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| 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. | |
| Advice Needed: Bluesound Node vs Vault I was going to get the Node 2i and stopped by my dealer to buy one. We went through the specs between the Node 2 and 2i and there wasn't anything new in the 2i that mattered to me and he had a couple of the Node 2s coming in from a trade in. I w... | |
| Rythmik subwoofer I don't have Magnepans, but I have owned many subwoofers and I don't think you can go wrong with Rythmik, SVS, or also Power Sound Audio for well made "reasonably" priced subs. I've owned a couple of HSU subs and was less impressed with them. I ... | |
| MidFi multi channel solution needed for HT. I think you're better off getting separates. A dedicated amp is going to produce more power and the sound quality should be better. I've had some nice AVRs, my last one being the Onkyo TX-NR3007. Processors change and you may end up upgrading e... | |
| Advice Needed: Bluesound Node vs Vault I don't want to have to rip all my CDs again and could not see any reason to purchase the Vault over the Node 2. I've already ripped hundreds of CDs to an external hard drive that is visible on my network. They are neatly organized by artist... | |
| Has anybody compared the Brooklyn DAC or Brooklyn DAC plus to the Liberty DAC @theo I have the Vega in a different system, so have not compared them side by side. I have the first version of the Vega by the way. It's in my main system and I feed my Oppo UDP-203 and Bluesound Node 2 into the Vega. It sounds wonderful. I ... |