mglik
Responses from mglik
| Affordable SS that sound like Tubes Tube smoothness and musicality with SS detail and impact: Atma-Sphere Class D. $5400 Killer! | |
| Toslink I am limited by my smart tv to only output Toslink. To my DAC. TV sound suffers. There was a Digital conversion box suggested. But inputting Toslink and outputting coax will still limit quality to Toslink. Is that not correct? | |
| What new gear have you just bought? Darzeel CTH 8550 MK3 dCS Lina DAC dCS Lina Clock Artisan Fidelity Lenco L75 | |
| Speaker that are 'KEEPERS" for the long haul!!! My listening habits lean heavily toward voices. I lived most of the ‘90s with Quad 57s. Not exclusively, but greatly with voices, their transparency and tone is beyond compare. It just sounds “right”. When I found a pair of Electrostatic Soluti... | |
| What speaker could safely be ordered without hearing it first? Quad 57 from Electrostatic Solutions. Think they are now $6K. I have owned Tannoy Westminster Royals, ATC Anniversary 50, etc. Once you hear the tone and transparency of 57s there is no going back. | |
| MM or MI Cartridge? I feel privileged and fortunate to have a Grado Epoch3 MI cartridge. It instantly replaced my, highly regarded, Lyra Atlas SL. By that I mean it did not “cream” the Lyra, but it greatly surpassed it in, the always vital and central, musicality. ... | |
| Magico's M9 Talk about diminishing returns! But I would be very interested in hearing the M9s in a well set up system. Believe such a system exists at the Magico factory in Hayward, CA. Does anyone know the details of this system? I don’t know of any amp ... | |
| How can you evaluate a system with highly processed music? The performance and arrangement are certainly most important. I do, however, most enjoy acoustic instruments and voices. Heavily processed Pop, etc. can surely be a lot of fun. And the performance of my system can also be evaluated with any cont... | |
| direct stream 2-Stereophile review I have ordered a DSD MKII. Ironically, only ordered it when ARC went into receivership, Was going to buy an ARC DAC 9. But now that this unusually negative review is out and ARC looks like they are coming back, I will probably cancel my DSD ord... | |
| New Class D amplifiers It is a difficult choice between the AGD Audions and the Atma Ds. I may keep both. Speaking generally, they are greatly characterized by the nationality of their designers. Alberto, being from Italy, has created amps that, very much, have a roma... | |
| New Class D amplifiers I have AGD Audions and Atma-Sphere Class D. Both are excellent. Among the best ever. The AGD are more tube-like and the Atmas are more dynamic and transparent. | |
| SET amplifier (for AvantGarde Duo's-original) recommendations SET for sure. The lower the power, the more the magic. So, the 45 tube is the way to go. Yamamoto makes a very good 45 amp. And they are very affordable. Unless, you get a $5400 pair of the new Atma Class D. Ralph uses them with his very effi... | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing @lula Yes, I would say the main difference between the AGDs and the Atmas is that the AGDs do have more bloom tube-like sound. | |
| Do I buy an upscale TT? The other big question is how much does the TT contribute to the SQ? | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing AGD Audions are lovely. Atma Ds are more detailed and transparent. But some may prefer the AGDs |