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| Why I'm not adding a sub to my 2-way monitors for music Sameyers1 -- I don't recall how to do the neat @thing -- I replaced a similar Proceed amp with Parasound JC 1 monoblocks to drive KEF Reference 107/2s, and found they provided substantially more usable LF extension. I suspect JC 1s might do the s... | |
| Why I'm not adding a sub to my 2-way monitors for music When I set up a pair of Velodyne HGS-15s to augment KEF Reference 1s, I ran the usual sweeps using the SMS-1 bass manager and was surprised in-room response of the KEFs was pretty flat to 30 Hz, then dropped sharply. So I low-passed at 45 Hz, and ... | |
| KEF Reference 1s or Wilson Sophias Low-pass is by a Velodyne SMS-1 bass manager that provides acoustic room correction, high-pass by a balanced passive Marchand. The KEFs are driven by Ayre KX-5 Twenty preamp and VX-5 Twenty amp. Sources are Roon via Ethernet through a QX-5 Twent... | |
| Five year plan: downsizing I have no answers, but it seems like an interesting enterprise. I’d like to set up my Marantz 18 receiver and AR 3a speakers if I had the space. You might like an Ayre QB-9 DSD or QB-9 Twenty DAC from the used market. I have two setups that use A... | |
| KEF Reference 1s or Wilson Sophias Erik, I think my itch is over. A 20 year old sonic memory is not a basis for making a $6K decision, and that seems to be the going price of Sophias. In truth, the Reference 1s, augmented by the HGS-15s, are superb. The subs integrate seamlessly... | |
| Do you use a preamp in your HT system to improve sound? emergingsoul, much of HT is two channel, so by using the Ayre preamp I get the benefit of its superb sound. I use the Bryston SP3 more as an HDMI receptacle than surround processor -- I often set it to stereo for cable. I use KEF Reference 1s for ... | |
| Do you use a preamp in your HT system to improve sound? A Bryston SP3 processor takes in HDMI and passes balanced analog front LR to a by-pass input of an Ayre KX-5 Twenty preamp. | |
| Setting up a Mac mini as a music server, and other digital music questions I used USB from the Mini to the Oppo 205 then balanced to JC 1 monoblocks. The sound was very good with minimal clutter. Replacing the the 205 with the Ayre QB-9 DSD DAC and Ayre K-5xeMP preamp certainly improved the sound, but it did add a bit ... | |
| Setting up a Mac mini as a music server, and other digital music questions I recently removed an ultraRendu and LPS 1.2 and now go USB direct from a Mini to an asynchronous Ayre QB-9 DSD DAC then balanced analog through an Ayre KX-5xeMP preamp to a pair of Parasound JC 1 monoblocks driving KEF LS50s. I think the sound is... | |
| Stylus pressure setting Thanks for the tip, MC, now I remember vertical tracking force. I’m a Roon guy who rarely spins anything anymore, but the Thorens with SME arm is a handsome icon atop my equipment rack. And it sounds good playing expensive LPs, and even my old Ca... | |
| Cardas Clear or AudioQuest Carbon USB cable jafant I haven't, but it would be easy to do. The QB-6 DSD receives USB from the Mini for Roon, but it sits atop the C-5xeMP so would be easy to connect. The DX-5 DSD is in a different setup with 5-Twenty preamp and amp and KEF Reference 1s rath... | |
| Cardas Clear or AudioQuest Carbon USB cable I don't recall buying it, but my Cardas Clear USB is a single cable about 18" long. It's in a setup comprised of USB form Mac Mini to Ayre QB-9 DSD DAC to Ayre KX-5xeMP preamp to a pair of Parasound JC 1 amps driving KEF LS50s augmented by a pair... | |
| Cardas Clear or AudioQuest Carbon USB cable Thanks, guys. I'll stick with the Cardas Clear. The other interconnects are Cardas Clears. | |
| USB DAC of Oppo 205 Changed current 2nd setup today. It's still Mini USB to Ayre DAC, but Ayre DAC to Ayre KX-5xeMP to JC 1s. Disc player is Ayre C-5xeMP. Not sure if there will be role for the Oppo 205. | |
| USB DAC of Oppo 205 My current solution for 2nd setup is USB from Mac Mini to Ayre QB-9 DSD DAC then balanced analog through a Parasound JC 2 to a pair of JC 1 monoblocks that drive KEF LS50s augmented by a pair of KEF KC62 subs. Using an Oppo 205 for discs, but pla... |