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| What's the difference between a Rel t/9 & T/9i? Thanks, Al. That post by taww and your first 4/1/18 post in that thread have given me pause about using any sub with the A7e. I was planning to connect the left and right speakers to L+L-R+R- block of the KEF 10b, but now I worry about damaging th... | |
| New System for a greenhorn audiophile $2K will go a lot further is you buy used. Audiogon and Audio Mart are good places to start. Seems to be a lot of churning in audio. Except for Oppos and KEF LS50s, I've bought all my stuff used. | |
| New System for a greenhorn audiophile I checked out millercarbon's link to his setup. If he got all that stuff for $2K he's a very shrewd buyer! Seriously, I wouldn't squander $500 for wires for a $2K budget. 14 gauge zip cord works surprisingly well for speaker leads, and you can... | |
| Bluesound Node2 with outboard DAC For Roon I use a Mac Mini, ultraRendu with UpTone linear power supply, and Ayre Codex DAC with balanced analog to an Ayre A7e integrated that drives KEF LS50s. I use an iPad for control. Could I just run a Node 2i to the Codex DAC and expect the... | |
| New digital source recommendation I concur with soix. Visit the PC site here and at the Asylum for suggestions about doing a setup fairly inexpensively. An inexpensive used Mac Mini with Senore microRendu and DAC will get you excellent sound quality. Roon, Qobuz, and Tidal have... | |
| Nordost flat Leifstyle cables for sub? I found a pair of spare Clear Day cables, so I'll use those even though it may seem like overkill. I'd be tempted to try 16 gauge zip cord if it we didn't have the virus restrictions on shopping. I'm using Clear Day cables between the Ayre A7e a... | |
| Dual Subwoofer Placement Tim,A bit off-topic, but I hadn't realized OLED technology was energy efficient. I'll keep that in mind when we move to an apartment in a local retirement community. The apartments have so much glass a projector seems impractical, yet we enjoy t... | |
| Dual Subwoofer Placement Tim,We use the HT setup mostly for Cox Cable. The Bryston SP3 processor, NAD M22 amp, KEF LS50 speakers, and Velodyne HGS-15 subs are used for energy efficiency. The Ayre KX-5/20 preamp and KV-5/20 amp are used with the QX-5/20 for Roon and DX-5 ... | |
| Dual Subwoofer Placement Tim,I'm thinking about using the pair of Velodyne HGS-15s to supplement the six KEF LS50s I use for HT -- the big subs are great for LFE, and add another pair of HGS-10s to supplement the KEF Reference 1s with a distributed bass array for stereo. ... | |
| Roon can't find HQplayerr do you every get a chance to listen to the system? no need to get all upset | |
| Streaming only for Tidal Premium You didn't mention a budget. I use an Ayre QX-5 Twenty that receives Ethernet to play Qobuz and Tidal, downloaded, and ripped files via Roon. Balanced analog goes to an Ayre KX-5 Twenty, but a preamp is optional. The sound quality is superb. I... | |
| Roon can't find HQplayerr Not upset, riley, just tried to answer your question re listening time and provide a bit of explanation, but your two posts do seem snarky. I think what you're implying is that I post too often, and that might be true.I find the Roon knowledge ba... | |
| Roon can't find HQplayerr Sorry for disturbing you Riley. I tried unsuccessfully to delete the latest offending post. It's true I'm in a period of making a number of changes to a couple of setups, and have sought advice, then abandoned some of my planned changes. In fac... | |
| Dual Subwoofer Placement Tim,The idea behind the SMS-1 method is that it's easier to crawl with a microphone in hand than move a sub.db | |
| Ethernet or USB After internet consultation and confirmation by Ayre, I'll continue to use the QX-5 as a Roon endpoint and the DX-5 DSD as a disc player.db |