grinnell
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| Dedicated transport or CD player as transport? Just my opinion but would you gain that much better sound for the money? You have pretty good components so would the CA CXC be that much better than your Marantz 6006? Would you be better off selling the DAC and moving up the line? | |
| Prima Lunacy? (SuperTubeClock) I owned a Primaluna PL2 for several years. Designed in the Netherlands, built in China and distributed and supported by Kevin Deal at Upscale Audio. Solid build, great sound and great customer support. Even though i bought mine used Kevin help... | |
| Fleetwood Sound Company Well one of their speakers is about $280,000 so i need to save up for a few years. The OMA monitor at 100/db eff looks very nice but couldn't find a price. | |
| Good Entry-Level DAC MHDT | |
| speaker recommendation for 35watt tube mono blocks Second jjss49. Ref 3A de Capos. used 1000-1500. The I series is wood the newer series has a greyish covering but upgraded tweet and woofer | |
| A warm DAC? MHDT- R2R, NOS, with a tube | |
| New Mac choice at reasonable price! check out the MGDT DACs | |
| How Long Did It Take You To Build Your Dream Setup? I won’t say dream system but I haven’t really upgraded for several years about 5 years, started in 2007. Mini ToriiRef 3A de Capos. HW-19 mk iv. Hagerman Cornet II. Emotive ERC-4 cdp/dac. new but replaces a MH cdp and a Mac Tuner now steaming r... | |
| mac mini into a hires streamer If you have hi res audio files you can go from USB into the usb input on your dac. I do this with an old macbook. No problem streaming hi res audio off the internet or playing hi res files ripped from CD's | |
| What to buy? Focal or Paradigm | |
| Best DAC for around $2,500 or less MHDT? | |
| Help me choose an integrated tube amp? OR separates Decware? | |
| Recommendations for floor standers that sound good at low levels too I'll second the Reference 3A's I have the de Capos and listen at low levels with a 4wpc amp. clean and detailed | |
| Audioquest or Kimber kable. Scored a pair of 13 foot Kimber PR8 for $100 YMMV, use them bi-wired to my Ref 3A de Capos. Good bass | |
| CD Transports My CDP died after 12 years (MH 25.2). Still have a lot of cd's but also wanted to move into steaming from my old macbook.Bought an Emotiva ERC-4 cdp/dac. love it solidly built, sounds great and 599.00 |