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| Synergistic Red Fuse ... It's even worse than I thought with this thread. The OP is a guy with 78 year old ears claiming to have Xman level hearing and talking about how Ted of Synergistic Research deserves a Nobel Prize.Do you have any clue how big a fool you're making... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Great thread for identifying all the things I look for on my checklist of who to ignore:1. Constantly posts on forums instead of listening to their system.2. Uses any product by Synergistic Research (Have any of you seen what happens when you op... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Thanks for the response Mattnshilp. I trusted you (and others) would find the questions reasonable.As a CPA, I can fully appreciate how a cash crunch and timing can often make decision making seem illogical. I was looking at it strictly from a S... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I'm confused Mattnshilp. You just paid full retail for a Plasmatron and it supposedly delivers "an incredible sense of air and presence as well as opening up the soundstage"...yet you're selling it to buy new power cords?Couple questions...1. Wh... | |
| Audio Research discontinuing lower lines components? You guys are bashing the wrong brand and looking at it all wrong.First of all, there are plenty of budget audiophile brands that offer good performance for the money (Parasound, NAD, Emotiva, Prima Luna, etc.). Most budget-minded audiophiles don'... | |
| Would like your tube amp recommendation If you have 20.1, the no-brainer answer for tubes is ARC.I use auto-formers with Maggies so it makes them easier to drive, but the big ARC amps will have no problem.Frankly, to get what you want, I would go full ARC with the preamp and DAC too. G... | |
| Amps which are Great, but either Unknown or Underpriced I have several McCormack amps modified by Steve McCormack. It's a great option if you're looking for SOTA performance for a fraction of the cost.While he used to offer certain mod packages, I think it's totally variable nowadays. Whatever your b... | |
| Best DAC Your best bet is to find a used ARC Dac3. You already have an ARC preamp and I assume you like it (as you should). Thus, an ARC DAC makes total sense and will be an optimal match.I've had the Benchmark DACs (still have the DAC1 as a headphone am... | |
| ARC VT100MK2 substitute The absolute last problem you have is the amp if you're hearing brightness.I suspect you have a source problem.You can save money switching to SS, but I'm willing to bet good money you will gladly go back to ARC after trying SS.Sometimes people do... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Ctsooner, you can actually tell a lot about which equipment is "better" for your tastes by going to the shows. Any seasoned audiophile will be able to pick out traits that they like/dislike. For example, I heard sibilance at CES from the Dynaudi... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Just got back from CES and wanted to post a brief follow-up to the "digital amp" discussion recently.Again, I didn't hear any digital amps in the class of ARC Reference tube gear, but I was impressed with the Kii Audio speakers that are active and... | |
| Recommendations please for good, affordable pre-amp for system? Of the ones you noted, I would stick with the Bryston.Many people like to overthink things and mix/match brands of preamps/amps. Sometimes it works fine, but other times it's a disaster. It can be particularly risky with passives where I've hear... | |
| New Orleans high end stores? I can update my previous comment 2 years ago by saying things have only gotten better at Wilson per my recent visits.His support staff is very friendly and helpful. I'd still recommend dealing direct with Doug...at least that's what I do...but it... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt, what class D amps are you talking about?You said they are better than A/B amps, but what about tubes?i've been to countless shows (and I'll be at CES next week), so I'd like to check out any class D i may have missed.I'm all for buying a cla... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD It's amusing to read about SS amps that people claim are "tubelike" in a thread about DACs.Why not just buy a tube amp and stop hoping to find a SS amp that comes close?Steve Nugent's thoughts got people all excited, but maybe you guys missed the ... |