cfa88
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| McIntosh is now inside a Jeep luxury car. An alright audio brand partners with mediocre auto brand, seems like a match. From the music perspective, nothing jumps out from this brand, except likeness of the Blue Meters and the liquidity/ease to re-sell. | |
| Should I update my manufactures power cords? @farne230 Definitely you should upgrade PC for your preamp, amplifiers, and the source. I don't use AudioQuest brand so I can't recommend. Good luck in your search of upgraded power cords. | |
| Pass Labs Preamps with tube amps? +1 @ghdprentice I have owned XP-30 and XP-32 preamps feeding into a very good set of SET hybrid monoblock, not quite satisfactory. IMO Pass is an excellent amplifier company comparable in their price range, and make just alright preamplifiers. ... | |
| Experiences With Costly Balanced XLR Interconnects Above $3,000 @ryder You may want to try Inakustik NF-2404 Pure Silver XLR 1m for $3700. Its price is not outrageous like Transparent Opus or Nordost Odin. The Inakustik is better than a lot of higher price cables. My system uses Inakustik, made in Germany. | |
| Upgrading cd player Also note that Audio Research CD9SE would not play SACD while McIntosh MCD12000 does. | |
| What percentage of digital vs. analog? 100% digital via streaming Qobuz and Tidal. Sold my CD player. | |
| Subwoofer Basics Help As a few users already suggested, you can connect from either the speakers / amplifiers using high level input to a subwoofer, no issues. I have a pair of REL connecting this way. | |
| Roon and Streaming Services When I activate Qobuz will Roon keep all of my albums, artists and tags etc intact? In other words, are those items stored in the Roon memory rather than the Tidal memory? Roon still keeps all of your saved albums, artists, and songs. They are... | |
| SVS or REVEL Subwoofer Definitely to consider a pair of REL if your budget allows. S Series subwoofers are really great: S/510 or S/812. | |
| Getting 2 subs A pair of matching subwoofers is better, more balanced for the listening room. | |
| Horns with good timbre and tonality? Do you think they can reproduce dynamics ? If your question was about Martin Logan Renaissance 15A, the answer is NO. I had owned them for a few years and sold them. They were great for vocal, slow jazz music, but not dynamic. | |
| Help settle a streaming argument! The topic whether a streamer matters in a digital chain has been brought up several times and yes, a streamer is a key component of your system. Investing in a quality streamer if you have a decent system with expensive gears. Enjoy the music. | |
| Quick subwoofer like SVS micro 3000 What is your budget? Take a look at REL S/510 (10 inch driver) or S/812 (12 inch driver). | |
| Seller Unresponsive after payment. OP Did you purchase the item at a fair price or considerably low price? Did the seller has feedback? I asked because a lot of scammers would sell at a very low price to get buyers' money, and then ignore buyers' messages. Seen a lot these days. | |
| DAC DIRECT IN TO AMPLIFIER OR TO PREAMPLIFIER +1 @oddiofyl a great preamp is key to a great sounding system...it is the heart and soul. I have tried a DAC directly to an amplifier, sound horrible in my system. I hope others happy without a preamp, didn't work for me. |