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| Just bought used Wilson audio Sophia 1 and Wilson audio center channel comments Great purchase and I think you will be happy for a long time. One thing I have noticed when upgrading my speakers to better quality is they reflect a light on weaknesses in other parts of your system. It will be interesting to see how your marantz... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD dcs could be an option at your price. also esoteric, emm labs and I have heard the moon 780d dac/streamer which is very good, new chord dave excellent. lots of very good choices for you at the price point you are looking. really like what I read a... | |
| Speaker cable lengths doe it matter they are not equal??? Kind of surprised that different lengths do not make a difference. I have always believed (supported by dealers) that equal lengths was key for optimum sound. Resale would be a consideration and also you are running very nice high end gear probabl... | |
| Pros & Cons of Buying an Integrated with Built-in DAC? Integrated amps like the new ARC and Mark Levinson have excellent built in dacs and quite good phonostages. If you are interested in very high quality and not into the upgrade game you will have a lifetime of enjoyment with this level of gear. Al... | |
| Can I use a multichannel amp to bi-amp my speakers Single amp probably best way to go and both Sim and Modwright very good choices. Nordost now supports a single run with jumpers to the other set of posts rather than a bi wire set. When upgrading my Nordost Valkerie (sp?) to Valhalla series 1 I we... | |
| Subwoofers JL Audio makes some of the finest subs currently available and very suited to music. Numerous new patents and both the newer less expensive e series or the nice original series (F I think?) are very good. Have heard them many times and a friend i... | |
| Simaudio Moon 600i or Bryston B135SST with Focal 836W Prestige Speakers. The moon intergrated is on another level compared to the bryston. The bryston is a good amp but you can consider the moon equal to separates at that price- an excellent product. | |
| Symposium Ulta Shelf under floor standing speakers - Any Thoughts ? I agree with first posting, if you are considering this option I would look closely at the seismic podium. I spoke to the distributor in the US as I have been looking at them for my 800D's. Cost about 3800 US (full retail) for the pair for the la... | |
| Best significant upgrade? Dac? Preamp? Dac first for sure. So many good designs now and changing fast. Really like the moon products and much better output stage than the ps audio dac. With the mind option you can stream tidal etc. Very nice dacs from meridian as well. At your price po... | |
| Getting Personal Property Insurance for your rig. I deal with Co-Operators in Canada and my 100K+ is covered. I would also make sure that your policy stipulates 'replacement cost' as most general policies will calculate a depreciated value. Ouch! | |
| BAT VK 250 vs Pass XA30.5 for Wilson Sophia 2 Both great amps and would place the Pass in a little higher league. As was commented on previously you might look at a good used ss. I have both an ss and tube pre to run with my ss amp. I love the mix of tubes and ss and with larger speakers like... | |
| Jumpers I have used a bi-wire set of Nordost speaker cable for years and recently upgraded my Valkyrie (sp?) to Valhalla series 1 in a shot-gun configuration and had a set of Valhalla jumpers made to accomodate the 4 binding posts on the back of my speak... | |
| Bryston vs Modwright? Both good choices. Owned a 14BSST and mated with an Audionote tube pre and it sounded great. Currently switch between solid state edge pre and allnic tube pre and love the match of tube pre with ss amp. I do not believe the issue of to much power... | |
| Replacing the speakers link with silver wire It usually makes a significant improvement to replace the stock links provided with the majority of speakers with a better link. Many companies make replacement links ie Nordost in varying levels (cost). Another option if possible is to make a sho... | |
| Footers under big heavy speakers (Stillpoints Ultra 5, Sistrum rack, Finite Elements,..?) I have been having problems in my current residence-dealt with a lot of high freq energy and very limited bass response initially-wood floor with B&W 800D. Upgraded speaker cable to Valhalla from Valkeryie (sp?) and this made a surprising diff... |