...... | |
| HT Sound quality - tube versus solid state amplification I luv the sound of tubes. But for HT there are some considerations. The first is the longevity of the tubes and the driving of the tubes. I know movie passages can have dynamic range and swings of dynamics and that will tax tubes. I thinkeven more... | |
| Educate me about DSD I am getting the picture....thanks guys for the help. Have not taken possession of the player yet, it's due here very soon. At this time I don't have any DSD files.... gonna be starting from scratch to try out DSD files and see if my ears like it. | |
| Educate me about DSD bhvf and designsfx I bought a HiFi Rose RS250 and it has an internal dac and my understanding is that it can play DSD 64, DSD 128, DSD 246 and DSD 512. I just don’t know how I would configure the player to do this? Streaming via a site like tida... | |
| Educate me about DSD innersound300 Good read, thanks for the link. I wonder if HDTracks and Native DSD are the only bigger sites for streaming/download of these kinds of files in 2023? | |
| Need help! First step into high end audio My suggestion is to get the words "high end audio" out of your mind. Those terms mean so many things to audiophiles that is just confusing and often too expensive in dollars. Go with "what sounds really good to you". Yamaha, Pioneer, Sony all make... | |
| Whittling down my choices to a final few pair... I agree with ghdprentice....completely. You and the lucky woman owe it to yourself to audition these higher priced speakers. | |
| Vandersteen 2CE Signature III — video review on YouTube by Steve Guttenberg (1/15/2023) I have always liked the sound of Vandersteen. I had seen many people sell their 2CE speakers only to regret it later and buy another pair. They are well designed and sound great within the parameters of that kind of budget. Richard never intended ... |