rick_n
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| DAC RECOMMENDATIONS PLEASE OP is asking about a very intelligent and important upgrade. I believe in music streaming the DAC is essentially the phono cartridge. I would take a good look at the Holo Audio Spring 3. This R2R DAC should give you a lot of what you're looking... | |
| What Holiday Gifts did you ask for or Give to Yourself? Christmas is for giving. I made my daughter some HQ speaker cables using 12 gauge Tributaries as the core. My budding Audiophile was very pleased. | |
| Musical subwoofer under $2000 I would highly recommend going the two sub route. You have a decently large space to fill that will surely have peaks and nodes. With subs 1+1=3! You have a great system and some good subs will really enhance your listening experience. Good lu... | |
| Do I Need a Dedicated Streamer? I'm a H590 owner and will get right to my points. You have the bones for an awesome system but have to get a decent streamer. Right now you're driving a Shelby Mustang in first gear only (there are 5 more upshifts). To realize the full potentia... | |
| Should You Leave An External Power Supply On 24-7? @dr-boop I didn’t know that, great info. TYVM I have a BSN + LPS and leave them powered on all the time. The combo draws very little current. I've had no issues doing this. | |
| Nowhere to hear speakers and amps anymore! I feel bad for anyone who isn't near a major city. The mid-market shops are gone. I hope the big market showroom don't go the way of internal combustion car engines and manual transmissions. | |
| Hegel H390 DAC OP has the same ear as me. I agree that the AKM based Hegel DACs have a midrange dip, the H590 more so than the H390. I think this is why the H390 is perceived as warmer. I recently had the chance to A/B a H590 and new H600. What I found wa... | |
| Tidal or Qobuz I've tried both with main listening system and found that I prefer the SQ of Qobuz. The exception was with overly bright recordings, where I found that MQA seemed to smooth thing over. | |
| Focal Sopra n1 - mids are a bit recessed compared to Lumina IIs I'm a Sopra No2 owner. The Sopra's are very sensitive to where they are placed in the room. If you get them dialed they will sound wonderful. The Sopra's will work very well when placed closer to the front wall than most speakers. This will gi... | |
| Maybe the Journey is Over?........Well...... Get a great listening chair! | |
| Looking for an all-in-one just-add-speakers streamer for my son to take to college KISS - keep it simple and inexpensive. My daughter is running KEF LS50s off a BlueSound PowerNode and is very happy with the setup. I would keep the investment as low as possible, unfortunately theft is always a concern. Keep the system as mini... | |
| BW 801 D4 or BW 802 D4 + 2 subs That's a really large space that you need to fill and pressurize. Couple of thoughts beyond the good thoughts from @erik_squires and @tomcarr 1-Going with the Main + Sub combo will give you options to move the subs around the room and tune the ... | |
| SVS or REVEL Subwoofer @fastfreight I made the comment up the thread that the REL HT series does not have the high level inputs. One has to go up the line to the REL T series to have that input option. | |
| Have you found your "End-Game" speakers yet? I have. And it feels so good!!! Enjoy your Revels. Changing speakers is like changing wives, always costs you 50%. | |
| BW 801 D4 or BW 802 D4 + 2 subs Can you tell us about your listening room...size, furniture, acoustic treatments, type of floor? |