rajugsw
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| Oh Ye of Little Format Ok. About 3 years ago, I met Gus Skinas up in his Boulder Studio upstairs at the PS Audio factory. An amazing and very nice man to talk to. Did a great one hour Zoom session with our gang of six 2 years ago. Anyways. My comment to Gus was. How in... | |
| Can one have too many tube components in a system? I'd been 100% solid state up until a year or so ago. 1st it was my eBay score STAX SRM-007tA driving my Koss/Drop 95/X Electrostatic Headphones. This led to my trading in ALL my PS Audio Stellar Amplifiers for a BAT VK50-SE (with enough to spare ... | |
| Changes in DAC Presentation - Need Advice When I had the Terminator on loan for a week. On some material I never noticed a difference between it and my “Forever DAC”, the PS Audio DirectStream DAC Sr. On others, it was night and day. The Denafrips was forward and a tad “shouty” on some tr... | |
| Spatial X5 speakers Once you go Open Baffle, it's hard to go back to a box speaker. Just sayin'. I hear the X5's last year at a friends home and while I can't afford a pair right now, I DIY'd a pair based on the Infinity RS1 form 40 years ago (three 5.25" midwoof... | |
| Bluesound Node2 with outboard DAC Using a PS Audio DirectStream DAC Sr. with my Node 2i. Not gonna change a thing. | |
| Products you added to your system in 2021 that made most impact to your music enjoyment The KEF R3’s that I still have on loan from a friend. Orchard Audio Ultra Amplifier. Bluesound Node 2i My own Open Baffle Debacles with integrated dual stacked 12” H-Frame Subwoofer section. more homebrew room treatment - Skyline diffusers and... | |
| Tube Preamps that work well with SS amps? @rixthetrick . I would have bought the BHK used but it’s lack of lack Balanced outputs (only one pair) was a showstopper. An excellent Preamp but the BAT 22 years ago (and now of course) gives you 2 sets of variable fully balanced XLR outputs and ... | |
| Tube Preamps that work well with SS amps? I would have started a new thread too without using "The Force" (...LOL). Anyway I was an Transistor Guy, then tried All Tubes but to my ears. Tube input/GaN FET output has been my best combo. PS Audio DirectStream DAC Sr. feeding a BAT VK50-SE d... | |
| Class D amp recomendations please Orchard Audio GaN FET Amplifier The ONLY "Class D" Amplifier I'd recommend. | |
| Blue Lights Orchard Audio Ultra Amplifier. | |
| One big reason why brick and mortar high end audio dealers struggle. All you old Geezers here are making some great points. My Audiophile Journey is almost over after dipping my feet back into it 3 years ago. For twenty years I’ve been more into 5.1 including upmixing my 2ch stuff via Dolby Pro Logic II and now the... | |
| Top 5 Reaons to NOT BUY A TURNTABLE. I love the sound of Vinyl but not the care and feeding it requires. I used to rip Vinyl and listen through my PC/DAC/Music Server to this day. Very rarely did I break out a disc to spin. I used to do a first play onto cassette before the digital a... | |
| Anyone dislike Ohm Walsh speakers? I have a pair of their Surround Micros hanging behind my Sofa. Works great ! | |
| Recommended streamers/servers? All Streamers do the same damn thing. What's key is the DAC that the Streamer is connected to. Your Internet Service Provider and the downlink speed is more critical. Don't get me started on the Fibre Optic Crowd (unless you have 100's of feet to ... | |
| Matching solid state amps with tube based pre amps I’m running a BAT VK50-SE with an Orchard Audio StarKrimson Ultra GaN FET Amplifier. I’m done. No more searching for the Holy Grail. I haven’t found it but this is close enough for me. |