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Unforgiving DAC or add Tube Preamp??
Actually there are many dac's that should outpeform the Benchmark, we had one traded in years ago and the  sound was okay, many commercial dac's are focused on neutrality so they can sounnd bland.The other issue are you turning your dac off, digit... 
Paradigm Persona series
Ditto Benzman, we just demoed a pair of the Persona 3F at a clients house, and the results were very interesting.We came to his house and he had a Classe Cap 2100 a very good and respected 2010? integrated amp with a Bluesound Node2 Monster Cables... 
Q for any Luxman L-509X owners
Brgg what is your price range? 
Q for any Luxman L-509X owners
Greginnh,  with Naim how did you hear it, with the crappy Naim speaker cables that the dealer was telling you was the only cable you can use and the crappy standard naim din to din cables that are given away freely with Naim?We are a Naim dealer a... 
Aurender vs. Roon
Mrdon,We sell many of the best server brands, from Aurender, Naim, Baetis, NAD, and Innuous.Aurender can be controlled through Roon but that is only through Airplay running on the Aurender which limits you to 16 bit 44k only.Aurender does perform ... 
Best beginner system about 5,000.00
Op there are many possible systems to recommend but without knowing critical data it is hard to advise you:1: How big is your room?2: Do you value clarity such as the ability to hear small details important or is smoothness  more of an issue? Most... 
DENAFRIPS Terminator and Schiit Yggdrasil Evaluation and Comparison
You may want to add the Ifi DSD Pro Dac at $2,500.00 to your shootout, Herb Richert from Stereophile was blown away by this little dac and felt if was in the same league as three of his reference dacs and Herb also uses the Yaggy.https://www.stere... 
Q for any Luxman L-509X owners
Bgrrgrr, we would welcome you to visit our shop we are one of the very few dealers in the country with both the Blades and the Persona 9H, in the same room in the same store.We also sell many of the world's best integrated amplifiers,from Naim, Mi... 
Paradigm Persona series
You ever listen to a pair boring, boring, boring.  
KEF Reference 1 vs. Olympica 1
OP both are good Kef's have their house sound and the Sonus have their house sound.Kef's are clean detailed with a very netural midrange, great dynamics and they thow a huge well focused soundstage the Ref 1 have unbeliveable deep bass for a stand... 
Paradigm Persona series
Rivionale what's your agenda? You pick on the Persona yes which in the Stereophile measurements has a few peaks and valleys just checked review measurements on $130k Sonus Faber Aidahttps://www.stereophile.com/content/sonus-faber-aida-loudspeaker-... 
Preview: CODA Technologies new generation number#8 Stereo Amplifier
Yysantabarbera we do believe that the Coda is going to be fantastic so much so we ordered one.This will give us 3 killer $6k amps the 400 watt Anthem Str, the 175watt Krell XD 175 at $7 and the 150w Coda at 6.2kThe Anthem Str is an amazing deal fo... 
Paradigm Persona series
riovendale, what was the dealers using for the setup?If you use them with the wrong electronics they are going to sound like what you describe the Persona's are a much more detailed type of sound then all the other loudspeakers you mentioned we se... 
Need speaker suggestion for a larger room!
Brookies you actually need a speaker-with very good deep bass as the size of the room will not give you the room gain that will reinforce the bass also you be further away you will lose spl.For 7k you can get a brand new pair of legacy audio focus... 
Hegel H590
Op you may want to consider a few of the newer preamp/dac + amp options that may be similarily priced:We have the Anthem STR amp and preamp which is an outstanding 400 watt per channel amp plus the new STR preamp state of the art dac + preamp with...