Good morning from Toronto ☕️ …an interesting budget unit … Maybe , save a little more and upgrade to one of the Wiim units..that’s where this seems to be heading. Great review 👍

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Hello! Thanks for the reviews, your videos are great! Are Vanatoo speakers the best in thе price category under $1000(powered speakers) or is there something with a better sound? I'm into clear, well-pronounced, and pleasant vocals with a wide soundstage(Light jazz, light Rock, instrumental music, classical music). I really appreciate any help you can provide.

Sorry never done this before would you connect the power amp via those XLR 3-pin socket things? To use as a preamp?

Nice room tour! Glad to hear you’re into cassettes and cassette decks. I have four including a Pioneer CT F950. Hope you make the jump into moving coil cartridges like a Denon 103 or 103r. Maybe you have an MC phono stage on your Marantz or older receivers? If not, you can invest in a step up transformer (SUT).

this good for gaming/music? on pc? I see a review on site said it had issues with usb?

I got rid of a couple vintage Tape decks in '21 one a Pioneer CTF650 in need of a belt change. Still holding on to my Kenwood Direct drive, though all cassettes are gone or converted to digital. Note, I never liked the Dolby setting, adding muffling to the tape, yet had to get rid of the hiss. Heads would block up & need frequent cleaning, especially with store bought cassettes.

Just bought one! Driving a pair of q acoustics 3020, i think it’s definitely well-built and great-sounding. Just wish it had auto standby so that I could just leave it on 24/7!

nice rewiew , grey panthers exist !!!

I am glad to hear your wife is doing better. Thanks for your years of videos and I can't wait to see what is next.

It is that sweetness, warmth, and silky smoothness that I prefer in vinyl. Digital to me is an approximation without soul: too clinical and robbed of many harmonics present in live and unamplifier music and analog recordings, especially direct to disk pressings. Besides, analog preserves what is below the noise floor.

Ordered one, can't wait to get it in my hands. Xduoo has a lot of great tube products.

I've been looking for a simple and compact dialogue-focused soundbar to help out my hearing impaired dad understand the tv better without having to crank the terrible backwards pointed speakers that come with the TV. Your review really sold me on this one. Thank you for such a thorough review!

So glad to hear that your wife is doing well now, Bruce.

Im considering this amp with the 48volt psu

Happy to hear positive about your wife. Amen!!

I'm so glad your wife is doing better! I said many prayers for her. You're just a rookie Bruce. I've been married for over 46 years. Kill me now. LOL I'm 67 and I just closed on a new house. My new listening room is going to be three times bigger than my current one. I get to pay a mortgage until I die! Yay.

Glad to hear your wife is doing better. Looking forward to your projects in the future!

Glad to hear your wife is getting better Bruce.

so pleased to hear that about your wife. every time I saw one of your videos pop up I wondered how she was doing ❤

I am really happy to hear that your wife has improved health! 😊👍 I believe that you will hit 40k subs by December. I do agree with you about the time pressure exerted by some slock-jock marketing personnel to hurry up with the review! Don't let them rattle you, continue to be you, and continue to have fun reviewing. Take the time you need for a good review. I think others would agree to have the quality review rather than what the supplier wants. That's just my 2 and a half cents worth opinion. Cheers! 🙂👍

Great up date Bruce God your wife is doing well great news I love your videos your doing a great job I also share your Passion All the best

Good to hear your wife is recovering. I'm relatively new to the channel, enjoy your reviews and overall vibe. I'm thinking about starting my own channel sometime and would love to hear about the gear you use and how you plan and create your videos.

Glad to hear your wife is on the upswing. Looking forward to your upcoming smart home materials.

Really great news on your wife, so pleased to hear this update! I am sure your channel will grow. I found you through your videos on the FDR-AX53.

Hows the sound ? U didn't explain the sound signature?

Thanks a lot for this microphone review and test. I have one myself but haven't done a side by side comparison. It sounds great as long as I don't box in myself too close to my desktop computer and wall, and avoid using too much compression which raises the noise floor. Your comparisons are noticeable but slight. It sounds like the Rhode may want a bit of attenuation in the mud range, and some top end shine.

