ctsooner
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| What is the most important component to consider while building a new system? Speakers, room, preamp and then a good source. If you can vinyl, then you can easily get great sound. | |
| Auralic Aries Been hearing nothing but great stuff about the Auralic. Their Vega 2.1 DAC is on my very short list right now. | |
| $5k-$6K DACs w Roon? I'm a former QX5/20 owner and probably about to go back. I have auditioned a fair amount of under 18k DAC's. For my money the line of demarcation (when price vs return gets too small) for DAC's is under 9k. DAC's like anything else are very sys... | |
| Auralic Aries Nice thread. I'm looking at the Vega G2.1 DAC and the Aries G2.1 based on everything I've been told by folks I trust who know the line well. I still need to audition to see if I go that route or just use the streamer in the Vega (but I have abou... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD You're doing great @mattnshilp lol. I wish I still had my sub to TAS. I'll have to wait until it's free to read. Ha....You really are a strong writer/reviewer. Always have been and it's fun to read (and then chat about, lol. ha). | |
| Thiel Owners ctsoonerAs always, good to see you here. I hope that you are well and ready for the Summer season. A few days ago I had a demo on Swisscable . I have been awaiting this audition since January. I enjoyed a small system featuring Audio Hungary Inte... | |
| Thiel Owners Fascinating thread for a non Thiel owner. I just remember auditioning the Thiel and Vandersteen together at my local shop back in the day (Take 5 Audio across from Yale). I liked the Vandersteen 2's better as the high end was a bit less pronounc... | |
| Audioquest Firebird Zero That reminds me. I need to list my 2m pair of Hurricanes and the Niagara 1000. Thanks. | |
| Speaker Upgrade Recommendation for Current Analog System - under $10,000 Budget So has OP decided on their speakers or is this year a post to get everyone to post about their own speakers, lol. Some really good posts in this thread. | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? The more I listen, the more I realize that I'm part of teh group that's supper sensitive to time and phase correct speakers. I'm talking true time and phase correct and that means the whole system. It's more expensive to make a speaker this way ... | |
| Audioquest Firebird Zero All burned in. Holy crap is this bliss. I can't believe how GREAT the Dragon cable from the Niagara 3000 to the dedicated outlet (Edison outlets) sounds. I installed my older Hurricane and kept going back and forth over the lsat week. The Drag... | |
| Help me choose a speaker match for my Line Magnetic 805ia tube amp under $10K I have been very happy with various Vandersteen's and top 50w amps as long as they have plenty of current. As we know you may as well add another 25-40% to the power rating when looking at good tube amps over SS ones.It all depends on you room and... | |
| Speaker Upgrade Recommendation for Current Analog System - under $10,000 Budget There are so many great choices under 10k. Nothing snobbish about it and there is no one company that owns any market. We all heard differently adn like different gear. I'm a Vandersteen fan as that's what I've now owned for a bunch of years no... | |
| Audioquest Firebird Zero Still burning, but man does this system sound better than anything I imagined I could afford. The new AQ line of cables is my favorite and that includes the even more expensive lines from some of the smaller companies that I've heard in my system. | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? For me it's still the Vandersteen System 9 (pair of sub 9's with Model 7 mk2). I've heard the larger Magico's, Rockports, top two Wilson's, Von Schwiekerts, Dynaudio's top three models as well as the largest Maggies (newest), Tidal's and others i... |