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| What Integrated Amp do You use I have both the Blackhawk and the Parasound in rotation. They are both excellent. The Parasound actually has a wider soundstage, amazingly lifelike vocals, esp female. The Blackhawk seems to present more detail esp in the upper registers, and degr... | |
| Has Digital Audio Tech Plateaued - Is It Safe To Come Out Now? ...so yes, I totally agree w cal3713 | |
| Has Digital Audio Tech Plateaued - Is It Safe To Come Out Now? As with so many things in life (and audiophilia) there are two issues at play: quality and price. We all hope that at a given price point, as technology advances, quality formerly available only at a higher price point will become available. And a... | |
| Raven Audio Nighthawk Precisely why I’m trying to convince myself to live with it. But I haven’t put the Parasound on the market yet... | |
| Raven Audio Nighthawk I just got the Blackhawk and can attest to its imaging, soundstage and resolution. It also punches well above its 20 wpc weight in terms of current output and ability to drive less sensitive speakers. However, I’m on the fence about sending it bac... | |
| Recommendations for 3rd party power supply for Chord 2qute? OK, the Teradak is in the right price range—a far cry from updating to the Qutest!—so I’ll give that a try and report back for those interested. Thanks very much for the guidance; this has been a really helpful forum. | |
| Best DAC For My Setup Under $10k Just curious: is there a specific deficiency in the Qutest that you are trying to address or do you just want a change? | |
| Raven Osprey vs Octave 110 with low sensitivity speakers These comments are incredibly helpful: I’ll pull out the sound meter to check the minimum maximum with the current setup that I would want to commit to, and back calculate from there. I recognize the ambiguity of “83 to 86” but that’s the best I c... | |
| Raven Osprey vs Octave 110 with low sensitivity speakers MC, I am chuckling— I swear, I KNEW you would reproach the speaker choice! But mofojo makes me feel better...and just saying, the Boenicke’s seem to defy the laws of physics: that sound from that box? | |
| Spendor D9.2 vs Proac D48r I have the D7’s and have to agree that they absolutely need break-in time, after which the highs soften noticeably. The other issue is that oddly, the drivers seem to need to warm up. I usually will start them playing for 20 minutes or so in the l... | |
| If you stream music from the internet, I can't recommend this more highly Obliquely related, but the discussion does lead to a question: is a laptop to a high quality DAC surpassed by a decent streamer? Basically, streaming Amazon HD I run my MacBook Air into a Qutest and then into a Simaudio Moon 340iX (sans internal D... | |
| smaller speakers for critical listening? Beonicke W5unbelievable resolution, soundstage, accuracy and realism—in a tiny box. Just VERY power hungry | |
| The most criminal practice in the speaker industry revealed!! Keep reading Really hard to believe that this isn’t a low tech hoax. Think about it: “there’s no possible way you can HEAR how good an expensive speaker is: to get your money’s worth, you have to SEE the speaker’s specs....” Seriously, folks? |