Recent content by caesar

yes, indeed. How many dealers will tell you dcs is the best digital they have heard and wilson is the best speaker there is. dealers happen to be affected by bandwagon effects also. It Is just the nature of luxury and entertainment industries. No one will be able to hear every combination out...

Hi Madfloyd, i had no idea you used them. I tried them in my multiple systems, and absolutely hated them for the reasons I described. If they work for you great. But I am afraid you may be missing transparency with them. Do try others if this is a concern to you. best of luck in your audio journey

There are dozens of DACs at the $10k price point. And anyone can price their DAC at $10k. what is unique about this DAC? What makes this one different?

magico and Wilson are the most popular speakers because of herd effects. Some audiophile are leading the herd, and you may be one of them, but most are just followers, as Bonzo explained.

Hi Peter, cool that you found something you like. Sure, there are some bad, irredeemable cabkes out here that just cloud things up and slow things down, lilike kielbasa Sosna. amazing guys would buy a $100k speaker famous for transparency “details “ but fuk it up with that.... And Wilson guys...

If by post 300 something guys are still arguing about definitions, one can deduce what’s in between. As Socrates advised, “the beginning wisdom is the definition of terms.” ... It’s the typical platonic audiophile garbage due to a lack of a fundamental understanding that high end audio is a...

Hi Peter, I hope you are doing great. Just read the first post in this thread, the linked article, and the last post. Having read the last post, I thnk there is a log of audiophile masturbation in this thread - using sandpaper.. sorry, I got a migraine today , so I will be using less...

I believe people also have had great success using these amps with Vivids, B&Ws, Magicos, and other hard-to-drive box speakers. Guys who thought that these popular audiophile box speakers are analytical when driven by the popular, quickly changed their minds after hearing them with Symphonic...

Thank you for the replies. Anyone try RCA 845s? I found that WE 300B tubes tower over the others in musicality. (Although the other brands and replicas may be more "neutral" and extended at the extremes.) I wonder if it is the same case with going with RCAs.

I have had many of the hyped up brands In my house. Got blood and scars and a bad back to prove it. Symphonic line is the most organic SS ever made. Guys who like Luxman , pass xa, gryphon, and the class a sound should like it. But symphonic line is even less hifi sounding than those...

Great stuff, guys. Thank you

Hi Kal, Sorry didn’t see this earlier. Looks like my comments have struck your amygdala. But I prefer reason, despite our hobby being subjective and predominantly Platonic. So What exactly struck your amygdala? Is it the fact that when one looks at the taste of the stereophile social network...

Duke, you are amazing! I can't think of too many people who grasp this stuff and can explain it the way you do. Question for you: can one do anything, in terms of placement or anything else, to make planars sound more omni-ish, more 3D, where the music just floats in space so properly, on the...

Bricasti synergizes really nicely with Tidal. Key benefits: - Natural detail (meaning not hi-fi hyper detail that so many audiophiles crave) - Relatively laid back sound

Hi Kal, It was in my friend's TAS. I think they claimed something about negative feedback, low noise floor, and sounds like a "tube amp" (whatever that means). Nothing really concrete. I'll text my friend and let you know if there is something else there that I didn't mention, but it was...