erik_squires
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| Ayre Acoustics AX-5 Twenty That's interesting. The Ayre gear tends to be supernaturally dark and quiet, but Dynaudio tends to be a little lively, lots of detail at low volume. If you want something a little less expensive, but kind-of like Ayre, try Arcam | |
| D'Agostino Momentum amp melts down Just want to point out this thread is from 2013 | |
| Help adding outddor speakers to current setup It’s called Sonos. :) If you insist on running from your PrimaLuna, I suggest you take the outputs of the preamp section, and run it into a separate amp, such as a little Parasound Zamp, or even something like the NAD D 3020, which is a very nice ... | |
| How best to shoe horn speakers into a room Dispersion, and bass extension are the real answers.Speakers with more controlled dispersion are more cramp friendly, at the cost of having narrower sweet spots. ESL's, open baffle, line sources, horns all may be the type of solutions. Limited bas... | |
| Schiit Yggdrasil Hi OP! Consider a Wyred4Sound Remedy. It works a real treat with low resolution Internet appliances. However, this improvement varies based on the DAC. My older ARC DAC 8 really liked it. My Mytek Brooklyn did not care. If you like Schiit, also co... | |
| Plug amp and other gear into separate outlets ? If you have a good electrician, either works well. Fremer is right, in that, given the varying ages of homes, and varying quality of grounding, that plugging everything into 1 outlet is less likely to cause problems, but these problems are really ... | |
| Singers do not sing the language they speak This happens a lot in Japan. I've heard movie/anime soundtracks with songs in English, Gaelic, etc. They are quite cross-cultural when it comes to their music. Best,E | |
| Fix it or not, my CJ Premier 11a Amp? Another alternative, you could sell it AS-IS. I imagine a number of people would buy it under those circumstances. Then you could get it off your hands, and not deal with the service at all. You would loose a lot of value that way though, just dep... | |
| Wilson Audio old sound vs new sound I wouldn't call the Sophia new sound anymore. :) Try listening to the Sasha. Best,E | |
| We need DAC's with tone controls and EQ @imhififan I utterly reject the snobbery that high end systems can't use tone controls or EQ. Decades ago, EQ was crappy, noisy, and horribly overused. We are light years (yeah, mixed metaphor) away from those days, especially with the ability to ... | |
| Fix it or not, my CJ Premier 11a Amp? It is a boat anchor filled with toxic chemicals. Send it to me so I can dispose of it properly..... :) Clearly that was a joke. At the very least, you need to fix it and sell it to someone who will love it. That is one of the great tube amps of al... | |
| Need recommendation for my hybrid system Consider Ayre, and Parasound JC2 BP | |
| Magico S5 Speaker - SET UP ADVICE PLEASE - Tow-In - Etc. I like Ayre a great deal. Also a little dark, and supernaturally quiet. You will understand when you listen. Another pre you might want to listen to for it’s absolute candor is the Parasound JC 2. Definitely two different experiences, but neither ... | |
| Whats in your second system? Yes to the love and care. No to the costs. :) My second system is my PC/bedroom system. Consists of a Logitech Squeezebox Touch, NAD D 3020 integrated and my own custom speakers. Also added a 5 GHz extender/converter because normal Wifi in this ap... | |
| Equalizers- love them or hate them and why? A crossover is a type of filter, gdn!If you don't know what it's doing, best to leave it out of your signal chain. :) Best,E |