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  1. purr1n
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    The Two Channel Advice Thread

    purr1n Nov 10, 2016 ... 75 76 77
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    cardigan
    Jul 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
  2. shotgunshane
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    The All Purpose Advice Thread - Part 2

    shotgunshane Mar 27, 2022 ... 64 65 66
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    Lyander
    Jul 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
  3. señorhifi
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    The DAC Advice Thread

    señorhifi Oct 16, 2020 ... 14 15 16
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    señorhifi
    Jul 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
  4. purr1n
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    The All Purpose Advice Thread

    purr1n Sep 26, 2015 ... 555 556 557
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    shotgunshane
    Mar 27, 2022
  5. elmoe

    Power conditioners/regenerators advice

    elmoe May 25, 2019 ... 6 7 8
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    internethandle
    Jul 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
  6. Everyday45

    ODAC Advice Thread

    Everyday45 Apr 29, 2017 ... 3 4 5
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    landroni
    May 13, 2017
  7. loki993

    Unsatisfied with the JDS labs element - tried the advice thread

    loki993 Aug 11, 2017 ... 2
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    purr1n
    Aug 14, 2017
  8. dufourism

    Hugo 2 + HD800S - Will a desktop amp do better

    dufourism Jun 3, 2019
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    Veng
    Aug 1, 2020
  9. Quinton595
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    Can't decide between the JDS Element III Mk.2 Boostd, or a Modius + Jotunheim 2 Stack, for HD800s.

    Quinton595 Apr 28, 2024 ... 3 4 5
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    DrForBin
    Apr 30, 2024
  10. archerious

    Which DAC should I upgrade to? (minor audiosciencereview rant)

    archerious Oct 18, 2020 ... 2
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    leafy
    Oct 31, 2020
  11. Mngnt

    Office Headphones - non fatiguing over-ear isolating

    Mngnt Nov 13, 2017 ... 2 3
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    Azimuth
    Jan 18, 2018
  12. henrik i

    DAC and amp to go with active monitors

    henrik i Jul 9, 2017
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    Hrodulf
    Jul 11, 2017
  13. abalone

    Is an HD 800 (S?) still worth buying?

    abalone Jan 21, 2024 ... 2
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    Tchoupitoulas
    Feb 22, 2024
  14. Mg248

    DAC that can convert PCM to DSD without HQPlayer under $3k.

    Mg248 Jun 8, 2020 ... 2
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    purr1n
    Jul 9, 2020
  15. rhythmdevils

    Reference Amp recommendations

    rhythmdevils Sep 13, 2021 ... 2 3
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    Ruprit
    Sep 25, 2021
  16. mjoseph97

    Looking for my first DAC/AMP to pair with HD650

    mjoseph97 Mar 30, 2017
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    mjoseph97
    Mar 30, 2017
  17. DigitalMaven

    Soekris R2R Advice

    DigitalMaven May 5, 2017
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    ultrabike
    May 6, 2017
  18. Conor Brennan

    New AMP/DAC with matching

    Conor Brennan Jun 10, 2018 ... 2
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    Cspirou
    Jul 12, 2018
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