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| What speaker is the most musical, one you never want to sell? My Linkwitz 521.4: I recently visited the Magico factory in Hayward and heard their flagship speakers costing 15x. The sound was magnificent, but the presentation took place in their "concert hall" sized listening room. Once at home, I listened to... | |
| What innovative, unconventional cartridge designs can you recommend? I apologize for being late to this discussion, especially as @richardbrand has already made up his mind going for the DS Audio design. I have only heard good things about this optical-transformation approach and the sonic results, but have not yet... | |
| If Warmth Is a Distortion, Why Do So Many Audiophiles Still Defend It? I did not read through this entire thread, and I might be repeating what others said. I attended the premiere of the new Parsifal at the SF opera two weeks ago. We had seats pretty close to the orchestra and the stage and I specifically listened t... | |
| End Game(ish) Speakers - Help Deciding I am the very happy long-term owner of the Linkwitz LX521.4 speaker system. After numerous visits to audio shows and a recent factory tour of Magico (which is located 30 minutes from where I live) I can honestly say that there is nothing even clos... | |
| Speaker recommendations welcomed If you don't mind putting the speakers together yourself, there is nothing better out there than the Linkwitz LX 521. You can get the kit and the drivers from Madisound and the active 5-way crossover PLUS amplifier from the Linkwitz store in Stutt... | |
| Is there a ROON sound? Thank you all for thoughtful answers to my original question. The majority of you seems to agree that there is no ROON sound per se, because "bits are bits", or shall I rather say: there CAN’T be a specific ROON sound. I am not sure, and I don’t w... | |
| 2a3 Tubes - Favorites? Can I directly replace my 300Bs or 45s with a pair of 2A3s? I have a Supratek Grange, which offers two SET settings, one for 300B and the other for 45 (with extra filament heating). Your advice is highly appreciated! | |
| DHT preamps...Supratek Cabernet vs Vinnie Rossi L2 Signature Edition. I am the lucky owner of one of the few resurrected Grange pre-amps from Mick (2022): I can't think of a more satisfying and enveloping sound miracle, be it fed by analog or digital. I am using 300B (Takatsugi) tubes at the moment, but will be expe... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread I am the happy owner of Mick's resurrected Grange. Until now (since 2022) I have used 303 tubes (Takatsugi). I remember Mick telling me years back that I should definitely also try 45 tubes with their respective adjusted settings; I might be actua... | |
| Is there a ROON sound? audphile1 Thanks for your suggestions. I did exactly how you describe it (no apples vs. oranges): the USB signal either directly from my Mac or from the EVO goes into the MSB USB/Optical converter module, and the fiber optic cable runs into my DAC... | |
| R2R next? Don't like ESS I was the proud and very happy owner of a MSB Platinum Signature DAC (based on a proprietary R2R topology) for many years. I was lucky enough to find it in 2021 for $7,000 on USAudiomart from its first owner. However, dating from 2012, the unit di... | |
| ??? Anyone Running Active Speakers Driven By A Tube PreAmp ??? I use precisely such a system: my active speakers are the Linkwitz LX521.4. Each of the five cones has its own class-D amplifier (Hypex N-core) per channel (10 amps total!), which are fed from an active cascade crossover, ensuring that each driver... | |
| speaker upgrade fever I am the very-happy owner of the Linkwitz LX521.4 system for almost 10 years now. For me, this is my end-game: the spacial and smooth presentation across the entire frequency band is to die for. You can see my system here: https://linkwitz.store/... | |
| If you HAD to purchase a used (over 4 years old) DAC, what would it be? MSB, hands down. | |
| Phono preamp or SUT for low output moving coil I went down both paths: I had Dave Slagle make me a copper EMIA SUT matched to the specs of my preamp, and I had a Sunvallley Audio SV-EQ1616D "phono equalizer" as they call it. I liked both. However, the phono stage allowed me to fine tune capaci... |