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  1. Zealot

    Question re matching separates | Sensitivity & Impedance - Bi amping

    Fountain of knowledge, please share your thoughts. I am wanting to bi-amp my speakers with two non-identical amps.. I know, not ideal. My question though is, spec wise on paper, how far off the plot am I from it sounding "okay". Unfortunately hooking it all up to test and listen is a rather...
  2. Zealot

    Audiophile Spends 25 Years Building the Ultimate Stereo Experience

    Ken Fritz’s 25-year-long epic project became the subject of a moving documentary called One Man’s Dream.
  3. Zealot

    Darko is getting hooked up

    Part 1 https://youtu.be/v8ptXHiIljs Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk
  4. Zealot

    Transport Screw/Clamps | B&W 801D

    I need to transport these and want to secure them as much as possible, very vague opinions online and nothing concrete from the manufacturer. Are those just caps or is it the actual screw that need to be tightened during transport?  I am able to turn the "caps" and can feel them tensioning up...
  5. Zealot

    Audio Research sold by McIntosh Group to former sales director

    It will be owned by TWS Enterprises, a private company owned wholly by Trent Suggs, former Audio Research sales director High-end hi-fi manufacturer Audio Research has been bought from the McIntosh Group. TWS Enterprises, a privately-held company owned wholly by Trent Suggs, th former North...
  6. Zealot

    B&W Matrix 801 S2 vs Infinity Kappa 9

    Opinions please fountain of knowledge forumities, I have a rare oppertunity to snap these Kappa 9's up. I am not dissatisfied with my B&W's but have changed out many components to tame their domes.  They are both very rare speakers and don't come round often. There's a rumour that the Pearl Jam...
  7. Zealot

    AUDIO MASTER - SCHALK HAVENGA

    Fellow forumities.. this deserves to be shared  :notworthy: AUDIO MASTER ? SCHALK HAVENGA VALVE AUDIO?s humble head honcho is a world-renowned builder of hybrid vacuum tube amplifiers September 18, 2019 The ?about? section of Valve Audio?s website has a touching biography of Schalk Havenga...
  8. Zealot

    Bowers & Wilkins confirms restructure and Eva Automation split

    Bowers & Wilkins confirms restructure and Eva Automation split By Joe Cox a day ago B&W remains bullish about the company's overall performance as statement confirms leadership changes Bowers & Wilkins confirms restructure and split with Eva Automation Bowers & Wilkins has confirmed a...
  9. Zealot

    How to hear the difference in the in the home audition

    I am in the process of introducing new kit into my space and trying to decide what to keep.. This task has become way more difficult than I anticipated - Stumbled onto this article which I can honestly relate to. Hope this helps you too: https://ultrafidelis.com/hear-difference HOW TO HEAR...
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    Using Marantz SA-KI-Pearl CD player as DAC

    Hi guys This unit houses a "Cirrus Logic CS4398, a 24-bit/192kHz device that also includes a DSD processor that doesn't decimate the datastream, while maintaining DSD's native sampling rate of 2.8224MHz" "Thanks to its B-type USB input on the rear panel, the PC will recognize it as an audio...
  11. Zealot

    ROTEL 10 vs 15 series

    I would like some opinions and thoughts of those whom has had the privilege of owning or listened to, on the differences in sound quality/character between the 10 and 15 series power amps please. Specifically these: RB-1080 vs RB1582 RB-1090 vs RB1590 RMB-1095 vs RMB-1585 Thank you for your time.
  12. Zealot

    Oppo BDP-83SE region-free hack

    Hi Everyone Seems my player is locked to region A and I have discs that is coded in B Anyone have any tips on how to get this player to be multi-region?  Searching the net, found couple of key combinations, but nothing worked. Only solid option seems to be this ->...
  13. Zealot

    Dolby TrueHD etc. via Analogue/RCA

    Hi Guys Are these audio technologies available via analogue connections or only via HDMI? Dolby TrueHD DTS-HD Master Audio DTS Neo:X Also, will Audyssey MultEQ XT32 work correctly if the source is connected via analogue? Please excuse my ignorance as I am still trying weigh up whether I...
  14. Zealot

    TI Burr-Brown vs ESS SABRE

    Hi Guys I recently picked up an OPPO BDP-83SE only to find my Integra AVR not supporting multi-channel analogue in :RTFM: Integra packs Burr-Brown 192kHz/24bit DAC's (PCM1690) and the OPPO features ESS Sabre (ES9016) My question to you, would it be worth my while to upgrade to an...
  15. Zealot

    HDMI audio passthru to Zone2/3

    Hi Guys I currently have a Integra receiver doing pre duties for multichannel content and decoding of music on a PC via HDMI. What I am trying to do is get the audio from a source connected via HDMI to pass to Zone2/3... Anyone got this going? Speculation online seems that only the latest...
  16. Zealot

    Johnnie Walker Green back in South Africa

    Re-launch, but for limited time only... 3500 cases. http://www.destinyman.com/2016/05/06/johnnie-walker-green-label-makes-way-back-country/
  17. Zealot

    Where's the Classifieds???

    Hi All Am I missing something? Where'd the classifieds go?
  18. Zealot

    Two sources, one set of speakers..

    Does something like a speaker selector, but for amps exist, like in "amp selector"? I have an AVR doing duties for movies and multi-channel music and then a stereo pre for 2ch music with 1 set of speakers. If something like an amp selector exists, would it interfere with sound quality, and be...
  19. Zealot

    Some speaker food!

    Give these albums a listen and play at high volumes through your systems for an amazing experience  :thumbs: Samples on CD Baby... https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/audiomachine
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