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| Tough amp decision Hi ghdprentice - Your advice has been really useful - Thanks! Especially the part about taking a weekend audio trip with my wife :) She has agreed so may in fact be the elusive audio babe. I will try to get a chance to listen to the AR Amp. I... | |
| Tough amp decision Overwhelming choices here! Thanks everyone for the advice and my now long list of amps to consider. I was able to get Mcintosh integrateds into the house. Not much else available to audition locally. We enjoyed the 312 (tube pre, solid state power... | |
| Tough amp decision Comparing the JC5 and the Mcintoshes precisely because they are so different. Not so easy for me to get to a dealer and have to screen based on reading (and what you say!). Everything seems to point to Qutest being better than the McIntosh interna... | |
| Tough amp decision Also seems the Parasound JC5 might be a good choice. I like classical music and also some rock and jazz. Reviews indicate JC5 could be better for instrument timbres and soundstage. Said to have better bass dynamics too. | |
| Tough amp decision Thanks much. Comments and discussion has me being more careful, rather than jumping on the deal for the used 8950. Reviews seem to indicate the included DAC is not as good as my Qutest, and that I can do better with a separate phono stage. The 895... | |
| Tough amp decision Sorry for the typo. Make that tubes not tunes. | |
| Warm and accurate bookshelves that can handle volume This is a lot of tremendous advice. Will hit the road, and never thought of going to an audio show. The you tubers say it is hard to listen properly at an audi9 show but might as well find out. From a near vacuum to being surrounded by audiophiles. | |
| Warm and accurate bookshelves that can handle volume I guess the only way to get loud is to go to floor standing. However, the speakers are pulled so far forward our listening area resembles a small room. I think having a lot of space behind the speakers is good, but does not greatly affect how one ... | |
| Warm and accurate bookshelves that can handle volume Thanks much for all this great advice. Just want to answer a few of the questions: 1) the room is 15 x 20, but the speakers are about 6 feet from the back wall. On one side wall behind one of the speakers there is a 6 foot opening to the rest of ... | |
| need amp recommendations for more separation of instruments I use feet from Herbie’s Audio on the bottom of either speakers or stands. They provide high quality isolation from the floor (I have a horribly resonating suspended floor) but are different than isoacoustics or other products because there are gl... | |
| system synergy and problems with SQ No headphone jack. That would be a good test. I am surprised the ARC coukd be the issue as it is a tube preamp. I have a simple volume knob from Schiit that I can use to run without the pre, and will check. Also tried a Classe Sigma 2200i integrat... | |
| system synergy and problems with SQ thanks for your help. it is hard to find a fair comparison, but I can look at the same recording played on quobuz versus an lp. when I do that, the problems with the b and w are much worse. both large scale and intimate recordings are harsh unless... | |
| Combination streamer and music server…without DAC Not much discussion here of a computer plus Audirvāna or other software, with an outboard dac. This is very flexible and I have found the DAC makes a big difference. Chord Qutest has galvanic isolation on the usb. This sounds markedly better than ... | |
| What Gear Has Disappointed You? Schiit Gungnir. Just did not have the sound quality for the price. In my comparisons, Chord Qutest and RME ADI2 both better, for different reasons. Surprisingly, KEF LS50 Meta. Lots of hype, but for classical music the timbres were just not repr... | |
| Best vibration isolation for speakers on carpet? I had really bad coupling to the floor, producing boomy bass. It was unlistenable. Did careful comparison of isoacoustic Gaia and the Herbie’s gliders. The isoacoustic was a tad more effective but both were fine. On hardwood the Gaia was good beca... |