Posts by kstaken

There's actually only one possible answer to this question and that's you have to buy the amp first for the simple reason that buying a DAC (unless it's a combo unit) will leave you without any way to drive the headphones so it's not...

Here's a summary of my opinions on the amps I have.   The Hp-p1 is probably the only amp I own that I actually like the D5000 on. My D5000 aren't balanced so I can't use them with the Mjolnir. The D7100 also do well off the...

Heifetz - Concertos SACD  

Hmm, that looks interesting. What's it like? You can never tell in advance with him.   Quote: Originally Posted by Redcarmoose    New John Zorn

These look very interesting. Hopefully they'll get US distribution outside the Apple online store. Have the L1s shown up in any of the physical stores yet?

Sorry, I meant in comparison to the Apple TV not the Arcam. There wasn't supposed to be a paragraph break before that sentence.   The sound quality of the Squeezebox and Sonos will largely be dictated by the DAC you use...

The Ravi Shankar Collection - CD 2  

Yeah Sonos is a solution as is the Logitech Squeezebox. The Squeezebox touch also has the advantage of having a user interface on the device and a regular remote control in addition to the ability to control it via the computer or an...

Looks like that's what it's intended to do although it seems you need the rDAC-kw rather than the regular rDAC. Has the advantage of not requiring a wifi network but if you already have a reasonably reliable network there are many...

It sounds especially good using the DAC in the Fostex Hp-p1.