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| All in one Pre/Power/Streaming/DAC or Streaming Preamp/DAC combo ~$2k-4k recommendations What about the PS Audio Directstream? Works as a Pre, includes streaming and integrates with Tidal well. It is also a capable Roon endpoint. | |
| Best 300B @1markr curious to hear but what are your thoughts between those two tubes that you mentioned? I am very interested in the EML XLS but haven't thought about purchasing a pair of the PSVane's. | |
| Latest Psvane WE300B-Plus Tubes - Any Feedback? I am very curious about the Psvane Acme's as well. Looking to upgrade my 300B's from the stock tubes that I got with the Line Magnetic 805ia. Based on my reading so far, it sounds like the ranking of the tubes go: Upper Echelon- NOS Western Electr... | |
| Line Magnetic 508ia and the Elusive 805 Tube PSVane is coming out with their ACME 805 tubes. I think it may be too early yet but priced at $900, it may be worth a try? How are reliability on PSVane's? | |
| Magico A3 vs. Joseph Audio Perspective vs. Spendor D9 @drrsutliff Interesting to hear about the experience you had with the speakers changing over the break-in period. Should be interesting to hear that as I break these in. After getting the D9's, I have been very interested in some of the incrementa... | |
| Can you live with your current speaker until you die? I think with the recent purchase of the Spendor D9's, I could live with these speakers for a very, very long time. I don't see myself ever wanting to spend upwards of $20K on a set of speakers so I am at a level that I am comfortable with now. Ver... | |
| Help me choose a speaker match for my Line Magnetic 805ia tube amp under $10K Thanks all - I ended up auditioning a few speakers and resulted up with the Spendor D9's at home. Pairs beautifully with the Line Magnetic. It's still a brand new speaker so it will likely open up a bit more over the next few months but it sounds ... | |
| Magico A3 vs. Joseph Audio Perspective vs. Spendor D9 @ddafoe Thanks for those listening notes on the Magico S1s and the D9's! Another person I spoke to had heard the A3's and the D9's extensively and ultimately bought the D9's as well. He gave me his thoughts which ultimately led me to buy the D9's ... | |
| Magico A3 vs. Joseph Audio Perspective vs. Spendor D9 @soix Yes, these are brand new. They do look very sleek and aesthetically pleasing :) I have heard from a few people that have heard the D9's that they should sound great out of the box but will really open up after a few months of play. I'm excit... | |
| Magico A3 vs. Joseph Audio Perspective vs. Spendor D9 Hard to imagine what people are hearing. I always regarded Spender as a mid-fi product. I think that the Dynaudios at that price range are much better speakers and the Magico A3 is in a completely different league altogether then the Dayns. A bran... | |
| Magico A3 vs. Joseph Audio Perspective vs. Spendor D9 Got my Spendor D9's yesterday! Early first impressions are that the detail retrieval on the D9's rivals that of the A3 but the A3 does it just a tad bit better. Granted, I am not listening to the A3's on my home setup but my first thoughts are tha... | |
| Magico A3 vs. Joseph Audio Perspective vs. Spendor D9 @skyscraper Your question of what constitutes "warmth" is an interesting one because I don't think there is one strict definition. @prof described his view on warmth and I agree with most of what he said. Some think of warmth as the system adding ... | |
| Impression of Acoustic Zen Hologram II 8ft I am currently using a set of Audio Art SE-5SC cables and they made a fairly significant improvement in my system as well. I'm starting to collect a few Acoustic Zen cables (Tsunami III and Gargantua II power cables along with the Matrix Reference... | |
| Magico A3 vs. Joseph Audio Perspective vs. Spendor D9 @twoleftears Definitely a valid opinion. Many people love the sound of Harbeth's. I had heard a lot about the musical midrange and I was very excited about listening to them. When I heard the 40.1, I was disappointed. Midrange was there but felt t... | |
| Magico A3 vs. Joseph Audio Perspective vs. Spendor D9 @drrsutliff I got the dark walnut finish. Counting down the hours to the weekend when I pick them up! I have heard that after a few months, they sound incredible but that they do sound great right out of the box as well. Either way, I'm excited to... |