I just attended RMAF in Denver and heard the new integrated amp from Elac and their floor standers. The amp and speakers only cost $2,250. This leaves plenty of cash for a respectable CD player/turntable or whatever you want for sources. The integrated has DSP room correction with a really cool app to set it up for your specific environment, Blutooth, phono and it sounded amazing, especially for the price. I listed to megabuck systems and this little setup was incredible value in my opinion. In case you don’t know, Andrew Jones is the lead engineer for Elac. He is a very well known and respected designer of TAD and other great stuff. He is taking his vast knowledge and putting it into very affordable entry level gear for Elac.
Putting together a system...looking for some suggestions
Hey...I'm looking for some suggestions on a system. I have about a $4k budget and need speakers, an integrated amp, a DAC, and a bluetooth receiver. I prefer, if possible, that the DAC have built in bluetooth...but it's not critical.
Here are the two system options I have in mind:
1) Rogue Sphinx, Arcam irDAC, GoldenEar Triton Three+
-or-
2) Peachtree Nove 150, GoldenEar Triton Three+
I'm leaning heavily towards option 2. I will add a higher quality record player in the future, but for now I plan to use my Audio Technica that I have had for years. The only other speakers I have seriously considered are the ELAC UniFi F5. I'd prefer not to have to get a sub, which is one of the reasons that the Triton is appealing.
The system is just for music, and will be in a decent sized room approx 15'x30' with 7.5' ceilings. Most of my music will be coming from Rhapsody, Pandora, ITunes, etc.
Any thoughts on what I am looking at, or alternate suggestions?
Here are the two system options I have in mind:
1) Rogue Sphinx, Arcam irDAC, GoldenEar Triton Three+
-or-
2) Peachtree Nove 150, GoldenEar Triton Three+
I'm leaning heavily towards option 2. I will add a higher quality record player in the future, but for now I plan to use my Audio Technica that I have had for years. The only other speakers I have seriously considered are the ELAC UniFi F5. I'd prefer not to have to get a sub, which is one of the reasons that the Triton is appealing.
The system is just for music, and will be in a decent sized room approx 15'x30' with 7.5' ceilings. Most of my music will be coming from Rhapsody, Pandora, ITunes, etc.
Any thoughts on what I am looking at, or alternate suggestions?