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| Amp/Preamps vs. High end AV Receivers Guys, the OP has 5.1 setup that he uses for both surround sound movies and stereo music playbacks. He only has modest and mediocre B&W CM8 front speakers with a matching center speaker and the B&W CM5 standmount speakers for surrounds. He ... | |
| Amp/Preamps vs. High end AV Receivers For your speaker surround system you don't really need AV separates cause they will cost you more. Just get a very good and very competent av receiver.Get the Rotel RAP-1580 av receiver for your B&W speaker surround system. The Rotel will pair... | |
| MidFi multi channel solution needed for HT. The Rotel will pair better with your B&W. | |
| Gryphon Diablo 300: at the top of Integrated Amps? +1 on the T&A. Dan D'Agostino Momentum integrated. | |
| Why are my SF Venere S Speakers not sounding as warm? @tice34 You should upgrade your electronic. Your Marantz SR6012 AV receiver is holding back the performance of your system. It is far from ideal pairing with your SB Veneer S speakers. You should make efforts upgrading from your Marantz SR6012 av ... | |
| MBL no SACD player? Seems like many European high end audio manufacturers do not make SACD players any longer just for CD playbacks only. MBL, Tidal, Burmester, Gamut, Vitus Audio, T&A to name a few. They only make standalone CD players strictly for CD playbacks ... | |
| Why are my SF Venere S Speakers not sounding as warm? @tice34 First let me ask you this : are you only doing stereo setup for listening to music only or surrounds for both HT and stereo music? Cause you are using the Marantz SR6012 av receiver so I automatically assumed that you have a surround syste... | |
| Roksan K3 2-Channel Power Amp vs Anthem PVA4 (Bi-Amp) Go with the Roksan.Roksan makes better stereo audio gears and amps than the Anthem. They are more musical than the Anthem. | |
| Luxman DA-06 DAC vs Chord Qutest/Hugo 2 Out of those 3 DACs you listed above I would go with the Luxman DA-06. However, Chord makes excellent Chord Dave DAC but it retails for $10k new. Chord Hugo 2 is a great portable headphone amp/DAC for headphone listening IMO. Some people use the H... | |
| Why are my SF Venere S Speakers not sounding as warm? You have couple serious major issues. First is your electronics and second is your untreated living room. I wouldn’t run these Sonus Faber Veneer S speakers off a cheap mediocre Marantz SR6012 AV receiver or any AV receivers if I were you. You wil... | |
| B&W 803 D3 speakers - which amp? @mluters What is your preamp? Are you doing a separate dedicated stereo preamp with HT bypass and an AV pre pro or just using a single AV pre pro for both your stereo music and surround movie playbacks? For your front 803 D3 speakers I would recom... | |
| Sony ES vs Rotel Rotel isn’t well known for their source components such as CD players. Rotel is very well known for their amplifiers : power amps integrated amps stereo preamps. Rotel’s amplifiers are awesome especially for the money. For amplifiers Rotel is way ... | |
| If still at entry level turntable would a new amp make much difference? Upgrade your front end source components first eg turntable, tonearm, cartridge, phonostage pre. This is where the signal starts. | |
| Best possible separates for Thiel CS 3.7 Try to audition some Vitus Audio, Soulution, CH Precision. The Soulution & CH Precision are Swiss. All these three make spectacular gears. | |
| Is Marantz AV8805 good enough pre amp for McIntosh MC8207 @tomiiv30 For your B&W 683 S2 speakers you can use your Marantz AV8805 and your Mac MC8207 seven-channel amp for both stereo and HT imo until you upgrade your front speakers for stereo listening, then you can start looking for a dedicated ster... |