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| Best place to insert a new higher end cable in my system? +1 on preamp to amp. You don’t want the lower level interconnects to be the bottleneck. But experiment and see what you like best. | |
| Synergistic Research Foundation Cables Had a pair of SR Foundation interconnects in XLR version borrowed from The Cable Co. landing library. They were fully broken in. The sound you’re describing is what I heard in my system as well. Grainy and dull. Hope the speaker cables change for ... | |
| Warm Tube Amp(s) to Tame Hyper-Accurate Speakers? +1 @hilde45 on room acoustics. Often neglected but it is what will make it or break it. Good luck. | |
| Focal Sopra, Kanta, Aria I owned N803 for many years and listened to 802D3 several times. B&W has its own sound. Some like it some don’t. But the 800 line of speakers is resolving and dynamic. I would not classify it as bright. There’s some midrange hump that emphasiz... | |
| Focal Sopra, Kanta, Aria @onehorsepony Kanta is the starting point. Is your room treated? Speaker placement will only get you so far. At a minimum take care of first reflection points. | |
| Focal Sopra, Kanta, Aria What are the electronics you’re using with your B&Ws? Any acoustic treatment in the room? Speaker positioning optimized? If this isn’t taken care of expect to be in the same situation you’re in now with any revealing/high resolution system, F... | |
| Best XLRs under $500 a pair Look into Acoustic Zen Matrix Reference II and Audience AU24 used close to your price range. You got other good suggestions here as well. Throw a dart for the choice between the Benchmark, Mogami Gold(similar star quad design) and Belden 1800f al... | |
| Sabrina X Anyone Add Subwoofer(s) IMO and based on my experience with the original Sabrina, I would wait, get them in and give them few hundreds hours of break in time. If possible have your dealer set the speakers up for you if they’re trained to do so by Wilson Audio. If your ro... | |
| Sabrina X Anyone Add Subwoofer(s) Are they lacking bass or you’re just looking to fill in on the lower end? | |
| Bryston Bda3 vs 3.14 Streamer For an upgrade in sound quality I would just get a separate streamer and keep the BDA-3. Something like the new Lumin U2 Mini should be nice with a good USB cable (or even AES/EBU). You can use Lumin’s AirPlay to stream from YouTube and either Lum... | |
| Most Realistic Recordings Check out the following: 1. Claudio Arrau: Chopin 21 Nocturnes 2. Helen Grimaud: The Messenger 3. Evgeny Kissin / James Levine: Schubert: Piano Music for Four Hands 4. Diana Krall: All For You (piano solo on Boulevard of Broken Dreams) | |
| All New Magico A5 Loudspeakers // Biggest "BANG" For Your BUCK On The Market ?! @kparmer I heard a pair of A3s in my recent quest for speakers. Came in with high expectations based on all the great reviews and buzz around the forums. Granted they may not have been ideally set up but they were adequately powered by a high end ... | |
| Which DACs are known to be sweet/rich/relaxed? @robert1976 That recording (and most all of them) of Red Hot Chilly Peppers sounds compressed. It’s the stuff you listen to in the car, in the gym with headphones or as background music at home. Unless I’m missing something myself I never heard th... | |
| How can a PS Audio Perfect Wave DAC enhance my system? Research if you can configure the PS Audio to read the music on the popcorn HDD via network. You should be able to specify the ip address and folder of the popcorn in the PS Audio set up. I hope it’s possible. That would eliminate any format limit... | |
| Power cord for Bricasti M3 AU24 SE power cables sound detailed and open. I wouldn’t worry about what dealer said to you. That’s not been my experience with Audience power cords or speaker cables. I also wouldn’t worry about Audience messing things up with the newer Studio O... |