chilli42
Responses from chilli42
| DAC choices -- help me cross the line Just buy the Mytek Brooklyn+ or Brooklyn Bridge+. Sometimes our first ideas are our best ideas. You won’t be sorry. | |
| 100W, 200W, or 300W? In my view you can never have too many watts output. Go for quality watts but get as much as you can afford. The dynamic swings will be covered. More will be more capable in terms of presenting dynamic scale realistically. No worries or limits... | |
| Emotional rollercoaster Could nostalgia be part of what you are feeling/hearing with your old equipment? So I wonder what I would hear and how I would feel if I could hear the LPs on the system I had when I was 25 years old? I am darn sure it would bring back memories ... | |
| XLR cable with warmth without losing resolution Kimber Select 1116 which uses Kimber's best copper and is very natural sounding with good (but not overwhelming) harmonics and work well with tubes. The other cable is a Purist Audio Design Aqueous Luminist. This is an extremely well shielded ca... | |
| Pre amp and Power amp advice needed The Pass Labs is a great choice, I own a CA 60.8 and ARC Ref 6. That said If I were in your place right now I would try to find an integrated amp that presents the sound you are looking for. Better bang per buck than separates. | |
| Amp Speaker Pairing @2dgirls. Thanks very insightful and helpful.@islandmandan The Yevetts may in fact be too small for the room. My only excuse is that I auditioned and like the Wilsons but would be the first to acknowledge ... I really don’t know what I am doing. ... | |
| Long run balanced interconnects Power amp is Pass Labs XA 60.8 and the pre is AR 6 Ref | |
| Long run balanced interconnects Phono stage is XP 17.Speakers are Avantgarde horns. Active subs only. | |
| Long run balanced interconnects Phono stage is XP 17.Speakers are Avantgarde horns. Active subs only. | |
| Streaming: WiFi or wired?? +1 for Mesh wireless router/node | |
| Streaming: WiFi or wired?? Is it just me or does anyone else think it’s crazy that or streamers receive data signals either wired (with basic 10 cent a foot cable) or wireless but are then told that we need expensive after market Ethernet cables as interconnects? | |
| Preamplifier, in need of input An integrated amp is an interesting idea. I don’t have a lot of experience with HIFi but I can imagine some of the benefits of an integrated amp .... certainly if all things are equal. I will look into that further as an option. Will need to v... | |
| Are these fake? They do this with high end golf clubs. You get exactly the same product from the same factory but at half the price. Of course you have to try and buy in person to be sure what you are getting. A popular item in Shenzhen. | |
| Good Stereo Speakers for outside use during BBQs, evening pot luck dinners etc Two I have heard at parties that I like. JBL portable. List before you dismiss them. I was shocked at how good they were for the price. Sonos ... the bigger ones, don’t remember the model number. They don’t have that many models so the bigger... | |
| Best tube preamplifier for under $15k No love for Rogue RP 7 or RP 9? I have the RP 9 and very happy with it. It’s half the price of your budget ... or half way between a bare wire and the budget you have. |