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| B&W Nautilus 803 or B&W 702 S2? If you want musical sounding speakers I would look for something else other than B&W. Something from DeVore Fidelity, Sonus Faber (at least Olympica line or higher), Harbeth, Roger, Spendor, ATC, ProAc, Accoustical Engineering, Vienna Acoustic... | |
| Better SACD player than Oppo 205 @thyname Oppo 205 does not come in silver. Do you have to have silver player? But again if your budget is only around $1k to $1500 the Oppo 205 will be your best option. You should wait till you have bigger budget then look for a better player. On... | |
| Better SACD player than Oppo 205 @anwar Just curious, I looked at your system and you listed the Ayon Audio CD-07 in your system. And earlier you just mentioned that you also own the flagship Marantz SA-10 CD/SACD player. How did the Ayon compare to the Marantz SA-10 sonically an... | |
| Better SACD player than Oppo 205 The Marantz SA-14S1 reference series CD/SACD player is a current model player from Marantz Reference series and you should be able to get a used one for $1500 or less only if you can find a used one out there. This player currently retails for $25... | |
| Better SACD player than Oppo 205 The Oppo 205 is pretty decent CD/SACD player especially considering its original retail price of $1300. It would be hard pressed to find a better SACD player than the Oppo 205 for around $1000 to $1500 price range unless perhaps you’d willing to l... | |
| best preamps Audio Research Reference 10 linestage, Dan D'Agostino Momentum linestage preamp, Naim Statement NAC S1 linestage preamp. I have owned all the above 3 preamps and currently using the Naim Statement NAC S1 preamp paired with the Naim Statement NAP S... | |
| Another New Member Looking for Advice (preamp and speaker setup) @8thsin I’m not a fan of older Rotel 10xx series gears myself but the new current 15xx series class AB amps from Rotel such as the RB-1582 Mkll amp, RB-1590 amp, RMB-1585 five-channel amp or the RA-1592 stereo integrated amp are awesome. These amp... | |
| New Parasound A21 VS Mark Levinson #23 In general, ML isn't in the same league as the Parasound Halo as ML is superior to the Parasound, but IMO the Halo A21 is still a great sounding amp especially considering its asking price points. I can't say that the ML23 is superior sounding tha... | |
| Amplifier for my new Focal Sopra no2 @syk My Naim Statement gears have regular XLR balanced, RCA single-ended as well as DIN connections. For example, my Naim NAC S1 linestage preamp has 2 XLR, 3 RCA & 3 DIN inputs and has XLR, RCA & DIN outputs. And my Naim NAP S1 monoblock ... | |
| Amplifier for my new Focal Sopra no2 Yes indeed. Adding a Naim external PSU will significantly improve the sound quality and musicality. Or alternatively there’s always room to upgrade to a higher end Naim standalone analog linestage preamp with external PSU and a separate Naim strea... | |
| New Parasound A21 VS Mark Levinson #23 Oopps.....sorry didn’t see that the OP has stated the 803S. The older B&W S models before using the diamond tweeters totally have different sound profile than the newer models. I myself never liked the kevlar midrange drivers too as they disto... | |
| Amplifier for my new Focal Sopra no2 @syk Your Naim NAC N272 is upgradable with the addition of a Naim external power supply unit such as the XP5 XS, XPS or 555 power supply unit to achieve better sonic results. You should try that and will be rewarded with the results. Naim products... | |
| New Parasound A21 VS Mark Levinson #23 Agreed....the Parasound Halo A21 is a great amp especially considering its modest retail price of $2500 new. One of the best sounding amp in that price range. Mark Levinson IMO makes outstanding gears, especially their preamps, but priced much hig... | |
| Looking for speaker recommendations @2tuby Instead of a PS Audio Stellar DAC you should get a PS Audio Direct Stream DAC/preamp with Perfect Wave ll which is superior sonically to the Stellar DAC / pre. But I would think that the PS Audio Stellar DAC is better than what you have now... | |
| Amplifier for my new Focal Sopra no2 @syk Great yeah I guessed I didn’t read through the whole thread didn’t realize that you have purchased the Naim gears. Sorry my bad. I love Naim gears and am myself a Naim owner. In my main two-channel setup in a dedicated well treated listening ... |