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| Power - where to start? Mains, chords, conditioner, filter? I heard IsoTek power conditioners at an audio show and they made the sound better. They have solution from a couple of hundred dollar to about $5000. The more you pay the more advanced they are. You will have to try in your home to see if they are... | |
| Affordable Streamer with great Internet Radio, Tidal, Android support? I will try to install Volumio on my Raspberry Pi and connect it to my normal dac. I hope it can handle both Spotify and network files. | |
| Looking for my first DAC The ifi micro BL should be in that price range. I haven't tried it but ifi products are usually liked by people who try them. I have the nano and think that sounds good for its price. https://ifi-audio.com/products/micro-idsd-bl/ Chord Mojo is a... | |
| How much would I lose going to a Bluesound Node 2i I think there are a lot of development right now which makes it really hard to say if a specific brand, component or even a category will still be here 10 years from now. I can really understand that you want to have a simpler solution. I have bee... | |
| How many brands use own drivers? > From the manufacturer, in house drivers is a HUGE cost savings, and removes your product from being perceived as a pure commodity.If this would always be the case then almost all brands would do it. Only very small brands would have to wait u... | |
| Best Headphone system under $1000??? You can get more ideas from reddithttps://www.reddit.com/r/headphonesIf you want to try more headphones I recommend Beyer Dynamics. Dt1990 is said to be very good and details. I have the Amiron Home which are a bit softer. They are both probably b... | |
| What are the top 3 dream speakers you wanna buy next regardless of price? Frankly, however, I would not buy any of those. This is all utopia, there are no realistically sounding speakers. There are many problems in the way of achieving it and the first one is signal conversion. We hear electricity imitating reality, s... | |
| What are the top 3 dream speakers you wanna buy next regardless of price? (not ordered)Goldmund ApolougeMagico M6Focal Grand Utopia EM Evo | |
| Decent DAC/Streamer Have you looked att Raspberry Pi based systems?You can add s/pdif ports or dacs.https://youtu.be/2fX7NSaAKYUOr try some new integrated solution like this.https://www.miveraaudio.com/forum/puremusic-jr/puremusic-jr | |
| Who makes great active preamps ? Tube or solid state or hybrid. Naim and Mark Levinson usually gets Good reviews. I heard a Constellation amp that sounded fantastic. | |
| Thinking to upgrade speakers Hi fellow Stockholmer!I'm sorry but I can't help you choose from those models. Did you go to High-end Mässan?They played the Revel Perfoma and it sounded great. I also liked the Kii Three with bass towers, should be about the same price. And the A... | |
| What area or country do you live in ? Stockholm, Sweden | |
| Full Range under $5k-ish You can add Audio Solutions speakers to your list. I heard a model I think was the Figaro L at a show and it sounded great. I know it was around $5k in price and a floorstander.http://www.audiosolutions.lt/ | |
| Another help me spend money thread or maybe not.... going to AXPONA I just heard some of these att an audio show. The Magico and Focal were fantastic. Some large MBL 101 were equally good and probably closer to the Maggie sound.Other ones I liked were Vimberg, Kii Three with bass towers, Aequo Stilla, Paradigm Per... | |
| New speakers? No thanks. If you're happy with your speakers then you don't have to change anything. Enjoy the music.I haven't heard any Vandersteens, they are uncommon in Europe. I just heard a pair of MBLs and they were fantastiskt! Totally different Price though. They P... |