caphill
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| AudioQuest Niagara 1000 and Bose Lifestyle? Yes, Niagara 7000 or 1000 would make significant difference in high end hifi setup/system but not on Bose. What is your main system? Yes, B&W 685 S2 surround sound speaker system with either Marantz or Pioneer Elite receiver would definitely a... | |
| AudioQuest Niagara 1000 and Bose Lifestyle? Not worth getting an Audioquest Niagara 1000 or any power line conditioners / distributors designed and built for hifi or high end audio or high end HT if it's for Bose lifestyle. Just stick with what you currently have. Not worth getting Audioque... | |
| can someone answer me this..... A combination of bad tubes and a source component (Oppo 203). Replace the bad tubes and upgrade from the Oppo 203. I think the Oppo 203 is your weakest link in the chain. Front end source component(s) are the most important element in hifi chain. | |
| Recommendations for modest budget For your budget, you should look for all used gears, used AV receiver & used speakers and used cablings, etc. Another advantage of buying used gears is most likely they are already fully broken in in the case of electronics & speakers, and... | |
| best preamp ever - cost is no object Naim Statement NAC S1 linestage analog preamp. | |
| Rotel RB1582 mk2 vs Emotiva XPA2 gen3 @zzkzl What is your preamp and what is your front end source component(s)? I would say that sell your preamp and digital front end source component if you already have them and buy a Naim Uniti Nova. The Naim Uniti Nova is an all-in-one single box... | |
| AMP or Preamp Agreed with adg101. Modwright makes awesome sounding gears and are cheaper than ARC. | |
| Rotel RB1582 mk2 vs Emotiva XPA2 gen3 Agreed. For those 804 D3 you gotta upgrade from a stock Emotiva XPA2 amp to at least something like the Rotel RB-1582 Mk2 or the RB-1590 or the RA-1592 stereo integrated amp at the very least. Rotel & B&W have good synergy together.But not... | |
| Rotel RB1582 mk2 vs Emotiva XPA2 gen3 Oops.....sorry my bad....first I thought the Emotiva XPA2 Gen3 was class D amp.Auxinput, thanks for catching that. So, the output stage is class AB but uses switching power supplies. Indeed both Emotiva and Rotel are good for the money or for thei... | |
| Rotel RB1582 mk2 vs Emotiva XPA2 gen3 The Emotiva XPA2 gen3 is cheaper than the Rotel RB-1582 Mk2 amp. This Rotel amp is very good especially for the money. I have listened to this same RB 1582 Mk2 amp paired with the Rotel RC-1590 preamp/DAC driving the B&W 805 D3 before at the s... | |
| AMP or Preamp Look for a used ARC linestage preamp preferably their Reference series preamps such as the ARC Ref 6 or Ref 10 if you can afford them cause these ARC Ref 6 & Ref 10 preamps (especially the Ref 10 pre) cost many times more than the Mac C2600 pr... | |
| D’Agostino amp with Spectral preamp @carey1110 I used to have 2 pairs of D'Agostino Momentum M400 monoblock amps driving the Wilson Alexx at the time and was using the ARC Reference 10 linestage preamp at the time. They paired really well together between the Dag Momentum M400 mono... | |
| Audio output for a non-HDMI pre-amp @ymc226 I think you also created the same thread about your situation somewhere else here on Agon forum. Like I have explained everything to you before in another thread you created. Do not connect using optical digital out of your TV to your MX13... | |
| AMP or Preamp Upgrade the preamp first. Get the one that is better than the built-in preamp section of your Yamaha receiver. I think your Hegel DAC is probably good not sure I haven’t heard it before. Hegel generally makes good products. If you plan on keep usi... | |
| Best multi channel amp and processor good for 2 channel listening. Agree with that Rotel RMB-1585 five-channel amp. It's a steal at $3k new. Musically engaging especially for the money. |