emtrey
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| New upper trim level Corvette or seven year old used amps? The Cayman probably is the best pure sports car currently in Porsche's portfolio. I really like the 718 body style and, of course, it would have to be a 6 cylinder. I like the Macan alot, too, but I'll stick with my BMW M235 IX for daily drivin... | |
| New upper trim level Corvette or seven year old used amps? The New Vette is certainly a hell of a car and without a doubt an amazing value in this category. I doubt you will see many 60K ones out there. I played around with a build and to do it right you are running closer to 80K. Still quite a machine ... | |
| Affordable cables We all know and can't dispute that SR and other uber expensive cables can do magic with your systems however most of us aspiring audiophiles simply can't afford them ... IMHO, a lot of the "magic" vs snake oil discussions are system dependent.W... | |
| Personal amp evolution Sansui 800Sansui 8McIntosh 6100McIntosh separates ( forgot model--did not own long)Theshold 400eML 336Boulder 850 Mono amps | |
| Mark Levinson preamp no. 38 vs 38s vs 380 vs 380s I had an ML 38 and upgraded it to 380S status ($1500. ) back in the day. Well worth the upgrade.Still have the 380S . Its very quiet, very neutral. If that is what you are looking for in a preamp, a used one is a great choice for the current go... | |
| ... WHAT POWER CORD(S) ARE PLAYING IN YOU SYSTEM TODAY? Transparent Powerwave ( 2019 version) with upgraded perf. power cable.SynergisticResearch ( version 1 ) Master Coupler between powerwave and DAC ML 380S also connected to powerwave.Just got the Powerwave. More for protection for pre amp and dac... | |
| Mark Levinson integrated powerhouse with all the bling Just be sure you are buying one from a servicing dealer. I bailed on my Levinson amp when my local dealer dropped the line. Only way he could get parts was at the retail price making service very costly OR you have to send it to them. Way costly ... | |
| Does the 'Buck' Start with the DAC? @atdavid- Reasons for "the streamer should not matter at all"?- Which DACs fit these criteria, according to you? Which streamers would you pair with them? I originally ordered an Ayre QX-8 DAC but was getting frustrated waiting so I picked up ... | |
| Can you put a Krell in an apartment? Boulder 850s ( now discontinued) might be a great "apt. amp' Small 40 lb boxes, run cool, I think they sound great with proper preamp .They are rated at 200 w/ch but fight above their weight. Some people find them to dry but I prefer the power ... | |
| Can you put a Krell in an apartment? I let a friend store his Harley in my basement ( I live on a hill so it a walk in bsmt.) one winter. then he came to pick it up, he started it in the house rather than pushing it out first.Wife just came down and gave me the "look". Storage depot... | |
| Why pay so much? Have you ever listened to a $100. interconnect in a high performance system, then listened to a $2000. interconnect in the same system.You will hear the difference. When building a system, everything matters as has often been stated here over an... | |
| Rossini vs Ayre Upgrade I have an Ayre QX-5/twenty and I think it sounds great.Ayre also has an upgrade program now for the QB-9 if that is of interest for you to check in to. | |
| Synergistic Research Power Cell One I am considering trading my SR Design Referenece V.1 for the Euphoria XLR and getting a $1400. credit thru the Passport program for the cable I paid $2000. for 20 years ago, not a bad deal.In talking to the rep about just buying some power condit... | |
| Anyone upgrade form SR ist gen reference interconnect to current versions Thanks for your comments re: Euphoria. Did you ever listen to the Excite in your system ?I can get a pretty good trade up from Synergistic for my Designer Reference,Looks like the Euphoria would cost net around $2500. and the Excite around $1700... | |
| Has anybody tried Qobuz Streaming service? I did a trial on both. Wound up settling on Qobuz.Did not find one thing on Tidal I could not find on Qobuz for my listening.At first , I found Tidal very clunky compared to Qobuz but once I finally got my Roon hub that helped but with searching ... |