Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiostream's "Silent Majority"

2016-05-04 Thread Mnyb
Hmm they apearently makes a mix of recording equipment and high end ? http://www.nagraaudio.com/ and are not a part of the parent company any more ,but still owned by the family Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiostream's "Silent Majority"

2016-05-04 Thread Mnyb
Julf wrote: > 'Nagra PSA (Pyramid Stereo Amplifier)' > (http://www.tonepublications.com/review/nagra-psa-amplifier/) Yea but this is about design , they don't claim pyramid powers . Nagra has some tube stuff too. But I wonder what happened , Nagra did respected proffesional tape recorders ?

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] advice needed: Audiolab m-dac or m-dac plus with SBT?

2016-05-04 Thread Mnyb
toslink and 24/192 can be hit and miss , sometimes it works , but it is not in that standard ,but it can work if both sender and receiver are good enough . Spdiff always works inleds something is broken . USB it should be this new asynchronous mode ,otherwise it's no point . USB implementations

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] advice needed: Audiolab m-dac or m-dac plus with SBT?

2016-05-04 Thread Archimago
Hey Tusken, I concur with BadBoy, I'd get the second hand with the deep discount as well - the deeper the better :-). Assuming it's in great shape and all of course... After years of owning a DAC capable of USB 32/384 and DSD128, I've never found myself in need of these extreme sampling rates

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiostream's "Silent Majority"

2016-05-04 Thread Archimago
Julf wrote: > 'Nagra PSA (Pyramid Stereo Amplifier)' > (http://www.tonepublications.com/review/nagra-psa-amplifier/) Nice. :-). Now here's a question. What year was that article? I hate it when a website has no date on the article to orient oneself with... Archimago's Musings:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiophile power cables don't just seem like a scam - they actually are.

2016-05-04 Thread Archimago
Julf wrote: > http://www.realhd-audio.com/?p=5680 > > "I'm going to start a YouTube channel and podcast this summer and will > be challenging some of the claims made by companies selling snake oil. > Power cords are on my list. If anyone...and end user or dealer or > manufacturer...can lend me

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Audiophile power cables don't just seem like a scam - they actually are.

2016-05-04 Thread Julf
Archimago wrote: > Well I just hope this doesn't stop the blogging activities and > no-nonsense discussions on his site. http://www.realhd-audio.com/?p=5680 "I'm going to start a YouTube channel and podcast this summer and will be challenging some of the claims made by companies selling snake