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    Gray reacted to matthewpianist's post in the thread Bluesound Icon or Eversolo A6 with Like Like.
    I briefly worked for a franchised VW dealer about 16 years ago. I went there because I believed in the product, but I soon found I...
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    Gray reacted to Jasonovich's post in the thread headphone amp with pre amp with Like Like.
    I think this might work. https://www.kronosav.com/products/blue-aura-ph2-mm-mc-phonostage
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    Gray replied to the thread Cheap systems.....
    I dare say that many know at least as much about a potential purchase as any dealer - except (maybe) for the all-important sound. And...
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    Gray reacted to ToppingSMSL's post in the thread Cheap systems.... with Like Like.
    It's fine if you like to have a relationship of trust with a dealer but for me that doesn't feel necessary. I'm quite happy to save...
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    Gray replied to the thread Cheap systems.....
    Or whether any difference is actually an improvement.
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    Gray replied to the thread headphone amp with pre amp.
    Well, sort of. Good though it is, it's a jack of some trades he doesn't need - and he's got the budget to buy dedicated, separate amps....
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    Gray reacted to Jasonovich's post in the thread headphone amp with pre amp with Like Like.
    Happy days, nice one Gray!
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    Gray replied to the thread headphone amp with pre amp.
    I've got the USB Phono Plus - which will do precisely what OP Richard wants - without cable swaps. (I bought it as an optical to USB...
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    Gray replied to the thread headphone amp with pre amp.
    Yes, I think you're right. Assuming the Ultra one isn't up to the Technics job.
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    Gray replied to the thread Cheap systems.....
    I would expect a (subtle) difference - but I certainly wouldn't bet on the preferred model....regardless of any £1700 difference.
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    Gray reacted to Dave_'s post in the thread Cheap systems.... with Like Like.
    I'd bet good money that you or anyone else wouldn't be able to tell a £300 and £2k DAC apart under blind test conditions.
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    Gray replied to the thread headphone amp with pre amp.
    I'd be spending less than half your budget on the Topping A90D Not necessarily. On the A90D, you might be able to make use of the XLR...
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    Gray replied to the thread Cheap systems.....
    Would be good to see a dealer offer blind tests of such. Got a feeling it would prove to be more beneficial to the consumer than the...
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    Gray reacted to Steve983's post in the thread The Nad 3020 Appreciation Society with Like Like.
    I've heard some describe NAD gear as looking as though it belongs in a science lab. To me that's part of the appeal. The original look...
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    Gray replied to the thread Cheap systems.....
    It really is. But phones are everything to many people - their lives are on it, their image is defined by it.....hence mine cost 80 quid...