Ive owned one for 3 years. It’s a great product. Very clear and punchy sound with a dose of natural warmth. Smooth musical big bottle presentation.
A bit like his dac 3.2se. In fact, it was the phonostage that persuaded me that i needed the 3.2.
I also own one of his vintage copper and iron...
Imho theres very little worth reading in hifi magazines. A notable exception is hifi world’s classic collection. And i have read it 100 times or more.
I particularly like their descriptions of the righteous turntables: garrard, lenco, td124, sp10. And the classic brit amps: leak, radford...
Warning: this post is not for people who cant hear jack without looking at the price tag.
Wify says i need to exercise more. Shes right about a lot of things so why not. But to make exercise more enjoyable i needed a stereo in the basement.
A friend spoke highly about vintage klipsch la scala...
I’ve owned and loved a set of 15” monitor golds in original rectangular york cabinets for about 8 years.
About a year ago i upgraded the crossovers to a special design by the ukranian maestro Abbas Zulfugarov.
Certainly well worth it.
Today i took another step in tannoy liberation by...
We moved into our current house three years ago and since then I’ve struggled with the acoustics in the front room where my main system resides.
The room is very reverberant and has a high pitch flutter echo as well. Even with furniture, curtains and rugs in the room. Muddying the sound and...
... is a valved nos r2r dac by the ukranian master abbas zulfugarov that i have owned for two years.
It is based on the classical philips tda 1541 chip, but the implementation is highly non-standard. I dont know all the details but here are some highlights:
- selected tda 1541r- dac chip
-...
For the kitchen, I would like a roon endpoint that
a) sounds ok
b) connects via wifi
c) spdif output
d) hazzle free
e) price reasonable
f) small box
I have an auralic aries g1 that sort of does a-d) but not e-f).
Ive tried various raspberry pi's but they never really impress in the d)...
Without idlers I dont think I would listen to records, and without records I dont think I would bother about hifi.
For me, the idlers are unmatched in the addictive way they drive the music and carry the beat.
My musical taste is more marley than mozart.
Well, thats just like my opinion...
New to this forum. This is my first post.
Santa gave this to my son this year. Howard Massey: "The Great British Recording Studies."
Its an interesting read. One thing that stands out: yes there were Altecs and later on JBLs but
the by far dominating monitor in the London studios...