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| Which of the new 4K Recievers do you prefer? The DAC in the 205 is excellent. If you use HDMI output from the 205 you will be using whatever DAC is in the unit connected to the 205 via HDMI, and that may not be as good, especially in a lower priced AVR. At least for the front LR, you might... | |
| KEF LS50 vs Dynaudio Contour 1.3 MkII vs Thiel 1.6 IME, amp choice is as important for the KEF LS50s as it is for most speakers. I'm using a 175 watt into 8Ω Ayre VX-5 Twenty. I use two Velodyne HGS-10s low-passed at 100 Hz by a Beveridge RM-3. The sound with a good SACD played on my Ayre C-5xe... | |
| I'm selling speakers for the first time and concerned about fraud 1. A number of you propose to protect the seller by putting the onus entirely on the buyer: Only after the money is secure would you consider shipping.2. For ducks I googled myself. The return was my last Who's Who entry from at least two deca... | |
| Oppo UDP - 205 If the connection is HDMI, the Classe is doing the DAC for either player. I'm surprised you would observes such a difference.db | |
| Ayre V-5xe Review It's not obvious what OP has connected to the V-5xe, but a matching K-5exMP preamp would be a fine addition, with balanced inputs for the P-5xe and whatever disc player he might use. They can be had on the used market fairly reasonably.db | |
| Do Parasound JC1's run hot? In low bias mode they run warm but not hot; in high bias mode they run hot. I use low bias, figuring that at the moderate listening levels I prefer the amps stay in Class A mode -- IIRC that's up to 10 watts. Even in low bias they can deliver th... | |
| Hi-res digital audio vs sacd schubert, that future is really depressing. | |
| Oppo UDP - 205 I've been surprised that I can appreciate UHD from Fire TV and a Blu-ray even on the relatively small screen of a 65 XBR 850. I'll buy a few more UHD Blu-rays if I can find anything of interest, and I'll move the unused Apple TV to the living roo... | |
| Oppo UDP - 205 milpai, before I moved the Ayre C-5xeMP to the living room, it had been the stereo player along with an Esoteric SA-60 for surround in the HT/music room. They both used a Parasound JC 2 BP preamp and JC 1 monoblocks driving a pair of KEF Referenc... | |
| Oppo UDP - 205 I played Blu-reys of Legends of Jazz and the 2nd movement of Beethoven's 7th using the 105 then the 205. The 205 provided more of a sense of transparency than the 105, the mids in particular seeming more open. It's a sound I could live with easi... | |
| Hi-res digital audio vs sacd If you like classical and jazz, there are many splendid SACDs. My best audio source remains an Ayre C-5xeMP disc player, but at a cost much greater than $350. For $350, why not try it and decide for yourself.db | |
| Oppo UDP - 205 I use a 4K Sony 65 XBR 850 as a monitor in the setup in which the 205 will replace a 105. In anticipation, I bought a couple of 4K movies a couple of months ago. But having taken a peek at 4K using Fire TV, I'm not sure I'll perceive much improv... | |
| Oppo UDP - 205 milpai, I will try to do so, but the other player in that system is an Ayre C-5xeMP, a high bar. The preamp is an Ayre K-5xeMP, the amp a VX-5 Twenty. The balanced Ayre audio chain seems to have some magic, but I have high hopes for the 205.db | |
| Oppo UDP - 205 I was on an Oppo list and scheduled to receive a 205 4/28, then I decided to wait for a silver 205. An email from Oppo informed me that there had been little demand for silver 105s, and it's not clear that Oppo will offer a silver 205. So yester... | |
| Two amps to one speaker I've decided that each amp will have its own speaker lead, terminated at the speaker end with a banana plug. When a particular amp is in use it will first be connected to a speaker and only then powered up. So at no time will two amps be connect... |