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| To DAC or not to DAC? Both the Oppo and the MB100 have a DAC in them. The one in the Oppo 205 is pretty good. I’m not familiar with the MB100. An external DAC may provide an improvement in sound quality. I use an Auralic Vega DAC instead of the internal DACs in my Opp... | |
| Is it true records are sealed to look better.... There's often dust and paper debris in new records and it certainly won't hurt to clean them. I have a VPI and sometimes clean new records, but generally don't (mostly due to laziness). I have at times picked up a bunch of junk on my stylus afte... | |
| Modestly priced bookshelf speakers for cabin. I love Klipsch and have a few pairs of them, but in general their strong suit is big speakers for big spaces. You might be able to find some used Heresy speakers at your budget. I suggest checking out Canton speakers. I have a couple of pairs o... | |
| Spotify Premium vs Tidal ... opinions? I have both. Tidal is great if you really want to hear the absolute best sound quality, but Spotify sounds great also. There's a difference in sound quality between Tidal Masters and everything else on both services, but "HI-FI" on both is suppo... | |
| I like my system flat, no tone controls, no eq..........what is your preference, and why. I have 4 systems and all of them are "flat" with no tone controls. That doesn't mean that I don't try to change the sound, but it's always by making changes to the system - different speakers, cartridges, amps, sources, etc.Having said that, I be... | |
| Good FM tuner for around $1K You should be able to pick up a really nice used tuner for $300-$500. The fmtunerinfo web site has (subjective) rankings of what the best tuners are and information about typical sale prices.While the tuner itself is important, even more importan... | |
| I need a subwoofer/sub-bass opinion from you I run two SVS SB13 Ultra subs for 2 channel listening. It's overkill, mostly because I don't have enough room to put them in separate locations. They are stacked on top of each other in between my speakers near a corner. It would be better to h... | |
| Suggestions for Class D amplifiers with Marantz AV7704 and B&W cdm9nt combo for HT. I have a Wyred 4 Sound ST-1000 MK2 that I used in my HT setup with a Marantz AV8801 (since replaced by a AV7704) and also for 2 channel (separate preamp with HTBP). It's a great amp with tons of power, excellent bass control, and a very clean sou... | |
| Toploading CD transports recommendations If you can find a used Rega Apollo, they are nice players. You might even be able to find a used Rega Saturn within your price range. | |
| Go dual small sub, switch to closed sub or buy a bigger sub? If you're listening mostly for music, you might be OK with what you have now. That is a somewhat small sub for the space, but if it's filling in the bass and you're not trying to flex the walls with dubstep and you like the sound, it's all good. ... | |
| I need a subwoofer/sub-bass opinion from you You can't go wrong with Rythmik, SVS, or Power Sound Audio. I am happy with the subs I have now (I own subs from all three companies), but if I was looking for a new one I'd take a hard look at SVS' new lineup. I like the idea of being able to r... | |
| Looking to get into tubes on the cheap I picked up a used Jolida Fusion preamp last summer for about $700 and put it in my bedroom system (Integra 80.3 AVP and Wyred4Sound ST-1000 MK2 amp) and it provided an improvement over the 2 channel audio of the Integra, not a dramatic one though... | |
| Any good reasons to use transistor phono stage and line level preamp instead of tube ? I have both tube (Manley Chinook, Jolida JD-9) and solid state (Musical Surroundings Nova Phonomena) phono pre-amps. The size of the units may be another factor to take into consideration. The Phonomena takes up less space than the other units, b... | |
| Cable info I would echo the suggestion of spending your money on a better external DAC than the one in the Node 2. I can't see the logic in spending a lot of money to replace the already good interconnects you have to try to improve the sound quality of a D... | |
| Wyred 4 Sound Class D Mono blocks SX 1000 question "Obsolete" in what way? I have a Wyred ST-1000 MKII (and had a ST-500). They are great amps and as cool as they run it seems like they should last a good long time. |