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| A DAC to help overcome compressed music? Thread Title: "A DAC to help overcome compressed music?". @deadhead1000..."I was not specifically looking for a DAC." Ok. That clears it up. | |
| A DAC to help overcome compressed music? There have been more than a few forum threads of folks adding upgraded external DACs to a BlueSound Node2I with success. | |
| Tweaking Cary SLP-98P F1 Preamp @russ69 ...I personally like the sound of my SLP-98 and don't have any plans to replace it. Me too. Nice outboard power supply, and with top shelf 6SN7s, upgraded coupling caps and rear wiring, using quality OCC interconnects, performs as well as... | |
| Advise before I regret @spkbmw007 I previously had them hooked up to a Marantz sr7005 and an Adcom 555 gFA 2 amp. The speakers seemed to have just allot of mid range and bass not very bright or detail.The Marantz sr7005 has a reputation for sounding "warm" and the Adcom... | |
| Advise before I regret Did you try your Aventage 2080 + Anthem amp > Studio 100 v3 speakers BEFORE you bought the new Premier speakers -If so, what did you not like about the sound? | |
| PSVANE 12Au7 12At7 12Ax7 "-T MKII" 2020 production run of small signal/driver tubes First, "Midrange is more present and more forward" and "wider across the front" is what came to mind first when switching (again) from NOS Mullards back to PSVANE MKII 12AU7 / 12AU7 tubes today in my Mono tube amps. Can hear more when listening of... | |
| Advice on a budget R2R DAC @alaindexe With your restated budget of $1.2k, you have a good chance of securing a nice unit. If you'd consider something like @jjss49 suggested, Metrum Acc, or others used (second hand) for less than half the cost, you could wind up with a real... | |
| Advice on a budget R2R DAC Schiit Modi "Multibit" select version (drop down list option) for $249 is claimed by Schiit to also be a R-2R Ladder design DAC. I emailed them and asked, is it truly a R-2R Ladder DAC?, and they confirmed, "yes", fwiw. Multiple type chips used fo... | |
| PSVANE 12Au7 12At7 12Ax7 "-T MKII" 2020 production run of small signal/driver tubes Viva has been great for me as well, buying/testing 14+ tubes, past two years and zero returns.Switched back to my vintage 1965 Mullard Blackburn 12AU7 / 12AT7 pairs for the past few months to re-compare for a while. Was just thinking tonight that ... | |
| Update on Audiogon Member Almarg Tonight I was reading a thread about interconnect & speaker cable capacitance and inductance here on Agon. I looked over to the left and the date was from back in 2009. And, to no surprise interesting posts by you know who, Almarg. Always enjo... | |
| MHDT Lab Havana Driver Did you save a backup copy of the original installed driver on the Havana before you installed the new driver?If not, here are the .01 and .02 versions of the driver, and try the other one. Hopefully one of these works better for ya. Email MHDT if... | |
| Tube Amp soundstage @dtapoYou may have already answered your own question, comparing first hand. Trust your ears. Maybe there is some magic in the distortion and 2nd and 3rd order harmonics. Gotta ask oneself why many of the high-end class A solid state designers a... | |
| New Cary DMS 700 That’s ridiculous. I’m sorry and I’m a long term Cary amp and preamp owner too. Uh, $7995 retail ??? for a network-streamer-DAC with R2R. People are using iPads, pads, laptops, not a puny display on front of a unit smaller than a mobile phone. A g... | |
| DAC's Made in the USA +1 @twoleftearsReading this thread while helping a friend looking for the same as @stebut the first DAC that came to mind was Border Patrol. Maybe a 2nd-hand Border Patrol SE I noticed for sale on USAM (made in Maryland) until I saw the "optical" ... | |
| Biamping with a tube and SS combo @arafiq"...I described above with the more common tube pre + SS amp combo? If you have compared both, which one sounded better to you?"..Having tried all scenarios mentioned above, I’ll mention results can vary quite a bit when you start intermixi... |