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| Spotify vs. Apple Music vs. Google Play vs. Tidal: Which is Best Tidal by a wide margin. | |
| Cary SPL-05 or VTL TL 5.5 II First of all, nice system. Secondly, I don't think you could go wrong with either of the tube preamps you're considering.I owned the SLP-05 and it is a very special preamp IMO. I've spent time with the VTL and it too is very good. This is one o... | |
| Accuphase Vs Parasound The Parasound Halo line is very very good equipment. My JC1's go toe to toe with the best of the best. | |
| Questions about my system. Dual Monoaural means two mono’s in a single housing, two power supplies, dual everything. The HPA’s are fantastic amplifiers, yes they are solid-state. I owned one for a while and would still have it if one of the channels didn’t die on mine. You... | |
| Emotiva DV50s I think you mean Esoteric DV-50s, and I had a new drive put in mine not that long ago so I would think it's still a serviceable item. Still a killer value in disc playback. | |
| PS Audio or Ayre? I vote Ayre. I like their upgrade program over planned obsolescence, YMMV. | |
| Is pre-amp getting killed? @karurravi I don't have a lot of experience with Dynaudio but I have been to the Cary Audio facility since it's local and they used large Dynaudio towers to demo which was outstanding. They were using the SLP-05 preamp, which I have owned and was... | |
| Is pre-amp getting killed? I've yet to hear a combo DAC/Pre that compares to a quality separate DAC/Pre and I've heard a lot of the highly rated ones. | |
| Upgrade from Pass Labs XA30.8 to X250.8. Worth it? I've tried several conditioners on my amplifiers and always preferred them without. I use dedicated 20A circuits to my JC1's. | |
| Cover songs that are better than the originals. Sympathy for the Devil - Motorhead | |
| Krell iBias or Mark Levinson 533/535H series amplifiers with Aerial Acoustics Speakers? Parasound JC1's are a perfect match for my 10T's. They replaced a ML336 and I preferred them to many others I tried including Pass X-series, newer Levinson, and a whole host of others.Good luck with your shopping. | |
| Upgrade from Pass Labs XA30.8 to X250.8. Worth it? The X250.8 may have better bass, but bass is easy - the liquidity and smoothness of the XA in the mids and highs is what's difficult. If you want bass, keep the the XA and buy a quality powered sub. Completely serious here. | |
| Upgrade from Pass Labs XA30.8 to X250.8. Worth it? A move from an XA to an X is a downgrade IMO. | |
| Want to try separates, what to expect. Separates allow you to mix and match components to find a sound closer to your liking. It may be that your integrated is already exactly what you want, but you won't know until you start plugging different components in and seeing for yourself.It... | |
| Accuphase or Esoteric? I have a DV-50 and it goes toe-to-toe with my Ayre QB-9 DSD fed from a Mac Mini/Tidal combo. I would agree that it is one of the best kept secrets in digital playback.I recently had Esoteric replace the drive since I was getting some tracking erro... |