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Legacy Aeris owners which amp do you use and why?
 What is the budget for a reasonably priced amp?Is the Line Magnetic not doing it for you? As per spending $15k on a $15k speaker, the Aeris are $25k with a Wavelet and we have found on many occassions that good electronics may cost twice what the... 
Legacy Aeris owners which amp do you use and why?
We are a displaying Legacy dealer and we have had a few amplifiers on our Aeris,  The Aeris/Wavelet combo with a great amplfier and streaming source makes one fantastic package that challenges way more expensive setups.We tried the 100 watt Manley... 
ELAC - Adante... what’s the verdict?
Steven many dealers wait until there is a release update from the manufacturer or from their dealer rep.At this point no one from Elac or their reps have forwarded anything about   the new Argo line to us and I am sure that means other dealers, th... 
Speaker Recommendation: 20K range
The other missing information is how big is the room, how far away you are sitting and how loud you want to play is it occasionally loud or loud much of the timeMost high end loudspeakers are not designed to handle massive amounts of power without... 
Need a Roon, Wifi, DAC Expert Please!
jrader we are a major dealer in streaming and computer audio with one of the lagest collections of digital equipment in the USA:We have on active display: Aurdender, Baetis, Naim, Lumin, Mytek, T+A, Bluesound. Nad Masters, Aqua Hifi, Nuprime, Inuo... 
Speaker Recommendation: 20K range
OpOur shop Audio Doctor in NJ has four  reference speakers lines in that price range for you to audition. We have the Legacy line on display and the Legacys are an unbelievable buy for the amount of loudspeaker  you can get for the money they exce... 
yggdrasil dac and Innous Zenith MK2
Oldschool, you may want to look at the T+A Dac or a Aqua Hifi La Voce.The La Voice is a brand new $4k dac from Aqua that is tube based so it has a fantastic midrange, The early reports on this dac are suggesting that it will outperfom most of the ... 
Anyone hear new Quad S-2 speakers and compare to others
Mothberg we have the new Kef R series on order and they will most likely be really excellent. Personally I doubt anything is going to outperform that Quad ribbon it is both detailed and smooth, absolutely amazing sounding.The Quads have a fanastic... 
More expensive DAC the answer?
Yeah Klipsch with tubes is a great combo 
test
wow pass or fail totally binary 
Anyone hear new Quad S-2 speakers and compare to others
We have both the S and Z series on display and they are spectacular!We initially heard about the Quad's after reading the Stereophile review on the S2 monitors. We were seeking a more conventional looking loudspeaker then the much loved Kef Ls 50 ... 
Anyone hear new Quad S-2 speakers and compare to others
Audio Doctor in Jersey City we have them. We have both the S series and the Z series on display!The Quads are absolutely amazing sounding, and in our opinion represent a totally new level of performance for this price point.We read about them in S... 
Auralic vs Aurender
Wjt3 just currious what didnt you like about- Roon and which Dac? 
Paradigm Personas: A First Listen
Benzman a very fIne and correct tale that mirrors our process.Many people here seem to think swap x and you get nirvanah  that is not what usually happens.Sometimes swapping one component gets you closer to where you want to be but  then necessita... 
Auralic vs Aurender
There are advantages and disadvantages with both.Aurender built in storage vs Auralic which doesnt  You are missing Roon compatibility with Aurender.Then there is the question of upsampling and upconversion. Many Dacs sound better with higher res ...