jimmy2615
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| Speaker upgrade for Primaluna EVO 300 - Looking to find some audio nirvana bliss! I’ve had several speakers with Primaluna gear, to include Tannoy, Magico, Harbeth, YG acoustics, Revel, and Focal. The best synergy has been with the Focal Kanta range. These easily open up with a little power. The Kanta 2 used might be a little m... | |
| Pairing Bryston 28b3 with tubes I also have the 2.5B cubed but paired with a Primaluna Evo400. I greatly prefer this pairing than that with the amp and a Bryston preamp. It’s a great preamp and reasonably priced. | |
| Harbeth 40.3's. Should I buy them? I had a pair in a 14 by 21 foot room, firing the length of the room. First thing to consider, these are very big speakers. They will dominate your room. Second, as mentioned they need to be away from the walls. If you can get them 4-6 feet out... | |
| Recommend A New DAC Between $1000 and $2000 One DAC in your price range you won’t hear much about but I found very good for the money and similar to some of my pricier DACs was the line magnetic DAC (they make only one model). It has one 12ax7 tube in it which I found responsive and with p... | |
| Shunyata Delta or Alpha V2 NR vs. AQ Hurricane HC I think results are very system dependent. That said, in my system I found the AQ cables (tried the tornado and hurricane) on my Luxman M900 amp to be bass heavy, a “from the ground up” cable that was a little muddy sounding overall. I did not l... | |
| Question for Weiss Dac 501 Owners I did not respond to this thread back in July, had just moved homes. In my last home, I had a pretty symmetrical room, and found the DSP function not all that necessary, and perhaps a slight sound quality hit when activating them. My new room is... | |
| Curious to know your streaming and dac set up and the best recommended streamer under $15k Don’t forget the Lumin U1 as opposed to the X1; Save money if you are using an external DAC. | |
| Totally Ridiculous....Auditions on YouTube! Philosophical question: if a YT video plays two speakers, rotating between the two with the same system and room and recording, say for example a small book shelf speaker and a large floor stander, can you hear differences? If so, are they real? ... | |
| Integrated amp recommendations for Harbeth 30.1 The music room has a Bryston B135sst for under $4k. The Stereophile review of this unit extolled the virtues of the combo with your speakers. I have the same separates in my room currently with 30.2s as well as a Luxman 590. If I had to choose ... | |
| Primaluna. Evo 400 - bass issues I’ve owned PL gear in various forms and with various speakers over the last few years in addition to SS amplification. While you may also have room issues, all things being equal I have found that the PL bass has good quantity but lacks attack, o... | |
| Luxman Preamps I’ve owned both the integrateds and the separates, in my opinion the preamp section of the integrated amp is not up to par with the amplifier. To do justice to the amplifier you should really get the matching preamp, which is fully balanced and d... | |
| Amp pairing with Tannoy Turnberry? I liked the Luxman L550ax with my Turnberry SEs. Though discontinued in the US you can pick them up used at a reasonable price. I also had a Primaluna dialogue integrated at one point which I thought was a good pairing, but the Class A Luxman gi... | |
| Endgame Vocal+ DAC Help: Terminator Plus 12th vs. Chord DAVE vs. Holo May vs. Weiss502. Based on my experience with DACs I would recommend you pick up a used Terminator (original, or even one of the smaller models) and see how it sounds in your system. This $3-4k expense, which you can resell, will tell you if you like the Denafrips... | |
| Revel Salon 2 speakers @kennymacc what are you using for amplification? | |
| Revel Salon 2 speakers I just picked up a pair of 228Be and have similar feelings about it. Just such a tremendous value compared to what’s out there. I think Revel garners a lot of respect in the audiophile world, but does not maintain the ‘mystique’ of other brands,... |