I agree with the first three posters. With the money you're considering spending, you owe it to yourself to try the various pieces out for yourself--in your home. That's the best solution. As for the EMM Labs stuff--which I own--I'm curious if you made your judgement based on the context of the whole system, rather than taking just the EMM out of the equation and replacing it with something else. That's the only way to truly distinguish two components. FWIW, I don't agree that the Reimyo is better. I recently tried the CDP-777 in my system, and while very good and impeccably well built, I didn't think it possessed the dynamics or resolution of the EMM gear. It was pleasant and soft sounding, while the EMM was more revealing, more dynamic, and just as musical. But that's in my system. YMMV.
Difficult Choice
HI,
choosing a HI-FI from scrathc is a difficult exercise.
I'm asking for help.
I might get Lamm2.1 amps or Tenor 75i
i tried the hybrid amp from tenor and was very disappointed
I found it not as full and "real" than the 75i (kind of normal) but it was on the top "messy", lacking precision.
I was using a EMM Labs transport + Dac directly plugged in the amp + Kharma Grand Midi Ceramique
Very disappointing
I have to say that those EMM Labs did not impress me that much and I wonder if it is not better to use a preamp with them.
Kharma exquisite Midi seem to be a good choice even if it lacks some guts with the Tenor
A sub could be a solution but i did not try
I'm wondering if those VR9 Von S. are that much better than the Kharma
I'm interested to know as well what people think of
Sonus Faber Stradivari (do they work with SET)
Dynaudio Temptation (do they work with SET)
Pipedeams model 18
Audio Physics Caldera ?
More over, what preamp to use ?
There is a Audio Note on the offer but does it go well with
Lamm ?
What about the new ARC reference3 ?
Concerning the source, is the DCS suite that good ? I was not that impressed by the EMM Labs.
Thank you
choosing a HI-FI from scrathc is a difficult exercise.
I'm asking for help.
I might get Lamm2.1 amps or Tenor 75i
i tried the hybrid amp from tenor and was very disappointed
I found it not as full and "real" than the 75i (kind of normal) but it was on the top "messy", lacking precision.
I was using a EMM Labs transport + Dac directly plugged in the amp + Kharma Grand Midi Ceramique
Very disappointing
I have to say that those EMM Labs did not impress me that much and I wonder if it is not better to use a preamp with them.
Kharma exquisite Midi seem to be a good choice even if it lacks some guts with the Tenor
A sub could be a solution but i did not try
I'm wondering if those VR9 Von S. are that much better than the Kharma
I'm interested to know as well what people think of
Sonus Faber Stradivari (do they work with SET)
Dynaudio Temptation (do they work with SET)
Pipedeams model 18
Audio Physics Caldera ?
More over, what preamp to use ?
There is a Audio Note on the offer but does it go well with
Lamm ?
What about the new ARC reference3 ?
Concerning the source, is the DCS suite that good ? I was not that impressed by the EMM Labs.
Thank you