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| Do I need speakers upgrade? If you're overall happy with what you have then the D48R seem the obvious choice if your comfortable with the price. It should really let your McIntosh sing. Just checked the ProAc site & it looks like they're updating the D30R to a D30RS,... | |
| Can a small speaker sound really really good? I feel that the speaker is only half of the equation; what are you using to drive it? Does it work well to more/less power? | |
| Starting from scratch, passion for "steals" High value brands I currently enjoy are Croft, Dayens & Belden 8402 ICs. Wireworld power cords are inexpensive & made a difference for me. Monitor Audio Silver & NAD are also generally safe choices. | |
| Where do I set volume control on NAD M51 DAC? I have a C510 which is supposed to be the same circuitry inside. Direct to amplifier it could be harsh & analytical at higher volumes; dull & muted at lower volumes. Adding a (tube) preamp helped immensely; however as it doesn't have a re... | |
| Entry Level Interconnect Reccomendations +1 on Belden 8402 | |
| What is the future for Proac Speakers ? Hi Stewart, I just auditioned your Studio 148 last week; I really didn't think I'd be able to afford speakers that good, natural, balanced & musical. Rather than showing off--they just got out of the way, and let all the emotion shine throu... | |
| Help Choosing Speakers You probably don't need another option, but I just demoed the ProAc Studio 148 (at SoundImageATL--thanks Lawson!) and can't keep silent. They have excellent detail, but no harshness, amazing vocals, as well as surprising bass for the size--but ... | |
| Help Choosing Speakers If you like Salk, I'd think the Exotica series would work best,I heard some Legacies powered by Raven amplifiers--it certainly didn't lack for dynamics, but I believe they're all 20 watts or more, Unfortunately, I don't recall the models involved.... | |
| upgrade advice What exactly is different in your set up to the store you listened at? If you purchased all the named items from them (Spendor, Hegel, Bluesound, Vovox), I’d look at everything else first. If the dealer has/had the same set-up I’d think they’d hav... | |
| Monitor Audio I'd second uncledemp: it's not worth looking for other speakers until your Rega is set up & broken in. My Silver 2's have some obvious limitations but are still highly revealing of all the upstream changes I've made; from what I've read, 'te... | |
| Search for miracle integrated To make the most of your Yggy, make sure your amp (and/or pre, if you get one) have balanced inputs. | |
| RMAF 2016 "No Schiit?" I really enjoyed the speakers, Salk Song3s at Axpona. There they were paired with a Wells integrated & Lampizator dac (not sure which model). I definitely heard better imaging in other rooms, and overall the bass was a bit disconnected--but ... | |
| Please help ...integrated amp under $1200 I'd second the Croft. I recently purchased a Croft preamp & it really made my MA Silver 2 speakers sound so much more alive & musical. 50 watts at 4 ohms is probably enough for most people--it will easily get you over 100db. I believe on... | |
| Best Small Floorstanding Speaker under $2K Hey bassdude,I've heard the Spatials and was impressed. Can you comment on how they compare to the Pure Audio Projects? | |
| Mogami I'm happily using Mogami interconnects from Event Horizon.I've also heard good things about Take Five Audio, if you're interested in something cryo-ed. |