jmtabernero
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I purchased Topping E30 DAC and ELAC Debut Reference DBR62 speakers after seeing the measurements.
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Guess I never posted my Denon X4700H AVR here.
Serves as a really decent preamp for my 5.2.4 music system..
Serves as a really decent preamp for my 5.2.4 music system..
After 40 years of buying high quality expensive gear I have been awaken by Amir and his excellent site to high quality in-expensive gear.
Started my journey with a Linn LP12 turntable > Naim Nait Amp > Tannoy 12" sub > Linn Kann speakers ... loved this system so much that I didn't convert to CDs to very late and really lost interest in hifi until the advent of iTunes & digital downloads. In 2012 purchased a Benchmark DAC1 and a pair of Adam A7 active speakers, simple and excellent system.
After 10 years at the Computer Audiophile forum I saw the light and based on Amir's reviews I purchased the following for a variety of systems:
STREAMERS
Chrome cast Audio x 3
Sonos Connect x 3 .... pre 2014 are bit perfect and are great using optical out
WiiM Mini (streamer)
DACS
SMSL SU 8 DAC
Topping D50S
Benchmark DAC 2
AMPS
Nord / Hypex NC400
Buckeye / Hypex 252MP
Denon AV
Very grateful for Amir's work as it allows me to buy with confidence.
Started my journey with a Linn LP12 turntable > Naim Nait Amp > Tannoy 12" sub > Linn Kann speakers ... loved this system so much that I didn't convert to CDs to very late and really lost interest in hifi until the advent of iTunes & digital downloads. In 2012 purchased a Benchmark DAC1 and a pair of Adam A7 active speakers, simple and excellent system.
After 10 years at the Computer Audiophile forum I saw the light and based on Amir's reviews I purchased the following for a variety of systems:
STREAMERS
Chrome cast Audio x 3
Sonos Connect x 3 .... pre 2014 are bit perfect and are great using optical out
WiiM Mini (streamer)
DACS
SMSL SU 8 DAC
Topping D50S
Benchmark DAC 2
AMPS
Nord / Hypex NC400
Buckeye / Hypex 252MP
Denon AV
Very grateful for Amir's work as it allows me to buy with confidence.
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Started from local forum filled with classic persons suggesting things they had themselves or heard in showrooms.
But fortunately before I did a purchasing decisions for the speakers I found ASR and as an electrical engineer myself felt that this is something I was looking for - rare fact based society in the world of bad marketing practices.
I bought KEF R3 purely because of the ratings here, but since then I also read several books, got deeper into the topic of audio and realised how foolish I was trusting a rating even on a site like this, cause there's a lot of nuances when choosing speakers.
Thankfully KEF R3 are very "forgiving" to the room and I have a room correction in my receiver.
After that I choose more thoughtfully and bought also KH80 for my PC to write and play music and also JBL 305P MkII for my children's room and Adam T7V that are now playing at my kitchen.
ASR is extremely helpful and useful forum with great idea behind it and great society that powers it.
But fortunately before I did a purchasing decisions for the speakers I found ASR and as an electrical engineer myself felt that this is something I was looking for - rare fact based society in the world of bad marketing practices.
I bought KEF R3 purely because of the ratings here, but since then I also read several books, got deeper into the topic of audio and realised how foolish I was trusting a rating even on a site like this, cause there's a lot of nuances when choosing speakers.
Thankfully KEF R3 are very "forgiving" to the room and I have a room correction in my receiver.
After that I choose more thoughtfully and bought also KH80 for my PC to write and play music and also JBL 305P MkII for my children's room and Adam T7V that are now playing at my kitchen.
ASR is extremely helpful and useful forum with great idea behind it and great society that powers it.
MinimumFaze
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Lots of cheap interconnects
Topping PA3s
Schiit Magni Heretic
Schiit SYS
Chromecast Audio streamers
List would be a lot longer for 'Items I AVOIDED purchasing as a result of ASR'
Topping PA3s
Schiit Magni Heretic
Schiit SYS
Chromecast Audio streamers
List would be a lot longer for 'Items I AVOIDED purchasing as a result of ASR'
One might also ask "what have you sold"?
Just one - After reading Amir's review of the SMSL-D6 DAC, I bought it from Amazon...
This is my first stand-alone DAC, and I absolutely love it.
I'm upsampling my FLACs, realtime, in Foobar to DSD 256, and using the DAC's direct DSD input via USB.
I'm still amazed that I'm able to send DSD 256 to the DAC over a phone-charging cable ( ! ). But it works just fine.
Fantastic audio quality and solid playback without any issues.
Thanks Amir !
This is my first stand-alone DAC, and I absolutely love it.
I'm upsampling my FLACs, realtime, in Foobar to DSD 256, and using the DAC's direct DSD input via USB.
I'm still amazed that I'm able to send DSD 256 to the DAC over a phone-charging cable ( ! ). But it works just fine.
Fantastic audio quality and solid playback without any issues.
Thanks Amir !
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afinepoint
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Apollon 1ET7040SA amplifier
Zgrado1970
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Monoprice THX AAA headphone amp
Topping E50 DAC
Vanatoo Transparent One
Very happy with all 3 purchases.
Topping E50 DAC
Vanatoo Transparent One
Very happy with all 3 purchases.
dacs, lots of dacs
before ASR I was quite ambivalent about this entire line of products
like why bother with this shit when you got a dac built into your amp or avr etc.
doesnt seem like its worth buying another box when so many companies give you one for 'free'
yeah when they give you one for free its likely to be shit
before ASR I was quite ambivalent about this entire line of products
like why bother with this shit when you got a dac built into your amp or avr etc.
doesnt seem like its worth buying another box when so many companies give you one for 'free'
yeah when they give you one for free its likely to be shit
SOLD ? Do people sell their old gear ???
Lawrence of Suburbia
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Wharfedale Diamond 220s (*great* speakers, if a bit bright in my room.)
... and just yesterday, Mission LX-2 Mk. IIs (being shipped as we speak). Hopefully just right.
... and just yesterday, Mission LX-2 Mk. IIs (being shipped as we speak). Hopefully just right.
Somehow it became easier after spending some time here. Just recently ditched all this. Also found out I could get money for some old fancy cables and some old streamer/DACs I've tried are now on the market (IFI iDSD, Volumio Primo, Pecan Pi, Cambridge DacMagic). Think I'll invest in some Wiims/SMSL DACs to take their place. The cables I already arbed into Blue Jeans and pocketed several hundred bucks.SOLD ? Do people sell their old gear ???
And my wife is THRILLED.
This forum gave me the final push to look into room correction and buy a Dirace license and required gear. Paradoxically, even though it is a product *not* recommended by Amir, it also confrmed the NAD D7050 is a performance-feature bargain... when used as a digital integrated amp, and staying far away from using it as a DAC.
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