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| AV Receiver recommends A year and a half ago I compared an Anthem 510 MXR and a Arcam AVR380 in my home. The Anthem had much better features but the Arcam sounded much nicer when used for stereo. I ended up buying the Arcam because I was so impressed with the sound qual... | |
| stereo preamp $2-5K suggestions Banmac - will do. Thanks. | |
| stereo preamp $2-5K suggestions I really appreciate the great preamp suggestions. Thank you! I have been keeping an eye out for some of the suggested preamps to pop-up on Agon.Shakeydeal - I agree that putting a $5K preamp with a $800 amp is not ideal. However, I plan on upgradi... | |
| stereo preamp $2-5K suggestions Thanks all again for the feedback.Dsper - thanks for your review of the PrimaLuna. Do you feel the PrimaLuna was a good upgrade in your system or were you hoping for more? I think you may be right that my speakers may not be the type of speakers t... | |
| The Emotiva XSP-1 Gen 2 Balanced Preamplifier Levchappy - are you still happy with your XSP-1 preamp? The XSP-1 looks like a great deal. I have an Emotiva XPA-2 (gen 1) amplifier since 2009. It does a good job of providing solid power to my speakers but I don't really know how it compares oth... | |
| stereo preamp $2-5K suggestions Soix - I was looking in the Vandersteen manual and one of the suggestions is to place the seating position and speakers 1/3 of way into room. However I was just kidding around a bit in my last post. There are other suggested seating/speaker positi... | |
| stereo preamp $2-5K suggestions I have looked into all the preamps suggested and have found many that I think would be a good fit. Now if they will only show up on Agon... In my stereo room I have 16'w x 15'l to play with. Lets see... so if I sit 1/3 into room (5 feet) and put t... | |
| stereo preamp $2-5K suggestions Dbong - Thanks for the primaluna dialogue premium preamp review!The electrical components used in the primaluna are impressive. Dbong - Did you get a chance to compare the primaluna preamp against any other preamps? | |
| stereo preamp $2-5K suggestions Thank you all for the great suggestions. I will look into the Jim Smith book. (Thanks Sgunther) Earlier I gave a guess as to my speakers placement. (During a pleasant work distraction.) My speakers are 37.5" from the sidewalls and 34" from the bac... | |
| stereo preamp $2-5K suggestions Good points Timrhu and Wlutke. I followed the Vandersteen's positioning guide to set up the speakers including setting the correct tilt angle. I have also played around with positioning too. In fact, I moved the speakers farther into the room (abo... | |
| stereo preamp $2-5K suggestions Thank you all for the great suggestions. I do plan on upgrading my amp at some point too. I like the full sound my Emotiva XPA-2 amp gives over the venerable Bryston 3B amp (100 watts/channel) that I had years before. The Bryston sounded good but ... | |
| stereo preamp $2-5K suggestions Thanks for the suggestions Sgunther I will check those out. |