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Lyngdorf 3400 flexibility vs 1120

  • The 1120 might meet my needs today. The 3400 has more power and flexibility to adapt to.my future needs

To own for the long term. It might make more sense to pony up the extra money?

I owned high resolution gear certainly 25 years ago.

I sold my home with a large treated long term listening room. I am renting and will move again. Today dynaudio special 40 or evoke 20 are my likely speaker of choice.

I have a strong desire to fully jump into the digital age.

These stand mounts long term may become a second system or may end up as the primary with subwoofer(s) in the future.

Apartment living means headphones are important. I also cannot regularly listen at higher volumes. 

Lyngdirf 1120 will be a royal pain to use with both subwoofer(s) and a decent headphone Amp. Only one set of rca's out. Headphone should not include room perfect.

 

Would lyngdorf owners share their experience as real home demos are difficult. 

I have questions like:

1120: headphone and subwoofer; line splitter and changing the room perfect configuration. Is there a practical easy solution.tobuse both subs and headphone and be able to switch back and forth easily?

3400  quality of the headphone amp/output.    Is the option analog in a worthwhile up grade for lp"s or a future dac upgrade years fromr now.

Is the upgrade easy to obtain in the future?

 

I am a bit lost going back and forth. I tried calling Denmark for help

I only found one usa dealer who would make  any real effort to offer guidance.

In Miami. the dealers install complex upper end home systems and have no demos and have no interest in two channel.

 

Please comment and help me figure out what to do. I am leaning towards the 3400.

Bob in Miami 

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brownsfan
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@bob52r I am a Lyngdorf fan.  I own a 2170 which has made my living room system more than adequate in a room with miserable acoustics.  I've helped 2 of my children assemble 2170 based systems in rooms that are less than ideal.  The 2170, and I presume the 3400 as well, can be an ideal solution where one is not able to utilize extensive room treatments.

In your case, I might well go in a different direction and assemble the best headphone system I can, unless your stay in an apartment will be very short term and you are pretty certain about what kind of music room you will have long term.   

If that won't work for you, then going with one of the Lyngdorf integrateds with Room Perfect might make sense.  I cant comment on the quality of the headphone out. but I will tell you that if you want to build any kind of decent vinyl system, you will need a separate phono preamp if the one that is in the 2170 is any indication.  The one in all three 2170's I've had access to is unacceptable. 

I think the genius of the Lyngdorf is in its ability to take a digital in signal, by USB or coax, and keep the signal in the digital domain until it is output to the speakers.  

Dealer support being what it is (or isn't) you might want to buy a used one and try it.  If it doesn't work for you you can resell it without taking a bath.  

brownsfan
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@bob52r I guess my point was that I personally would not put much money into audio if I knew I was going to move from an apartment to a house.  I would wait until I found the house, then build a system around the particular room constraints (if there are any) once I understand what those constraints are. 

As a temporary measure, a really nice headphone system can get you through the apartment phase and perhaps still have value as a second system once you are in a more permanent location.

You mentioned that you have a dedicated, well treated, room in your current home. There is no substitute for assembling a system around your room constraints and then treating the room.   No amount of money is a substitute for that approach.

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