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| Contrast Audio “Lens” REASONABLY priced my butt!Built in an Eastern Block country where pay scale is non existent,with absolutely NO environmental restrictions during construction & LOW overhead from untested driver material & absolutely NO customer feedback in... | |
| What are your main system's components, and which one you wanna swap out (or add) now? Voodoo Cable duplex receptacle... Cayin CS55A tube integrated amplifier with built in SABRE DAC,factory tubes(KT88 power)& Nordost "Leif Red Dawn"power cable... Harbeth M30.1 Ebony finish with Herbies BIG Squares on Pangea DS400 stands filled ... | |
| Sound Quality Matters I would like to see the break down by country.I imagine the USA falls short compared to places like France(nice systems everywhere),Hong Kong,Taiwan & Japan(per capita)..It seems to me that in the USA,muggles still don’t invest in decent A/V s... | |
| Mcintosh MA6500 vs Marantz PM6006 for low volume listening (and loudness compensation) If your open to other options IMO you are prime candidate for a really good headphone rig.There are amazing tube HA's for a few hundred dollars & world class headphones from about $300.00 to sky's the limit.Late night listening would never be ... | |
| ***Is It Me Or Have Todays Modern Tubes Gotten REALLY REALLY Good*** ^^^ to be honest I've heard Tube integrated amps & separates up to $10,000.00 & IMO they just are NOT that much "better"than the Quad.I would try some good NOS small signal tubes and look at upgrading speakers/cables before I would change ... | |
| ***Is It Me Or Have Todays Modern Tubes Gotten REALLY REALLY Good*** Hi raiths.I don't see the Cayin as an upgrade as far as the sound is concerned.That little Quad amp is amazingly musical.About the only real difference I hear is when running KT88's in UL mode.Bass slam & definition is deeper & has a littl... | |
| Beginner choosing amp help 2 Solid State:Simaudio,Gold Note..Tubes:Primaluna,Cayin,Rogue Audio,Raven Audio or VTL IT-85... | |
| Decisions on standmounts: ATC, Dynaudio, ProAc, Sonus Faber "I think I'll skip Harbeth M30.1 as there is review even my Wharfedale Denton sound similar, " OP if you believe this then do yourself a favor and forget an upgrade because that makes the Denton's WORLD CLASS according to every single professional... | |
| Need a decent Bluetooth receiver Why buy an amp(Rega)& outboard DAC & BT Receiver when there are SO many killer "Control Amps"that have everything built in?A Quad Vena is $500.00 & has everything needed + will scale up in speakers a longgg way. | |
| Decisions on standmounts: ATC, Dynaudio, ProAc, Sonus Faber ^^^ I am willing to bet a weeks pay that 80% of Harbeth haters/non fans have NEVER EVEN HEARD A PAIR & base their opinions on SPECS alone & since you have NO clue even which speakers the 30.1/30.2 speakers are & are comparing a 3 way F... | |
| Rotel rsx 1058 or marantz mm8077 ^^^ sadly no.When I googled the amps I got the retail pricing..A brand new Vena is $500.00,the Audiolab is $800.00...A used Azur can be found sometimes around $400.00.. To be honest if I were you unless your old amp is shot hang on to it and keep ... | |
| Test TEST?But I didn't study! | |
| Decisions on standmounts: ATC, Dynaudio, ProAc, Sonus Faber I have never heard ATC so can’t comment.Have heard the small ProAcs and found them VERY bright.Demo’d the Sonetto 2 and really liked them but a little hard to drive with a couple of big phase shifts..Newer Dynaudio Excite or Special 40 MUCH better... | |
| Rotel rsx 1058 or marantz mm8077 OP why spend several hundred $ on a used Rotel or Marantz when you can get a Quad Vena,Cambridge Audio Azur 841/851 or Audiolab M-One for around the same $ that will SLAY either of your two choices in every performance aspect?These "Control Amp’s"... | |
| New Amp Questions New doesn’t always mean better.It is doubtful that messing with speaker location will have a positive affect when as you said Network sounds fine and Vinyl same as old system.More than likely Yamaha skimped on the analogue input stage from the RC... |