Recent content by b7676

Info@KaliAudio replied regarding sm8c:

The same commercial draw as Kidz Bop or Now that's what I call music. The most derivative immitation of original 'sounds', played as close to infringement as possible and clearly a team of attorneys push the product to get there. For a monolithic audience not saavy enough to detect the cuckoo...

The first reason is by far the shakiest; For the sake of 2 channel? The second reason are the medium of your music collection. Lossless codec(s) and usb controllers? The third is noticing you did not like an onboard dac/amp. Forgotton most of the hours listening to realtek chips, but enjoy...

The iiwi guy said the more expensive smsl are better, but certainly not twice or thrice the E70V's value. DX9 is the present sound jewelry piece.

Alternatives to E70V are su-9 ultra, and the old D90. The flagship AK has a memorable relaxed ease much more mature than the 4493.

Wrong. You want an L50.

A new Intel build is for flagship overclocking and the fastest memory controller. AMD rules the midrange. (Mobos: x670 uses double of the chipset, b650e gets more better pcie for gpu+nvme use than b650) The only passing ddr4 build is the 5800x3d / 5700x3d. 3060 is a good pick for the moment...

Under 100$ get the cs43131 or 43198 KA11, ka5, Dawn, ua1 plus, Space, dc03, dew4x, TP20

Thought of the goldenear brx, the Q audio tensegrity stands (i don't understand their bookshelf lineup), and the kali santa monica which should have news on an 8 inch before spring.

That E1DA Cosmos is still peerless for measurement grade, and has been an important product for the home objectivist. Topping is getting into ADC (only selling on aliexpress) production at a very slow pace and seemingly won't have a measurement grade device anytime soon. Cheap interfaces are...

Try an AK4499 first

Sabaj A30a

"Pro" device for at home no screens on. Hinge less like shanling's design. No dac/pre/rca. Dual usb output, for pc class ripping, and dac classes. Opt, coax, I2S ideally. Maybe dsd upconverting. SACD player. Heavy. Gapless Playback. Good buttons, maybe on top not the front. Skip foward/back. A...

A subcontinent of 1.5 BILLION people with no notable hifi industry, let alone message boards.

Core upgrade reason into desktop stack from dongles are preamp functionalities. Plenty of volts and switching for power amp/monitors and/or to have perfect resistor ladder analog volume knob. The jewelry of bigger better dedicated power supplies and flagship dac / IO chips has merit if you do a...