avlee
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| Looking to completely overhaul my preamp section, knowledgeable people needed! One other one to consider: you might be able to score a used PS Audio Directstream junior for about 2k. That would be a solid DAC/preamp choice as well. | |
| Looking to completely overhaul my preamp section, knowledgeable people needed! Don’t forget that the Mytek is capable of playing your DSD or other high res files via roon or JRiver. The benchmark DAC2 is in the same class, just doesn’t have MQA (for what it’s worth...MQA is still a lossy codec, and may go the way of SACD) bu... | |
| Looking to completely overhaul my preamp section, knowledgeable people needed! If I didn’t care about tube vs. SS, and I wanted to get a good DAC, I don’t see what’s wrong with a Mytek Brooklyn DAC/preamp. You can get them on eBay for under 2k. | |
| Just switched from McIntosh C2500/2600 to ARC Ref 6, initial thoughts Sorry, to be clear, my speakers have built in amps. I have the Beolab 5's from Bang and Olufsen, and I plug my Ref 6 directly into them. I don't use any Emotiva amps. | |
| Just switched from McIntosh C2500/2600 to ARC Ref 6, initial thoughts The xmc-1 is their surround processor/preamp. I use it for 4 channel audio (no center or sub, I don’t need those). I wanted to also use it as a DAC, since you would have a tough time matching it in the price/performance range, but that would mean... | |
| Just switched from McIntosh C2500/2600 to ARC Ref 6, initial thoughts Yes, I have the MR88 tuner, which I really like, and the preamps were nice but I can see now, not quite what I wanted. I will admit that my speaker choice cut down my preamp choices, since they aren’t rated for more than 4V RMS (class D amps buil... |