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| another rookie question - preamp or or power amp Why not just upgrade to a better integrated? Parasound Hint for example. Or a Luxman. Hegel H190 is reasonably priced on a used market. You will probably get more bang for your buck that way. | |
| Which Shunyata Power Cord? Yep the last shunyata power cord I tried, Alpha v2 XC, caused listening fatigue. I ended up returning it. The older Python and Typan Helix Alpha cables that i had for years were more balanced but still not warm. Another alternative is Audience AU... | |
| Which Shunyata Power Cord? Also, Shunyata power cords aren’t warm sounding. If you want warrm, you’re not going to beat the Audioquest Hurricane used around $1000 for 1m. | |
| Which Shunyata Power Cord? For what component? | |
| Fleetwood Deville vs Wilson Sound Like most well established high end and expensive brands (B&W, McIntosh, ARC, Pass Labs), plenty haters out there. But who cares. Get what sounds best to you. | |
| Should I update my manufactures power cords? @bigkidz I’ll take you up on it some day may be after the holidays. I’ll stop by if it’s not too far of a drive from northeast jersey. | |
| Should I update my manufactures power cords? Yeah when the honeymoon is over you realize you f-ed up and you actually don’t like the change, will never recoup your investment and no one wants your amps because it’s impossible to tell what they sound like compared to original and the warranty... | |
| Should I update my manufactures power cords? Morning dose of entertainment - nothing beats audiogon. We have a multi thousand dollar isolation device that will make more difference than power delivery and we have a McIntosh amps aren’t good enough and I can make them better with a cap upgra... | |
| I’m looking for an sleek integrated amp under $15k Drop Apple Music from your requirement wish list. Tidal and Qobuz sound better. Look into Boulder 866 with DAC. Roon ready (you will need a subscription). | |
| Should I update my manufactures power cords? Being a pedant can’t be healthy. | |
| My favorite classical recordings Elgar Violin Concerto (Hilary Hahn) Shostakovich - String Quartets (Fitzwilliam Quartet) Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 (Mstislav Rostropovich, London Symphony) Mahler - Symphony No. 5 (Bruno Walter) Too many to list… | |
| Fleetwood Deville vs Wilson Sound @f208frank I have heard the Deville several times in a very nicely set up system with and without the subs. While I was really impressed with their ability to image and throw a very nice soundstage, I was underwhelmed with the dynamics these speak... | |
| Should I update my manufactures power cords? Those amps will benefit from upgraded power cords Also try the amps plugged directly into wall and not into power conditioner. I had AQ Thunder and upgraded to the Hurricane. The improvement was not subtle. However, in the end, I sold the Hurrica... | |
| Aurender Conductor V4 issues Agile development methodology at its best. Lol | |
| Streaming through upconverting DAC - can I even improve audio quality? I wouldn’t worry too much about what the Marantz SA10 internal DAC is doing. Worry about feeding it as good of a source as you possibly can. Spotify just isn’t great. Tidal or Qobuz will be much better. What streamer to get will totally depend on ... |