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Need Advice on Downsizing :-

Recent tech layoff may force me to downsize my system in a couple of months, so I'd value advice on what two or three components I could give up in exchange for cheaper but acceptable performance. My system is as follows:

Audio Physic Virgo II
Blue Circle BC2 Monos
Sonic Frontiers Line III with upgraded tubes and extra tubes
YBA CD1a
2 sets of Nordost SPM Interconnects (1m, 2.5m)
FIM Gold Speaker Cable (8')
Pioneer DV09 DVD player
Cardas Golden Cross (1/2m)

Two potential options I see would be to sell the CD player and make do with the DVD player for a while. Another would be to sell the preamp and power amps and get an OK integrated.

Anyway, let me know what you think on what I might get rid of and what may work well in its place. I guess I'm looking to raise somewhere between $1.5k to $3k overall. Thanks in advance!
John.
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sugarbrie
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Sorry to hear the bad news. You could almost raise the $1.5K by parting with the Nordost SPM. Got any decent spare cables? The CD player is a good choice also.
garfish
1,840 posts
 
Boy it's gotta' be tough to break-up a nice looking system such as you have. To do the least damage long-term, I'd have to agree with Sugar. Digital technology changes faster than amp/pre-amp etc does. Does Nordost have some inexpensive ICs you could live with? Best of Luck. Craig
rlb61
742 posts
 
I agree with Sugarbrie. Seems you could sell the cables for about $1.5k - next, I'd probably sell the CD UNLESS you could do without the DVD. Since I'm a two channel guy with no interest in HT or DVD, my choice would be to get rid of the DVD. But, whatever you do, DEFINITELY keep the amps/preamp and the speakers.
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marakanetz
5,473 posts
 
If you sell CD-player you will break the main -- music!!!
You should definitely downsize your preamp for the simplier model or integrated instead of separates.
As far as I know you can use passive preamp(something like Pass Aleph P or even cheaper McCormack Line Drive) instead.
For integrated the good choice will be Pathos Twin Towers(used) or if you want to drive harder you can get Plinius 8100.
It would be definitely a major heartbreak if you start thinking of downsizing speakers...
tswhitsel
126 posts
 
I would sell the Nordost cables first as there are many good cables for a fraction of their cost. Same with the Cardas. I'm not familar with the speaker cable, but that may be a good item to sell as well. Your system does not appear to have much need for the DVD player unless you have invested in a lot of music DVDs (you're not using this system for HT are you?). Of course you can play CD's on the DV-09 so you might keep it and sell the YBA unless the YBA is that much better and you own mostly CDs. I agree with the above posts that you should keep the amps, preamp and speakers. Good luck with it and finding a new job. I too am looking for a new job and it is unfortunately not the best time to be looking.
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