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Yet Another Budget Integrated Amp Question
The Brio is the likely candidate however I stumbled upon a YBA Heritage A100 that looks really interesting but it's just a hair out of my budget. 
best-ish integrated amp for movie and tv watching.
Any thoughts on the YBA Heritage series? 
Jolida, Glass FX Tube DAC III vs Fusion DAC Pre
FYI I ordered the fusion pre dac today and will share my thoughts when it arrives. What did you decide to get? 
Yet Another Budget Integrated Amp Question
I have owned a few vintage sansui's like the 717, 719 and agree they are great but as Celtic66 points out could be a roll of the dice. The Rega is definitely on my list along with Creek, Exposure and a few others. Thanks guys! 
Speaker balance control
Roscoeiii is correct and I echo his sentiments about the dual core. Broadstone if your patient you can find these for around $650 which is about what I paid for mine. 
Best DAC/preamp for under $2K?
Curious to know if it would be better to spend up to $2.5 on a new dac/pre or buy a used dac/pre around $1200 and augment it with something like Audiophelio 2 or a synchromesh. The list of manufacturers making Dac/Preamps right now appear to be en... 
Best DAC/preamp for under $2K?
Anyone with experience with the BMC pure DAC? 
Bill Legall-MillerSound speaker driver repair
+1 More for Bill Legall. Aside from being thought of as the best in the industry he is one of the nicest guys I have ever dealt with. If you haven't done so already check out the article about him on sixmoons. 
Monitors that compete with quality floorstanders??
Part Time Audiophile raved about the Soundfield Audio Monitors as well. Here is an excerpt:AJ specs the Monitor 1 to 38Hz, but check out the in room response he was getting at AXPONA! He measured seven different seats in two rows to generate the a... 
Chinese integrated for around $1k
Very nice 2psyop thanks for the heads up. If those sound as beautiful as they look I am very interested. 
Monitors that compete with quality floorstanders??
What would a monitors frequency response have to be in order for it to be considered in competition with a floor stander? 
Speaker balance control
I had a Peachtree Nova as a preamp for a few years and really enjoyed it. I also had at that time a dspeaker antimode 2.0 dac/preamp. When using these two together I found absolutely zero loss of resolution. Aside from digital room correction It h... 
Jolida, Glass FX Tube DAC III vs Fusion DAC Pre
I'm pretty sure the new fx dac III has variable out put and thus can be used as a preamp. 
Chinese integrated for around $1k
Shanling a3000,Jungson Hedo (currently one for sale on here) Vincent amps are made in china (similar to shengya) and seem to get great reviews, rogue sphinx as suggested above, if you could stretch the budget maybe a peachtree nova 125. I actually... 
Monitors that compete with quality floorstanders??
I started a very similar thread on this same subject a few months ago. After auditioning a few monitors I settled on a pair of Soundfield Audio Monitor 1's. They are a unique design using a Kef Uni Q coax midrange/tweeter augmented with a powered ...