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  1. ACHiPo

    Lampizator big7 (2015) vs Holo Spring3 kte (no preamp)DAC

    Welcome. Sorry I can't offer any help. I have a Holo Audio May KTE and I like it, but I'm sure the higher end Lampis are better, but also 10x more expensive.
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    Anthony Cordesman RIP

    Sad. He was an accomplished man and I liked his reviews.
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    First High End Turntable

    Not that it matters, but I’m kinda curious—Do you know if the origin of the HiFi Buys big box chain was in Muncie, IN? The HiFi Buys I mentioned above carrying high end was in a house on Wheeling close to McGalliard in the mid-70s, then moved across Wheeling to the strip mall in the late...
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    Maestro

    Agree on both counts. Disappointing as I believed the hype.
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    Maestro

    What was this music? I wasn’t familiar with it. It was incredible.
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    Ron’s New System

    I'd dismissed Karen Carpenter decades ago as top-40 pablum, but enjoy listening to the Carpenters The Single occasionally. She was a true vocal genius and her songs (once I get past the syrupy strings) are fantastic.
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    Ray Samuels Phono Stage?

    Thanks. I still have the Samuels stage, but in fact did give up and move to a Wavestream Kinetics tubed phono stage. The Samuels could sound fantastic, but was prone to some sort of warbling noise that I could eliminate sometimes but not all the time.
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    Ron’s New System

    Another choice for pure silver in Teflon/air dielectric is Darwin Cables. https://www.darwincables.com/darwin-cable-specials
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    First High End Turntable

    That was quite a store when it was in the house c1975. Still good when it moved to the strip mall across the street, but then sold the name or something and became just another electronics store.
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    Power Cords for Sound Lab Speakers

    I popped in a pair of Shunyata NR cords powering my 745s. They sounded better than stock. No looking back. Just wish they were a foot longer.
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    USB for ProUSB

    @luca.pelliccioli I'm afraid I don't have much of value to add, other than I am using the recommended Intona Reference 1.5m recommended by Emile of Taiko Audio. I'm happy with it and haven't thought about USB cables since installing it.
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    I was really hoping just streaming... There goes discretionary savings again!
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Are your improvements heard on streaming, local files, or both?
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    Ron’s New System

    Oops!
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    Ron’s New System

    Never mind...
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    Rhapsody.Audio Listening Rooms

    Well, this could be expensive! ;) Wonderful speakers and dangerously close to me!
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    This is the switch plus NIC? Also plus XDMS? With local and streaming music?
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    SUPATRAC Blackbird Tonearm

    Yes, it took me a few back-and-forths to understand the concept, but then I realized it had the benefits of my beloved WTT Reference tonearm, but with improved stability. A brilliantly simple concept executed nicely. I do look forward to giving it a listen one of these days.
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Ed, That's pretty exciting. No one commented on my observation last week after returning from several weeks of travel that my sound quality had increased, and that was WITHOUT NSM (not sure if there have been other improvements in sound quality with releases of XDMS?) ! Looking forward to...
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    I just returned from about 4 weeks of travel. I am blown away (sorry cliche) about the sound quality I returned to. Maybe there are other comments about it (I didn’t have the patience to wade through all the pages about switches) or maybe 3 weeks of snorkeling and diving changed my hearing...
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    At What SPL Do You Listen to Your Stereo?

    Those SPLs seem a bit low compared to what I measured at our local venue C-weighted, which runs about 10 dB higher than A-weighted. As I recall the background level with no music was ~80 dB C-weighted and music was 95 - 117 dB. Granted this was for Taiko drums, but what surprised me was the...
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    At What SPL Do You Listen to Your Stereo?

    Ron, What weighting are you using?
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    Grandsoir, I am inclined to upgrade my DAC (oh the days not so long ago when $5k seemed like A LOT for a DAC...), but need to refill the audio coffers, as the DACs I'm considering are in the >$40k range. Plus, the May sounds pretty darned good. AC
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    Kuzma SAFIR 9

    Seems fair to me.
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    Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème

    I have a Holo Audio May KTE DAC fed by the Extreme. It is quite good. That said, the Extreme is so good I’m sure it would benefit from a better DAC.
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    The new audiophile vinyl series The Original Source from Deutsche Grammophon (AAA)

    I’m not so sure Ron. At this point analog vs digital to me is down to which medium has the music I want to hear, not sound quality. I don’t have $100k in each front end, but about the same in digital and analog and they are both outstanding. Now back to those DG records…
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    Are we hurting our ears with clean power?

    Generally yes
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    Are we hurting our ears with clean power?

    I’ve checked SPLs at concerts. Just the background level with people quietly talking before the show hits 85-90 dB. Acoustic taiko drums hit 117 dB. Home stereo sounds MUCH louder at 85 dB.
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    Atma-Sphere Class D Mono blocks

    @Gregadd The Sound Labs are inefficient and need lots of power. I don’t think the current Class D is big enough to drive them.
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    Atma-Sphere Class D Mono blocks

    Rex, I feel similarly about the Benchmark Class H amps I bought for Summer use. They are so good that I have yet to put the MA1s back in the system. I can only imagine Ralph's Class Ds would be a further step up in performance while keeping the easy-to-live-with SS features. Now if I can only...

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