caphill
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| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? I’m positive when set up properly the Marantz 8802 will outperform your Denon receiver’s preamp processing section. It took me by surprise when you said earlier that you preferred the Denon over the Marantz 8802. Hard to believe. | |
| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? @awilder In regards to your Marantz 8802, I bet the Audyssey was still turned on from a previous owner's configuration and I suggest you turn the Audyssey calibration off. That was probably the reason why the performance was a bit off. Until you r... | |
| What are the top 3 USB cables being used today in reference systems? Nordost Valhalla, Transparent Reference, Wireworld Platinum, AQ Diamond. | |
| Home Theater Receiver recommendations for B&W 803S? Awesome! The Rotel RMB-1585 is indeed a fine great amp and has plenty of unlimited power reserve to be able to drive just about any speakers out there, and at $3k retail price I think it’s a steal. This amp is built like a tank. You should upgrade... | |
| Integrated Amp Recommendation @wsomers What kind of B&W 804 are yours? The latest 804 D3 or D2 or D1 or 804S? Those integrated that you listed above are very good for the money. If you want to go with the Musical Fidelity you should consider the M6si. The Rotel RA-1592 is ... | |
| My dilemma Yes Maggies love current!I suggest you get high powered SS amp(s). | |
| Need speakers recommendation for my system (in Jakarta, Indonesia) Sounds like a plan! However by acquiring one of a digital streamer/music streamer/network audio player such as the Lumin, Aurender, Aurallic, Linn DS, Naim DS, DCS, Esoteric, etc you have access to high resolution materials so you aren’t limited t... | |
| Need speakers recommendation for my system (in Jakarta, Indonesia) @jadislover Don’t get me wrong.....Rega makes very musical gears at affordable price points. If you want to stick with using CD player at least you should upgrade to Rega Saturn-R CD player currently retails for $3k here in the US. I know it’s 3x ... | |
| Classe SSP 800's DAC vs Oppo 105's DAC Agreed. The stock Oppo 105 is very digital sounding especially for CD playbacks. | |
| Need speakers recommendation for my system (in Jakarta, Indonesia) @jadislover While upgrading your speakers are great idea but I must say that you will have to upgrade your digital front end source component (Rega Apollo CD player). I suggest you upgrade your CD player or get a digital streamer/DAC or standalone... | |
| Need speakers recommendation for my system (in Jakarta, Indonesia) What about Harbeth? Do you guys have Harbeth dealer there? They will pair well with your Jadis Ref tube integrated. | |
| Affordable Processor with Fabulous 2 Channel ? Don’t know. I’ve never listened to the D2 but I have listened to the higher end Lumin A1 & S1 but these cost way more than the D2. The D2 is an entry level model from Lumin. The A1 & S1 are very very good. Can’t comment on the D2 though. Y... | |
| Trying to Decide on my next Purchase @oldschool1948 So this isn't your main primary system then? McIntosh makes pretty good amplifiers and are generally more affordable than Naim products with the exception of the Naim Uniti series. Naim separates will run you up to $90k to $100k whi... | |
| Martin Logan Motion 60XT, best value ? Yup. The internal cabinet bracing isn’t well designed and built. Those big boxy cabinets of the Motion 60XT also allows internal standing wave inside the speaker cabinet that creates cabinet resonances or coloration. That was pretty much what I wa... | |
| Martin Logan Motion 60XT, best value ? The cabinet bracing of the Motion 60XT is awful, the material that the cabinet is made of is awful. They also dictate how the speakers will sound and perform. |