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| Which solid state power house: Naim NAP 500DR or McIntosh MC611? There’s no such thing as all else equal. The amp highly depends on the speakers it drives as well as the rest of your gears (your preamp, front end source components, cables, etc). What are your speakers and the rest of your setup gears? Your prea... | |
| B&W Nautilus 803 or B&W 702 S2? Like I have already mentioned above that yes the D3 is more refined and have different sound profile than the D2 and indeed more musical than the D2 but they are still other speakers that cost less than the D3 but more engaging with music. As far ... | |
| WHAT HAPPENED TO SONUS FABER? @calvinj Which Sonus Faber line are you referring to? If it's the Venere, which is the entry level line, are made in China and the build quality and sonic performance aren't the same as the other higher end models. | |
| B&W Nautilus 803 or B&W 702 S2? The B&W 800 series D3 aren’t bad for music but my point was that there are other speakers that cost less than the B&W that are more engaging with music and are more musical overall with richer timber and tonal color and possess more natura... | |
| best preamps @jhamond987 When you said unlimited budget, how far do you want to go? Are you looking to get just the linestage preamp or the entire setup and system? What are your current setup and system? Did you already have a setup or trying to start from sc... | |
| Preamp Advice for my System You should consider changing amp. But if you want to keep your Bel Canto Ref 1000 monoblock amps I would suggest getting a tube preamp. BAT makes great tube preamps. I would also look into the following tube linestage preamps : Audio Research, VTL... | |
| 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 ... |