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| All-in-One units for retiring audiophile & music lovers in 2025, say what? @caphill ...But since OP was asking for an all-in-one integrated solution I think the Naim Uniti Nova would be the best option if he’s willing to spend that kind of money. Update - I’m the OP, and this thread was posted for a friend who is win... | |
| Cardas Clear Speaker Cables? To @bluethinker one critical mention I noticed for you recently, fwiw. Also supporting what @marco1 referred to you about re-issue KT77s. Its also discussed on the CJownersforum back in Nov 2019. They get into the new company owners of CJ be... | |
| All-in-One units for retiring audiophile & music lovers in 2025, say what? @vthokie83 ... really impressed me the handful of times I’ve listened to them at shows. Quite interesting, these Dutch & Dutch truly demonstrate the art of the possible when it comes to all-in-ones, consolidation. and they reportedly "soun... | |
| All-in-One units for retiring audiophile & music lovers in 2025, say what? @vthokie83 I'd suggest looking at powered all in one speakers. Dutch & Dutch 8C speakers sound great to start off with, and they have built in Roon streamer, DAC, preamp, amplifiers, and DSP room correction. They accept network connection (s... | |
| To Fritz, Quicksilver, and all the exceptional makers trying to get the word out +1 @russ69 on both counts. What I really enjoy about my SLP98 is how you can run various vintage and new re-issue 6SN7s with interesting results. Also having an outboard power transformer, standby power-on, remote control, and dual Pre-Outs makes ... | |
| Your journey with lower-watt tube amps -- Can a kit be good enough? @decooney Thanks for commenting. I’m not giving up my Pass XA25 or my QS Mono 60’s so I won’t be out on a limb with this next amp. I also know that these speakers have worked fine with SET amps in a room around my size, so it’s a question of find... | |
| Your journey with lower-watt tube amps -- Can a kit be good enough? The most underestimated and sometimes overlooked challenge for me with trying of SET amps was the speaker matching. Getting that spot-on is the key imo. And, I was not willing to focus on one-trick-pony speakers where some do well at this part. If... | |
| Your journey with lower-watt tube amps -- Can a kit be good enough? I mentioned to @hilde45 about eight members who all paralleled together on this same path about 8-10 years ago, many of us owning different generations of the same amps at the same times, all following each other around - making the next round of... | |
| Cardas Clear Speaker Cables? +2 to what @marco1 said. I’m not a huge JJ fan either, the first set in my QS monos came out of the amps in a week and were returned to my local dealer for him to put in his stock for other customers to take advantage of. Agree with simply contac... | |
| Cardas Clear Speaker Cables? To @bluethinker sure, no worries. Yes you have the correct understanding of what might be occurring here. For your awareness - this is really no different than many of us have experienced over many different speakers, amps, tube, cable, source, an... | |
| All-in-One units for retiring audiophile & music lovers in 2025, say what? "@mdalton One other thought (a little surprised no one else mentions it) is Arcam" Note: I noticed on the Arcam UK site it shows "coming soon" right now for the SA-45. Appeared at shows last May '24. Checking just now, some dealers appear t... | |
| All-in-One units for retiring audiophile & music lovers in 2025, say what? Happy Listening to you @tomic601. An inspirational visual of the APOGEE ACOUSTICS CENTAUR MINOR RIBBON SPEAKER HYBRID SYSTEM, and the associated Naim Unity Atom again for reference. Thanks for sharing your super interesting combo. That’s super co... | |
| Cardas Clear Speaker Cables? @decooney - I think part of it is simply my comparison to the Gryphon solid state amp. : -) The CJ/LTA combo is very, very good. I am just wondering if I could make it better. Good, agree - no particular cable-length issues, and its good yo... | |
| Cardas Clear Speaker Cables? If you are using Cygnus 4-wire conductor speaker cables now, and not getting enough energy out of if, its possible something else blocking upstream is going on, if I may suggest. Maybe something Clear or Clear Beyond is not going to solve for your... | |
| All-in-One units for retiring audiophile & music lovers in 2025, say what? "@ghdprentice The Aurender AP20 looks interesting..." Clip, from within the link you sent. Looks built inside. Dual torroidals. Nice. Interesting too. ------ Quote; "Now the AP20 story gets interesting. It’s analog all the way from here on... |