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| Purchase a receiver or what? need your advice. @auxinput Nice setup! Just wondering why don’t you use a Parasound Halo A31 three-channel amp to power your center and surround speakers? It’s a great amp. Runs hot though as all other Halo amps such as your JC-1 monoblocks. In regards to Bryston ... | |
| Classe SSP 800 Audio problem I had the SSP 800 for over 7 yes until recently upgraded to the Lyngdorf MP-50 cause I want Dolby Atmos & DTS-X. I never had that problem with the SSP 800 before. Try resetting to factory default setting and rebooting the unit from the main po... | |
| Affordable Processor with Fabulous 2 Channel ? @bwguy No...trust me, just run a good quality USB cable directly to the rear USB input on the Sigma SSP. You will be amazed on how good it will sound. There’s an effortless flow of music and music sounded very natural and organic. The difference b... | |
| marantz pm8006 vs peahtree nova 150. I would look into some Rega analog integrated amps. All Rega integrateds are analog no DAC class AB amp design. Sounded fantastic very refined smooth very musical tend to be on a warm side of neutral but it isn't like tubey warm, no, nothing like ... | |
| Amp for SF Amati Homage? Rogue Zeus or 180, Jadis Defy 7, Quicksilver 88 or 90 or M-135 +1 on the ARC Ref 110 amp. Sorry I thought you were looking for an integrated amp. Yes the ARC and McIntosh tube or SS will pair really well with your speakers. Like I said earlier that even McIntosh SS amps will have a warm tubey sound. See if yo... | |
| Amp for SF Amati Homage? Rogue Zeus or 180, Jadis Defy 7, Quicksilver 88 or 90 or M-135 So you are looking for a tube integrated amp? Well.... I was going to recommend you the Audio Research Reference series but with your under $4k budget used I'm not sure if even a used ARC Ref series integrated can be had unless if it's a much olde... | |
| Naim and Elac Adante, Wow @adn_abdat Get the Naim Uniti Nova to pair with your Elac Adante. Or even the Naim Uniti Atom will sound very good on your Adante. They pair really well together. I've heard the Adante before paired with both Naim Uniti Nova and Atom and the combo... | |
| Classe SSP 800's DAC vs Oppo 105's DAC By the way, I totally forgot to post and report back here re the SSP 800’s DAC vs the Oppo 105’s DAC for listening to 2ch PCM music sources such as CD/HDCD or DVD-Audio downmixed in stereo. I now have the Oppo 205 and the Lyngdorf MP-50 pre pro in... | |
| Classe SSP 800's DAC vs Oppo 105's DAC @hitsofmisses The Krell S1200 will be superior to the Denon IMO. | |
| DCS Vivaldi stacks vs Esoteric Grandioso G1, D1, P1 stacks Thanks folkfreak.I will give it a try. What are the rest of your setup and system? | |
| Affordable Processor with Fabulous 2 Channel ? @auxinput @bwguy Here’s a link to one forum thread re the finding that proved the USB input on the Classe CP 800 stereo preamp/DAC is superior sounding than its other inputs and this also applies to the Sigma SSP as the USB circuit design of the S... | |
| Affordable Processor with Fabulous 2 Channel ? @bwguy I did own the SSP 800 for over 7 years until recently upgraded to the Lyngdorf MP-50 but am still using all Classe Delta series class AB amplifiers in my dedicated home theater room. IMO the Lyngdorf MP-50 is better than the SSP 800 in all ... | |
| Why can't I find a definition for DSM on a web search? Linn digital streamer / digital front end components are referred to as Linn Klimax DS or DSM, Linn Akurate DS or DSM, Linn Majik DS or DSM. DS=digital streamer in Linn vocabulary. DSM=digital streaming media maybe. I know for sure that Linn DS un... | |
| Affordable Processor with Fabulous 2 Channel ? @freemand The Classe Sigma SSP is optimized for stereo or when used as a stereo preamp and its DAC is very good especially when fed via its USB input. Its USB input by far sounded way better than its other inputs for digital music files. I will gu... | |
| Amp for Sonus Faber Amati Futura The Audio Research Reference series setup will pair well with these Sonus Faber. |