Recent content by Glareskin

I fully agree with you and understand what you are talking about. I love the hamburger analogy. The last couple of years I have experienced a brand that is "best sound of the show" on every audio show they are attending and with all models. And on the last Months iEar show in Tilburg, here in...

According to the Dutch audio website hifi.nl Thiel Audio closed its doors. Any information to share here? https://www.hifi.nl/artikel/26348/Thiel-Audio-sluit-deuren.html Here is another link: https://www.strata-gee.com/thiel-toast/

Linn offers the Exakt principle now also for non-Linn speakers. In order to use it you will have to have a newer spec Linn DS or DSM with Exakt connection. Through the Exact connection (I think this is a normal UTP cable) you can connect an Exaktbox. This box contains the DA converters and...

This is great news! All Klimax, Akurate and Majik models can update the software free of charge and now have what Linn calls: Space Optimisation After the download of the new Kinsky software on the Mac (or PC) you can update the Davaar firmware on the device. Then if Kinsky is started you can...

I know that we don't have a lot of fans in the US due to poor distributorship but for the few there I just was reading this announcement on the Linn forum. As in Linn tradition you can choose to upgrade your current systems and by a Renew box to have your current spec system as a second digital...

The Dutch company Metrum is very popular in Europe for affordable DAC's with a remarkable high-end sound (NOS mini DAC, HEX). Now they have a top-end DAC called Pavane. This unit exists of 8 newly designed DA converters (4 per channel). I wonder if anyone has heard this -om paper- great...

I realize that Tidal was already discussed in another thread but this is a major development for all the streaming enthusiasts. Native support means that we only control the content we want to listen on Tidal with PC/Mac or iPad but the Linn renderer will directly get the stream from Tidal...

I have just read a review of this amp in Audio magazine and I am very impressed by what I read and see. A new dimension of silence, depth and clarity. And very natural. Nothing is painted more beautiful as it is. Anybody had a listen to this baby yet?

I was in the process of renewing the wooden floor in the living room. And since they had to break it out and the room had to be empty for some days I thought why not combine it and update / upgrade my power for the audio. In the end I decided to even build a new wall hanging audio cabinet and...

I thought it was nice to know who is going to be there. I will be there for two days. :exciting:

I think she could use one...

I just read a great review (in a German magazine) about a great tube DAC / Pre Amp: the Ayon Stealth The review is very very positive about almost every aspect, starting with the 1cm thick aluminium housing until the perfect power supply until the 32 bit 384 kHz PCm or 5,6 mHz DAC. The key...

Hi everybody, I was thinking of this idea. Let's create some really good sets with maximum value for money. I guess we all have friends who know we are experts (that is how they say in a nice way we are freaks) and like our advice but are not willing to invest as much as we do. OK let me give...

Hello everybody, I am not even sure if it is a typical European trend but I have noticed that in the last year more and more speakers concepts are being tested with built-in amplification, digital cross-overs and DSP to provide room correction options. And in some cases DAC's or even streamers...

This is a thread about a loudspeaker I have never heard or never even seen in real. Since I live in Europe this is a very exotic speaker. Sure we know the Watt/Puppy and I have even seen the bigger animals of Wilson Audio in European shops but never have I encountered the Cub. And let me be...