213runnin
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| Opinions on these budget integrateds? I moved from Parasound Halo P7/A21 to Nad C375/Bee(long story), then back to Parasound. Nad makes nice gear for the price, but the Parasound Halo stuff is superior. But if one has PSB speakers, Nad may be all you need as they are designed for ea... | |
| Schiit Vidar.... Anyone heard one yet? Just to be clear, I wasn't trying to apply the "fanboy" moniker to anyone here, but I'm sure we could all agree that fanboys of schiit audio exist.Since I referenced a few things I don't like about Schiit, I'll mention some that get a thumbs up fr... | |
| Keep Adcom GFP-750 or Replace Mcreyn, if you only have a few hours on the Freya, I'd suggest that you put at least 30-40 hours on it before passing judgement. I had a Saga, and it did improve vs its out-of-the-box sound. The Adcom may end up being superior, it was quite the ... | |
| Schiit Vidar.... Anyone heard one yet? Wolf, I realize that there are work-arounds, and one can magic mark the LEDs or buy a device that turns on the Schiit gear, for instance. There are ways to get the result you want, but I guess my thought is more towards Schiit's approach to thing... | |
| Schiit Vidar.... Anyone heard one yet? What’s a real drag for me on the Vidar ( and all of Schiit’s stuff) is the power switch around back. Leaning in, reaching around and groping with your fingers is not user friendly, no matter what fanboys may say. And leaving the amp on 24/7 will... | |
| Emotiva XPA5 Gen 1 Rar, Looks like you got your post in just before I made the post about Parasound.i can’t comment on class D, but great point on the Onkyo as pre, it would become the weak link for sure. | |
| Emotiva XPA5 Gen 1 I think Parasound would be a good fit with Klipsch, you can even get the 275 model which has about 90 watts per channel. They can be had for under 400 used for sure. But the 2125 or A23 are solid options.im not sure if that Onkyo has pre outs fo... | |
| Schiit not shipping Interesting wolf, I couldn’t get any depth out of the Saga no matter what I tried, where as with the Parasound P5 in the same exact system it was present when recordings had it. Perhaps the Freya is indeed better in this regard than the Saga. But... | |
| Schiit not shipping Hopefully the wait is almost over for those waiting for their orders. I feel for customers as I was waiting for a Freya before I gave up and bought the Saga as mentioned above. From what I understand, the heating up economy is causing shortages ... | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? Tweak, it sounds like you are getting to the kind of sound you’re after and that’s a win in my book!The Hattor has looks that are a little off putting for me. A lot of good audio products are coming out of Eastern Europe these days.I would say th... | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? I feel like people are going to get the wrong impression of the P 5. First of all, it’s not the lowest in Parasound’s lineup, that would be from their mini Z Custom line. Next up is the Classic 2100 pre. Then, sitting at the mid way point is th... | |
| Schiit not shipping That’s funny, while I was waiting for the Freya, I bought a sys too. I was quite impressed for $50 too, but in my system I thought it was harsh and bright at times. Like it needed some buffering. The Saga is better in that regard and I love t... | |
| Schiit not shipping I should correct the thought mentioned earlier about plunking down your payment to Schiit to only wait weeks or longer. Schiit doesn’t charge your cc until they are going to ship your item. I was on the order list for the Freya for almost a mont... | |
| Schiit not shipping I ordered the Freya on about April 27, and watched the Schiit Freya page for updates. The “back ordered until” date changed twice, and after the second change, I canceled my Freya order and ordered the Saga instead. I can sympathize somewhat with... | |
| Parasound halo JC2 what a joke Speaking of Emotiva, Paul Mcgowan of PS Audio was at the Axpona 2018 audio show, and took a video cam around to various booths. Several audio veterans knew Paul and greeted him and made small talk.Then Paul wondered over to the Emotiva booth. Da... |