Recent content by Kutusov

Pretty much! You'll find opinions about this that are totally the opposite. If you have a dealer that lets you try stuff at home it's easier to find out if you really notice a diference or a diference worth the money to you. If not, buying used is a good way to go about it. Reselling something a...

There is a big diference, yes, even if you are just using it as a digital transport. At least to me it does. I don't know the science behind it but it's a digital signal that in fact it's quite analogue - it's a voltage. So how it goes through a device will have an influence. Galvanic...

Just my two cents but in my experience a DAC has been the most significant upgrade in my system, speakers aside. It's also one of the hardest components to choose as a lot of them have to be bought online and without hearing it first. I have a fully digital system, all my music is played from...

You can... if they really love you :unsure: :p

I don't own one because I went with something else but a couple of years ago the Atoll was on my short list. Plus the Yamaha AS1200, the Arcan SA30 and the Advance Paris A12. I ended up getting the latter but it was not an easy choice. I thought the Atoll was brilliant and probably more...

Hi, I'm thinking of getting a mini PC as source for my HIFI system, plus movies to my TV. I currently have my main PC rigged to both by long cables but that's not a great solution. I was looking at 2nd hand mini PCs as this doesn't need to be a powerful machine but I've noticed several comments...

That has to be it, doesn't it?? :sweatsmile::tearsofjoy:

It's a Denafrips Ares II.

I also rip everything so no need for a transport but I'm always curious about stuff like this. I guess the question is what is the difference between an Audiolab and a 45k dCS? This is the insides of a dCS Vivaldi... I see a lot of chips and capacitors that could end up costing a fortune...

That's very similar to my thoughts on the matter. And for some reason, modern Country, Alt-Country and Americana in general are spectacularly well recorded. I should add that I listen exclusively to lossless rips and DACs have a very important role here. Moving to an R2R dac gave me plenty of...

My wallet says it's Unobtainistan... :cry:

It's the wall in front of you and the wall to the rear of the speakers. All relative, like doc Einstein used to say, I guess...

Those were my previous speakers (can't recall if I mentioned that) and they were also closer than the minimum 2m (6.5ft). I'm still in the process of dealing with the rear wall distance. They are now 40cm from the wall (a little bit less than 16 inches) but the stands are also on Gaia feet...

I hadn't noticed you had floorstanders. I think the Q Acoustics Q Active 400 are around the price of the KEFs but they are floorstanders and supposedly pretty good. They should take the same amount of space of the KEFs on stands, so maybe check those out too...

I would try it and see how I would get along. I've tried a similar approach some 15 to 10 years ago and it didn't work for me at all. But then again I went with a set of one of the better Edifier powered speakers that should be miles away (in the wrong direction) from the KEFs. To me the...