My tubes aren't going anywhere!!

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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited August 2010
    We have a winner:

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    The Benchmark is actually a pretty nice standalone DAC, and I would have been happy with it....if I hadn't heard the Stello. They are pretty much the same in terms of soundstage, level of details and bass slam, but the Stello has just a tad of smoothness that makes its highs more enjoyable.

    Someone bring a W4S to try it out!!
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  • MillerLiteScott
    MillerLiteScott Posts: 2,561
    edited August 2010
    I think I may have sold my CD player. The Touch does not sound as good as my Jolida but I just have not turned the Jolida on since I bought the Touch. I definitely would like to move up the food chain with a DAC. The Stello sounds like a winner but I do not have any tubes in the mix so I wonder how that would work out for me. The Music Hall may be another option. I am just starting to get into it.

    As an aside I got a iTouch for free and downloaded iPeng and it is awesome to be able to control the SB Touch with the iTouch from anywhere within my wifi network.
    I like speakers that are bigger than a small refrigerator but smaller than a big refrigerator:D
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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited August 2010
    Serendipity wrote: »
    That's why I'm building a tube pre.

    What are you building?
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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited August 2010
    MillerLiteScott wrote: »
    I think I may have sold my CD player. The Touch does not sound as good as my Jolida but I just have not turned the Jolida on since I bought the Touch. I definitely would like to move up the food chain with a DAC. The Stello sounds like a winner but I do not have any tubes in the mix so I wonder how that would work out for me. The Music Hall may be another option. I am just starting to get into it.

    As an aside I got a iTouch for free and downloaded iPeng and it is awesome to be able to control the SB Touch with the iTouch from anywhere within my wifi network.

    We gotta get together with so you can hear the DAC I built. It's head and shoulders above that Fathom.....
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  • MillerLiteScott
    MillerLiteScott Posts: 2,561
    edited August 2010
    Ben Lets do it. I am doing some Vacation with the family next week so some time after that would be good.

    Scott
    I like speakers that are bigger than a small refrigerator but smaller than a big refrigerator:D
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited August 2010
    strider wrote: »
    What are you building?
    He's designing his own.
    Ricardo wrote: »
    Someone bring a W4S to try it out!!
    I may bring one to Polkfest.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited August 2010
    strider wrote: »
    What are you building?

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103066
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    Front projection, 2 channel, car audio... life is good!
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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited August 2010
    Serendipity wrote: »
    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103066

    Gotcha, I remember that thread now. Good luck!
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  • davidfmartin
    davidfmartin Posts: 106
    edited August 2010
    I love the squeezebox. Works great on both my DIY rigs. I have one connected directly to my 25W 6L6GC tube rig (not the best way, but works for now), and one connected to my solid state setup using p2p gainclone LM3886 with Nelson Pass B1 buffer as passive preamp. Notice the SDA-1C on the left of the rack with the gainclone :-)
    My journey: http://www.1414audio.com/
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited August 2010
    From just over a year ago:
    Ricardo wrote: »
    All you squeezebox owners please stop by and drop you audiophile cards.

    Thanks.

    Funny how things change.......;)
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited August 2010
    Dinosaurs were extinct because they were not able to adapt ;)

    Change is good.
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