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    Confessions of an Audiophile Junky-I Got Center Stage With Pitch Perfect Sound

    It’s been about 3 days since i installed the footers under the phono stage and preamp and two days under the power amp. Maybe I’m lucky since I didn’t seem to have suffered the trials and tribulations of the break in period of these devices. To summarize, there are days when our systems...
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    Confessions of an Audiophile Junky-I Got Center Stage With Pitch Perfect Sound

    It’s been about 3 days since i installed the footers under the phono stage and preamp and two days under the power amp. Maybe I’m lucky since I didn’t seem to have suffered the trials and tribulations of the break in period of these devices. To summarize, there are days when our systems can’t...
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    Low-cost streamer compares to Aurender

    I got a bluesound node 2 and and connected its digital out to my dcs Puccini digital input. Music is streamed via Tidal. With this combo, streamed music via Tidal falls way short of cd's. Will upgrading to a much more expensive streamer such as the dcs bridge, ps audio, naim, etc result in a...
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    Bluesound Node 2

    But do you feel it can compare to a cd transport connected to your tri vista dac? I was really hoping that streamed music via Tidal would match the quality of the same music played via cd thru the Puccini.
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    Bluesound Node 2

    Finally made my foray to streamed music courtesy of Tidal run through a very modest Bluesound Node 2 streamer/dac. I'm running its digital output to my Dcs Puccini digital input. Yes, great for sampling music on the fly but clearly no contest to my Puccini playing redbook cd. Question is, if I...
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    Ikeda KAI or My sonic labs platinum sig.

    Vice Versa.
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    Ikeda KAI or My sonic labs platinum sig.

    Vice Versa.
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    Ikeda KAI or My sonic labs platinum sig.

    I have an Ikeda Kai, recently purchased the gold signature, NO CONTEST, out of the box.
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    Von Schweikert Audio/VAC/MasterBuilt -- Los Angeles Audio Show 2017 -- Best of Show

    Maybe the only thing that may top the soon to be heard vr 11 ultra experience is your cooking, Jack!
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    New Album & The Beginning of Basketball Season

    With all due respect to Harden, he deserves every word and in fact owned up to the loss. Here in Manila if a superstar played that way in such a crucial game the common assumption would be that he sold out...
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    My Magico M3s have just arrived

    Same here! Fire em up in the main listening room! Congratulations.
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    MBL or TIDAL? SPEAKERS, ELECTRONICS...

    What model are you considering? I've heard the Tidal Agoria and the Sunray with and without the T1 sub, the Agoria is quite good but from what I've heard you can't go wrong with the Sunray specially if you go all the way and get the matching T1 subs. Haven't heard their latest models that have...
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    REF750SE vs VTL Siegfried Mk2

    Well the system is located over 60 miles south of Manila, and while by no means a great distance, you experienced first hand the paralyzing travel time it took to cover the less than 4 miles between Jacks place and mine.
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    REF750SE vs VTL Siegfried Mk2

    Prepare to gain 5 pounds when you visit Sonny and his gracious wife, pre merienda lunch, lunch, merienda, Pabaon pa ng merienda, try listening seriously as your digestive system saps all energy...but kidding aside, the best grande utopia EM I've heard by a huge margin, and that's before the...
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    Master Built-What are Owners Hearing That They Didn't Hear With Other Cables

    Precisely Jack, these past weeks with the masterbuilt cables in place what really surprised me is how satisfying it was to play at low levels with all the life in the music intact, without any urge to jack up the volume. Of course, if you wanna push the pedal to the metal, the system maintains...

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