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SMSL A300 (£150/$175) These are my impressions of the new SMSL A300 integrated amp. I tested it with my SMSL SU9N DAC playing Spotify from my TV through TOSLink. I used a pair of Quad S2 (87dB at 8ohm impedance nominal) speakers as they are very revealing and fairly neutral from 200Hz...

thank you @sweetchaos . that is actually very useful. the ranges that got presented there are a bit too much (+-10db) is something a good speaker shouldnt present. I would definitely say that i would like to find a really rolled off speaker that otherwise seems pretty neutral but with that...

Hello fellow audio enthusiasts. My journey in audiophilia has taken me to a really nice of resolving speakers that i currently enjoy a lot. The thing is that the audio switch itch is always there and now i am thinking of going for the smoothest speakers - used speaker pair that is- that i can...

By the way guys it is up for grabs on Shnezen Audio website. https://shenzhenaudio.com/collections/all/products/smsl-su-6-dac-es9038q2m-xmos-dsd-pcm768khz-32bit-bluetooth-5-0-ldac-usb-decoder?_kx=U26jihnfLCJa1LajCtYnGipr5q-otIrpPcYeOLLqvKg%3D.YduXAQ This DAC makes me feel a bit bad as i...

most likely it is the one they used on su-9n- the QCC5125.

to be honest i'm not sure- i just assumed...maybe it is made in China but has non Chinese design.

@DanielT - i opened this thread just to show the kind of audiophile elitist behavior that most of these "popular" reviewers eventually display. He is saying that the Loxjie is pretty good, nothing special, same as all the other China DACs, and that his American made May is definitely worth the...

So one pays up to $5k extra for that "decay" in the "time domain"... what a load of BS!

Hi all, I have recently upgraded (or so i believe) form a good old NAD C320BEE to a Rega Biro-R amp. I run it with a SMSL Sanksrit 10thMk2 DAC and a pair of Quad S2 bookshelves. As a backstory, i never buy new amps as i believe thy can be bought at a really high discount 2nd hand. So, i got...

@amirm , you are killing the fun in all the review business with this scientific method. In any case, what do you reckon then, a good scoring system for lazy customers might be? thanks

Could you detail to me how the trade in system worked (or works). I'm uneducated. Cheers!

Just curious; I am just guessing but i'd say anywhere between 30 to 100%? Maybe some of you have been in this business and could provide a more realistic average value. as a follow up i've noticed by watching some YT videos that they generally do not stock cheapo stuff (like under £1000...

Hi there, i was wondering in the light of last years' events( Covid, chip shortages, etc), that this whole 18months exacerbated the Hi-Fi's industry shortcomings. i think this may end up yet again into a hi-fi Subjective/Objective reviewer thread( but hope not). What i'm saying is that for many...

i'd say it hits pretty quickly ( see Wharfedales 12.1 - at £250). Great speaker for the price. Nevertheless i would say that different factors govern your decision on where you feel it is not worth it anymore. It's simply financial too, do you have $500- $1000 to spend? Will there be some...

im not saying it has a problem. i'm just thinking of changing it and not breaking the bank while evaluating and hoping that within budget i get some objective sound improvements.

thanks for the reply. My whole point is to evaluate what specs can be identified before changing the amp, what controls the low frequency management (mostly) in terms of available capacitance and other aspects that matter in the efficiency of power handling by the amp overall. Is replacing an...

to be honest, i'm not sure whether listening level becomes relevant after certain point (in terms of power delivery) with regards to low frequency dynamics , meaning whether there is a certain power handling efficiency intrinsic to the circuit that reflects on bass tightness. one would say yes...

Yes i have seen the review but that doesn't reflect on the "tightness" of the bass. so perceptually (even though frequency response says otherwise), a less tight bass leads to me thinking "hmmm this is a bit bassy"- the amp seems "warm sounding".

Well my amp is about 18-19 years old and like many here i was hoping getting a newer one with good specs/reviews would future proof my system. What i'm looking at is improvement in low frequency handling ( call it bass tightness if you want), and flat overall frequency response over 20Hz-20kHz...

I believe this is a topic that gets a lot of coverage but i would like to address it still in this post. Long story short i am on the lookout to "upgrade" my NAD C320BEE. Ofc i'm not made of money so about£600-700 or up to 1000USD is the budget. I am am talking solid state here and not tube...