ctsooner
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| $10K budget. Help What will the 10k go towards? Integrated, phono and speakers (and also cables)?I love the Ayre AX7e for that price range. It's got the best of both tube and SS worlds. Inky black, ultra low noise floor for best detail retrieval. It's got pace and ... | |
| Mid life crisis yields open check from the wife. Why do you have this same thread posted twice? You may want to try and close one and just use a single thread if you can. Much easier. | |
| $10K budget. Help I agree on wanting tube or SS. Things have changed. I was a tube guy for most of my life and once I heard the Ayre integrated's, I realized that it doesn't matter as long as it sounds the way I want it to. Honestly, wanting your phono to be part o... | |
| Best speakers to buy for around $1,500 I used to love those big Infinity's. Those were fun speakers back in the day. | |
| Help with Turntable/arm/cart decision so happy for you. I have found a few companies that help a ton with resonance control. Harmonic Resonance Systems is one of the best I've ever heard. Also worth a spin for any gear. | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Thanks Tom, I thought I was the only one on this board who didn't turn over gear monthly, lol. Glad you love them and that they were so easy to set up and enjoy. Have fun with them as I'm sure you will. I'll just read and be jealous, lol...Still h... | |
| Ayre AX-5 Integrated Amplifier Need to get that copy I guess. Yes that's the list price. Best integrated I've ever heard by far. Great value in my mind. :) | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Bodhi, I heard them with tube gear at Overture. My buddy has the Q5's and uses all AR Ref gear and I just haven't connected to them. That's just me. I don't connect with most speakers out there. I listen for different things than many do. I have a... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD So right. No more Absolute top their DAC thread, lol. Full system search. | |
| Best speakers to buy for around $1,500 Loomis, there are a few floor standers in this range that disappear like a monitor, but are fuller range. If you notice, the OP listens to a lot of rock and most folks who do, need those lower octaves to fully enjoy their music. I was a monitor gu... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Magico, like any other speaker, has their ardent followers. They do make highly accurate speaker, however I have never been able to warm up to them just like many other folks. I need to be emotionally attached to my music and there are very few fo... | |
| Vandersteen Treo vs 3A Sig as upgrade Shakey, I promise you that you can't make me touchy. May come off that way, but I was laughing when I hit send ;). I really messed up my post as it was supposed to be taken in the totally opposite vein. Sorry bout that. | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Tom, the Twenty upgrades are the most important upgrades in a component that I've ever heard and I am close with two dealers who have said the same. Many of us feel this is the best set of amps that we've ever heard. I haven't heard the newest pro... | |
| Best speakers to buy for around $1,500 OP, here is a review that I think you will find helpful. It even addresses how efficient the Vandy 1C's are. Easy to drive by your system or if you ever upgrade it will keep sounding even better as I was trying to point out. Your dealer will help ... | |
| Best speakers to buy for around $1,500 I'd look at full size speakers in that case. I'd also want a speaker that isn't tipped up in the upper end. What part of the country do you live in? There are many speakers you can look at obviously, but if you can find a nice dealer near you, tha... |