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| Digital upgrade: new disc player or better streamer? Not sure that I would pick the Lumin T2 because it still has a switching power supply. Look for a linear power supply, even in a streamer. As far as Oppo, you can do a short-term patch by upgrading the 105 with a linear power supply for digital.... | |
| a/v processor The type of DAC chip itself has very little to do with the sound (maybe about 5% impact). In my opinion, the important sections are power supply architecture/parts (about 55%) and the I/V and analog stages (about 35%).Others have said Audiocontro... | |
| a/v processor The "Future HDMI 2.1 upgradability" is going to kill you. There are only a few processors that would fall into this range:NAD M17Theta CasablancaBryston (maybe, but it is a very small maybe)The NAD is the cheapest up-gradable processor in this li... | |
| Sound bar for Dialogue You're not likely going to find something like this. It could very well be that your room needs acoustic treatments. Try putting sound absorbing panels on the front side walls. The sound reflections can easily cause vocals from the sound bar to... | |
| Best combination of HT and sound It's going to be a challenge to find a HT processor or receiver that includes a phono preamp. This went out of style a long time ago. You might find one or two items, but they may be extremely expensive. For example, the McIntosh processors usu... | |
| drivers for my diy Madisound are excellent people to work with. If you are looking for Sonus Fabre type sound, I would recommend the Seas Crescendo line of woofers and tweeters. They are very good resolution but have a slightly soft presentation, almost tube like.... | |
| Krell HTS 7.1 still worth it today? The only device that I have ever seen with two separate balanced stereo outputs which have separate individual analog stages is the Classe CP-800. It's a 2-channel DAC/Pre. It is NOT a multi-channel home theater processor like the Krell HTS 7.1.... | |
| Neotech question NEI-2001 Wow, I remember using BL-Ag cable. It was some pretty good stuff. | |
| Neotech question NEI-2001 11mm diameter with braided sleeve, and 10.5mm without. This is an extremely thick cable. I would recommend looking for a different cable as very few RCA connectors are large enough. Best I can recommend is something like Furutech FP-120 (R) rh... | |
| Parasound Preamp The Parasound Halo integrated uses the exact same power supply and preamp stage as the P5/P6, lol. In fact, the P5/P6 case is 2/3 empty to make space for the "amp" part of the integrated. | |
| Parasound Preamp Parasound P6 uses op amp and a small switching power supply. Not to say the Zpre is any better as it also uses switching power supply. It’s not even close to the Halo JC2, which uses huge linear power supply and fully discrete FET analog stages.Th... | |
| Is Outlaw Audio going to make a new low cost surround sound processor? Outlaw likely discontinued its processors because of lack of sales. I had a 976 in my system for testing (it's like 975 but with balanced XLR outputs). It actually performed very well for what it cost ($950 retail). It was voiced almost exactly... | |
| Tyler Acoustics upgrade The Tyler Acoustic Taylo speakers use the Seas Magnesium woofers with a high resolution Scanspeak tweeter. Tyler Acoustics has several lines, each with its own specific sonic signature. If you want to keep Tyler, probably the best recommendation... | |
| Bryston, McIntosh, Krell or Mark Levinson I would go for the current model Krell amps. They are extremely smooth, but they are not high frequency monsters. The pairing with the Thiel (which can be harsh in the highs) is likely going to work very good.The McIntosh may be another good cho... | |
| Should I buy Anthem 1120 for a 11 speaker system or Sony 5000 ES That's great. I was going to start posting, until I saw it was from 2 years ago, lol. Historically, Sony equipment has always sounded cold and unfeeling for me. I just never heard Sony equipment that really sounded good (except for a high end S... |