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| Anthem STR Upgrade Worth It? We were an anthem dealer for many years yes the separates are better but you would do even with brands like Krell or zesto which take the personas to an entirely higher level Dave and troyaudio intellect NJ krell and zesto dealers | |
| LS50 vs R11/7/5 Meta Weare a kef dealer the ls50s were great in their day the Metas r3 are a far more advanced design they do everything better then the ls50s adding subs to originals will not equil r3 or r5 and especially r11 the new r series come close to the... | |
| Weakest link in my system your speakers are ancient so we would recommend you start with loudspeakers then upgrade your cables straightwire cables are not as transparent or holographic vs newer designs | |
| USB Audio Player Pro to DAC you will get better sound with a dedicated streamer | |
| REL Sub Hum you have a few possible problems and solutions one run an extension cord plugged into where the gear is also plugged in this will tell you if you have a ground loop. alo make sure you are using all three wires from the speakon | |
| Lumin upgrade op we were lumin dealers for many years. we have had numerous clients who have traded in their Lumins for a 432evo music server this is a purpose built usb only modular music server designed to run Roon our servers better aurender and are ful... | |
| another rookie question - preamp or or power amp the idea that separates are always better is just wrong what matters is the quality of the parts if you are on a limited budget lookat an integrated from a high end company the nuprime ida8 is fantastic piece Dave and troy audio intelle... | |
| Connections yes take your pre out and plug them in to your rec in you cant touch the volume while recording or split the outputs from your sources taks one set to the hegel and another set to a switch box ad take the output of the switchbox to your rec i... | |
| Preamp vs Av receiver preouts yes a separate preamp would make a very good improvement with the right preamp i would look to spend 2 to 3k and look at a tube preamp a used cj vtl or vac would amaze you think of it this way your 800 receiver contains 7.2 preamplifiers 7.2 ... | |
| Upgraded from Node to 432-evo-aeon-music-server and its another world sonically Creative point it is hardly sleazy this is a very common practice many people post who work for are Affiliated directly with a company this gentleman doesn’t work for us nor was he prompted inwhat to write he is sincere Iin His findings so his res... | |
| Streaming through upconverting DAC - can I even improve audio quality? Completely untrue usb with a good streaming device and cable with a high res source puts spdif to shame also the marantz website says the usb can hook up to a pc. https://manuals.marantz.com/SA10/NA/EN/WBSPSYdzpskctb.php And the sa 10 is async... | |
| Streaming through upconverting DAC - can I even improve audio quality? Your player should allow true high res on its usb input If you play quobuzz or tidal you will get high res 24 192k sampling which does sound better then a cd at 44k as per your dac it is probably not upconverting but changing pcm to dsd intern... | |
| When to choice XLR over RCA ICs. as per xlr vs rca itreally depends on length and components design. long runs xlr is preferred if the devices are truly balanced ie differential cicuits then xlr if thedevice uses a trasformer to turn rca to xlr the use rca. hope that hel... | |
| Upgraded from Node to 432-evo-aeon-music-server and its another world sonically Jaytoy elliot is sincere, his comments represent how much of an improvement our server actually made in his system, we did ask him to post his impressions but we didnt coach him nor influence what he wrote, nor his feelings, in any way. We have h... | |
| NAD M-33 or Hegel H190 we have sold both it depends on what youare looking for both are good if you want anaxremely musical integrated look at the unison research due plus a seperate streamer the due is a hybrid design so you are getting the warmth and musicality... |