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| Preferences for which Integrated Amp? Both are very fine kit competing a crowded arena of many, many alternative choices.Until you actually listen and preferably test drive them yourself to see how it meshes with the rest of your system (with all of your other electronics particularly... | |
| better dac Bryston, Naim or LINN ..... final choice depends on the synergy with the rest of your system. | |
| Rega DAC vs Micromega MyDAC REGA .... all stop, IMO.I have the REGA ISIS valve cdp and the OSIRIS integrated.There is that "je ne sais quoi" REGA synergy in all REGA components.Just as an "FYI" the ISIS has a USB input for playing all your ripped files through its own hi-end... | |
| Speaker cables to smoothen things up + 1 with PHOTON46The takeaway: system synergy matters ....big-time ( an alchemy of the electronics paired up with cables (power/IC/speaker) and with your speakers)In this context: (1) consider re-evaluating your source as the first step in cutting... | |
| Best setup for Arcam A32, 2 X P1 with Totem Hawks You probably need to go full bi-amped I had an all Arcam FMJ prior system, including the Arcam A32 integrated amp and P35 power amp paired up to Totems ... First the Arros and then to the Forests.The Totems (all of them ...) are power hungry units... | |
| Best Home Theater Processor Used 1K-3K Range Nuforce AVP-187.1 preamp/ processor ~ $1095 newLatest technology and codecs and all HDMI inputsGo to the Nu-Force website and/or Google for the reviews ... It convinced me enough to buy it to pair up with my hi-end power amps.Highly recommended | |
| Multichannel amp... I bought the Audio Refinement 3 channel power amp and a matched 2 channel power amp (both used) to go with a Rega Osiris integrated amp And Rega Isis valve CDP. ( 2 channel)These Audio Refinement power amps are the YBA designed (French ) and had Y... | |
| Multichannel amp... " ....Why not keep your ML and add a 3channel amp for the additional channels?....."+1 on this suggestion.I use my hi-end Integrated amp as my 2- channel rig, and it also serves as the FL and FR channel amp as part of my HT.-- I added a pair of hi... | |
| Speaker cable for Nad 7050 and KEF LS50 There is no silver bullet magic instant fix available. Your wish list for performance improvement (and system synergy) also has a threefold requirement: ICs, Speakers and power cables. Parsing out Attention to speaker cables blindly at the exclusi... | |
| LFD Integrated - Please talk me out of buying one Gene Rubin is a US dealer who may be able to do something for youCheck out the website | |
| Speakers for Coffee Shop If you want great bookshelves that either work well close to the wall AND are also wall mountable with ready-made brackets ....REGA R1/RS1See Stereotimes review" .... The Rega R1 becomes my new budget reference speaker. In addition of its ability ... | |
| ARCAM AVR300 - beware In Tennis vernacular, "Point, Set and Match" awarded to Mcintech for his post.W/o prejudice to the build quality gremlins discussed, sonically the ARCAMs, have been and continue to be, among the very best of all the AVR alternatives.FWIW, I had th... | |
| CDP or DAC for $4000 budget REGA ISIS Valve cdp (used) .....it also has the USB input that permits you to use its internal hi-end DAC to play all your external stored digital files with full remote features.= both for the price of 1 . | |
| LFD Integrated - Please talk me out of buying one With the "right" system, it is terrific.We all know that system synergy matters , but in my experiences and with our local dealer, none moreso than with LFD.For example, LFD electronics sound sensational at the dealer where it is all LFD cables. I... | |
| Question of priorities in audio cables (a)EXCLUDING THE MAJORITY OF CHEAP CABLES either bought or DIY versions cobbled together from cheap materials In the first place..... I do not agree with any proposition that any particular one of these three factors in isolation ranks higher than... |