Will this provide good volume for my headphones? (Hifiman Deva-Pro)

What’s the problem with the auto stop? You mention it at the beginning and either I missed the answer later or that part was skipped?

I'm trying the octo with A70 Pro. With I have not the sound mode in the menu? And what filter do you use? Thanks

Interesting. Which op amp(s) do you advise to add a little warmth/smoothness, improved soundstage, little bit more emphasis on reverb to the sound without losing clarity/fidelity/details?

Ifi was the first burr-brown op-amp I've heard, and now I have two! It's a very nice powerful sound. You can use the balanced output to xlr connectors and plug directly into powered studio monitors... woah... so good, so simple.

Good video, very informative!

I has a Pioneer SX-737 and knobs are metal ..plus the glow from the bulbs are by far more cool than the bland, sterile design of Yamaha!

Wut does integrated even mean?

Nostalgia is probably the only reason to go back to a casette deck. I absolutely understand and encourage that. That said, if you want decent sounding analog, go vinyl. Pre recorded casettes sounded awful, PERIOD. They mostly recorded on bad sounding low bias tapes. FYI, low bias tapes have a light brown appearance as opposed to dark brown to black for high bias. Rarely, you could find pre recorded material on decent tapes. High bitrate MP3 sounds much better than prerecorded music on low bias tapes (most high bias recordings too). I even have a low opinion of all MP3 recordings. The only decent sounding casettes were pretty much ones you recorded yourself on high bias (or better) tapes that are not even made anymore. The only real value to casettes, even back in the day, was recording your friends' albums and cds. Casette taping was the original audio sharing. In that regard, casette taping WAS very useful. Also, old tape decks were very unreliable for long term use. Yes, if you want to get into vintage casette decks, you better be able to tinker with electronics or more likely the mechanical parts. Belts ARE going to crack and break. They are also full of small unreliable mechanical parts. Tape heads break and are hard to replace. Every tape deck I have ever owned has broken at some point. I still use a Technics direct drive turntable I bought in 1981. Every deck I purchased (2) after that have broken. This doesn't include a high quality Walkman that also broke. The big problem here is that new casette equipment sound absolutly horrible. When it comes to casette recording you are stuck behind new crappy equipment and decent old equipment that is guaranteed to break.The only tape format that approached cd quality sound was high feet per second reel to reel. High quality reel to reel operated at 15 inches per second, casette tapes operated at 1.875 inches per second. If you are interested in casette recording, know what you are getting yourself into.

Thanks Bruce excellent review. I’m certainly considering this DAC.

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Great review. I’m waiting for mine to arrive by the end of June. Are you familiar with any of the Chesky Records albums or their methods of recording live music?

I’d opt for the best OPAMP and biggest power supply. I have an SMSL myself. I consider the true power ( 20-20khz, both channels driven at <1% THD) to be 1/3 the claimed power. That’s 1khz only at 10% on these mini class d amps. I’m using mine in a bedroom system, casual, not critical listening. They do well in that capacity.

Does it support apple airplay 1 or 2 ?

Is this good for sports and gaming?

How you gonna get motor noise with good direct drive. It’s turning 33-45rpm. Belt drive with the extreme gearing, I guess 1000/1. It’s spinning 1000rpm, the belt drive motor definitely makes noise…..

100 bucks for those? Just checked the price on my country, R41 range from 700usd to 1250usd. Gotta love Argentina and the crazy import taxes here.

since it has tons of power, can I use these monos to power my guitar rig...two 4 X 12 cabinets

How come no one mentions its inability of current? 🤷🏼‍♂️ It's really not that powerful, because it's not always about watts. You need current as well, and 5 amps on the power supply and we don't know if it's even less on the output stage of the amplifier, isn't really gonna do much for such "high" power.

Which one do you prefer? BTO's "Not Fragile" or Yes' "Fragile"?

The Boomer Consumer Would you recommend for a turntable use with either one ?

Any idea how it sounds compared to the WiiM Amp?

talk about windows 12 please