curiousjim
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| integrated amp on a budget Check out Hegel. The H120 is in your price range and has a DAC and streamer built in. All the best. JD | |
| Need help choosing a new DAC I have the Pontus ll running XLR to my Hegel H390 and love it! All the best. JD | |
| What'd You Get For Xmas? I got a Deniafrips Pontus ll and I’m very happy with it.😄 Happy net year to all! JD | |
| amplifier longevity My ARC SP9mkll is from the mid eighties and is 100% stock except the tubes. My Acoustat model x amps are also from the mid eighties. I replaced some tubes and caps and did some updates, but they are basically the same and still get used at least ... | |
| Struggling to spend 13k with three dealers Cowan217, I can vouch for the high shipping costs. When I started looking at the KEF Reference 5’s, the shipping costs we’re about $350 to my door. When I bought a pair just two months later, the shipping cost went up to $1200! so for them to s... | |
| How long do you or should you keep your gear. I still have an ARC SP9 mkll that I still use at least once a week with my Acoustat Model X’s and a EC-2 crossover that I’ve stopped using. All the best. JD | |
| Room Treaments - Where To Begin... Thanks dill for the link. I’ll be reading and watching videos for hours to come! All the best. JD | |
| CDP or Transport and DAC? Recomendations? old_ears is correct about playing SACD’s, with few exceptions such as PS Audio has a setup that you can play a SACD on their transport and i2s it to their DAC. But the final output is still locked up by a chip. All the best. JD | |
| CDP or Transport and DAC? Recomendations? stuartk, Why’d you return it? JD “The Pro-jet RS2 that I returned may still be available as an "open box" unit on TMR” | |
| If you have a CD Player, you need to do this periodically... You all must of cleaned out Amazon, because jerryg123’s link says item currently unavailable. JD | |
| Magico A5, Wilson SabrinaX, or PS Audio FR30? The A5’s would be my first choice also, but I never heard, seen or read a Review of nor do I know anyone who has heard the new PSA speakers. I’m sure they are good, but I don’t want to be the first kid on the block to have them. All the best. JD | |
| How do you get Happy as an Audiophile? mrd, we don’t have dispensary’s here, so I have to settle on listening to good music with my dogs on either side of me. 😀 All the best. JD | |
| KEF Blade Two - Unbelieveable martinman, I still haven’t heard either Blade, but still have hopes. I’m guessing that it doesn’t sound like any other speaker KEF sells. The design is totally different and so are the drivers and crossovers. All the best. JD | |
| KEF Blade Two - Unbelieveable yyzsantabarbra, Have you heard anything new about the meta update? I wonder what’s going to be involved in upgrading my Ref 5’s when the time comes? All the best. JD | |
| HOW CRITICAL ARE JUMPER CABLES Why do so many speaker companies use those gold plated things as jumpers? Until now I threw them away and used short pieces of speaker wire. Now I have the Kef Reference 5’s and they have the jumpers built in. You turn the knobs on the back. I’m n... |