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| Luxman E-250 or Sutherland 20/20, or something else? Thanks for the suggestions. I will check out the RCM, Lehman, Ayre, AR and Manley. While we’re looking for a Phono stage any input on those known to work well with low output MC carts in my price range? I have a Cadenza Ortofon Black and always fe... | |
| Luxman E-250 or Sutherland 20/20, or something else? Thanks for reminding me of the Upscale. I see where they have the Chinook. That’s pushing my budget a little but may be worth it indeed. I see they have a used Rogue tube phono stage. Anybody have any experience with the Rogue tube phono stage? Th... | |
| Luxman E-250 or Sutherland 20/20, or something else? Thanks for the suggestions guys. If I’m now using a tube preamp/line stage won’t that instill at least some of that tubeness into the sound? I’ve heard of the Manley Chinook but the others are new to me. I was going to use Music Direct so I could ... | |
| Looking for more detail in a speaker The 803D2’s are an intriguing speaker that I purchased without a demo but had heard other B&W’s and took a flyer in them because I got a good deal and figured I could move them for same price if I didn’t like. Right now they are pretty close t... | |
| Looking for more detail in a speaker Since my last post been doing a little tweaking with gear and such. Finally got around to rerouting my speaker wires which saved me 13’ with each run. In the process I learned one of the speaker wire arrows was pointing the wrong direction, lol. I... | |
| To amp or preamp? @elliottbnewcombjr thanks for your feedback. Seems like we have two approaches so far, one for integrated and you toward separates, especially with tube mono blocks. I would consider that option but does sound like more expense involved with all t... | |
| To amp or preamp? @millercarbon thanks for taking the time to offer your feedback. Informed and interesting takes. Millercarbon you’ve got me thinking about an integrated. A McIntosh integrated was my first audiophile amp. I went on to try separates cause at the ti... | |
| To amp or preamp? Thanks @millercarbon. Never even heard of Raven amps before. That’s what I like about Audiogon. I always learn something about an approach or type of equipment I knew nothing about. Wasn’t considering integrated or a tube amp but sounds like if yo... | |
| Streamer's without built in DAC options? McIntosh MB 50. Lots of streaming sourceboptions. I run it through my C 48 preamp. Balanced, unbalanced and digital connection options. Under the radar in my opinion. | |
| Looking for more detail in a speaker Thanks for the input @dmbwires. That’s a pretty close “Apple to apples” comparison. I’ll listen to the original 805 D’s in my system this weekend but will keep the 805 D3s in mind as I heard those this past weekend. There’s a smaller Audio dealer ... | |
| Looking for more detail in a speaker @pimbo why do you say that about the Dynaudio’s. Don’t know that much about them. These 5.4’s are about 18 years old. Please tell me more. Thx. | |
| Looking for more detail in a speaker @b_limo previously mentioned that I’m going to be able to audition the 805’s I heard I’m my home. Was going to do that tomorrow but need to push to next weekend. Before that will trim 15-20’ from my speaker wires. That should help a little. It’ll... | |
| Looking for more detail in a speaker Thanks everyone for their feedback; some really thoughtful comments. I’ve learned a lot during this process. Before this thread, I used to think my room is what it is but knew I wasn’t maximizing the potential of my components. I realize now I hav... | |
| Looking for more detail in a speaker @loudspeaker77 is this the Sandy Gross? If so, cool. Thanks for chiming in. If not, that’s still some excellent info you passed along about the GE’s I’ve never had them toed in as you mentioned and will definitely experiment with that as well as f... | |
| Looking for more detail in a speaker Thanks @nordicnorm! One of the legacy dealers of audiophile equipment in San Antonio came by earlier to try and set up my Well Tempered Classic ( this is a project and another interesting journey). After determining he needed more research to set ... |