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| B&W 800D2 twitter The previous posters have you on your way, and are right - their service is fantastic. At the top left of the link that auxinput gave above, go to "Parts Center" and then to "Online Parts Store" and that will take you to their online parts websit... | |
| BW 800-805 D3 series VS 800-805 Nautilus/S series Michaelkingdom, I always found your posts helpful as I went on my own speaker journey. I share your appreciation for the original B&W 805 - I had a pair in the Natural Cherry and then upgraded to the 805 Signature. I sold those to fund a new... | |
| Standmount speakers 4k-8k The funny part is that even if you CAN hear them, you often won't be hearing them in your own space. I've written previously about when I bought my WB Arcs...I got them pre-owned from someone in my area, and in his space they sounded awful. If t... | |
| Inexpensive speaker cables I also use Canare 4S11 cables - I think a set of 10 footers cost me $60 or 70 for the pair, something like that, custom-made by someone on eBay. True story...local dealer let me bring those to the shop for a comparison against a set of Nordost r... | |
| Launch of Zu Audio Experiences loudspeakers @wester17 As a Peachtree owner, not at all surprised your impression of the Experience was so positive with them running off a Peachtree amp. I'm going on 3 years with my X-1 integrated and it's the best, coolest piece of non-speaker gear I've ev... | |
| Standmount speakers 4k-8k Wilson Benesch Arc - at original retail they were in your price range ($6500 new, I think) but pre-owned they can be easily had for $2500-3000. They're the small monitors that cured my upgrade-itis. They replaced a pair of Proac D2 which frankly... | |
| RMAF 2016................Boenicke W5 My reaction was the same as Mapman’s...I can’t believe we’ve gotten to the point, even here on AG, where $3600 for speakers this size is now considered paltry. If one lights their cigars with $100 bills or is the leader of an OPEC country, $3600 i... | |
| OPPO BDP-103 (NON Darby) I wasn't actually being tough on you wcc10 - I was trying to make light of the fact that you were given a recommendation for a piece of gear 4x the price of the one you were asking about without asking about your budget, and I think it's nonsense ... | |
| OPPO BDP-103 (NON Darby) Wcc10, please post your mailing address, and Erik will put a check in the mail for $1500. That's the difference in cost between the $500 Oppo and the $2000 Brooklyn, and as cavalier as he was about the recommendation of a piece of gear priced 4x ... | |
| Pros & Cons of Buying an Integrated with Built-in DAC? @redfuneral Ah yes, great point about the advances in USB chips and the adoption of asynchronous implementations. That has been a welcomed advancement. | |
| Pros & Cons of Buying an Integrated with Built-in DAC? @redfuneral You should differentiate between dacs being outdated from a technical perspective vs. outdated from a marketing perspective. If you're talking marketing, I agree. Manufacturers have to always market the latest and greatest to create... | |
| Oppo 105 DAC vs. Bluesound Vault DAC Many people will say that different dacs sound noticeably different, and some sound dramatically different. In my experience, comparing half a dozen dacs from $200 to $2000, this has not been the case. In your case, the Bluesound uses a Cirrus L... | |
| newbie DAC question It's not just this hobby either, kremrik. In a society, and financial system, based on consumption rather than savings, the goal is to get you to spend more and more, consume more and more, and to always be chasing the next acquisition. This ind... | |
| newbie DAC question Wherever you heard that the differences between dacs and interconnects would be "HUGE"...you should stop going there. They've been telling you tales of Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster. The limiting factor in your case (setting aside the room, ... | |
| Should I buy a Class A Amp. I'm with czarivey...if you live in the Sakha region of Russia and you're at 20 degrees below freezing and hope to accomplish the dual task of listening to music while preventing hypothermia, buy yourself a nice Class A amp. They make wonderful s... |