Recent content by Lotus78

B&W 703 $3,400 ($6,079 adjusted for inflation) in 2001 by todays standards they would be very average and over priced. In comparison I currently own the Philharmonic BMR Monitors $2,000 and Wharfedale Lintons with stands $1,500 both are better in everyway. Benchmark AHB2 amp $3,400. Not much...

Two rooms music one with 10 ft projector all 2 ch stereo with Dirac live. Philharmonic BMRs in living room. Lintons in main listening room and Martin Logans ESL for movies and tv. MCM only allowed in main listening room.

I’m not an electrical engineer but from the layman perspective it seems that the cost to unengineer a solved headphone problem is $5,500. Edit my go to headphone is the HiFiman HE 500 I just cannot get why the BOM, labor and machine run rates, indirect labor and G&A is much different than the...

Thanks, That is actually an old picture taken before our house was flooded. The room has been rebuilt since then. Current kit: Main Listen Room: Benchmark AHB2 amp MiniDSP Flex with Dirac Live WIIM Streamer Wharfedale Linton Speakers Current picture: headphone kit SMSL C2000 DAC/Amp...

Is it too much to ask to put the topping DAC/ preamp/ headphone amp/ speaker amp in one box with Dirac and Wi-Fi streaming?

My two-channel room was flooded so currently my two channel/headphone/theater is squeezed in to one area. The Minidsp is now used for theater duties. The two channel room is being rebuilt and a MINIdsp flex and a Benchmark AHB2 is on order to be used with the BMR Monitors after the room is...

I just upgraded my toaster oven along with this DAC unveiled 12 layers of army blankets from my speakers an added PR and slam that I would expect from a $1,000,000 toaster oven DAC combo with 22.7 hours of burn in. Hopefully this is enough to lock this thread

In the racing world a fresh engine is at its best. It’s all down hill in performance after it’s first revolution.

Sorry did not realize there were other 3k DAC tested my bad. Mabey we could put it as #1 in the over 25lb DAC class?

Ye gods, so far 12 pages of arguments about a device that elsewhere for $150 will give you a mostly solved problem and for $300 will give you a complete solved problem with no need of “burn-in”. Thanks for the review amirm. But as a glass half full take. This unit did out perform the PS Audio...

The discarded speakers are a single driver folded horn kit from madisound. The wine stash is the wife's

Updated new speakers