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For classical music lovers best amp for large orchestral forces?
On another forum somebody went from a xa25 to an AGD Audion. Affordable and physically manageable Anybody have experience with these? op - the search bar above is your friend... just search and you will find 3-4 recent, well populated threads o... 
Another person going digital and full of questions
well done well said @cat_doorman i would only add that by steps 3-4, iterating there, one should look carefully that their networking and system noise management to get the most out of their streamer and dac upgrades in their digital system, cer... 
For classical music lovers best amp for large orchestral forces?
i agree that xa25 is unlikely the root cause of the compression, i too am curious which dali’s the op has and what size of room are they playing in... the xa25, despite its lowish official power rating, has substantial power and headroom -- that ... 
Audiophile Speakers for Rock, HipHop and Techno
Simple logic dictates that there exist no speakers better suited to particular genres of music. Bad and good tendencies apply across the spectrum. yes and no, in my opinion some speakers do better with some musical genres than others because t... 
Cambridge Audio Cxnv2 Truth Mod /tubes make all the difference
  https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=173490.0 http://www.modwright.com/modifications/cambridge-cxn-v2-tube-modification.php  
Maggie LRS amping question
further comment on rotels -- the new michi’s may be an exception (second hand info only, i have not heard one in my own rig), but in my experience, historically standard issue rotels are reliable, solidly built amplifiers with good but not great s... 
Cambridge Audio Cxnv2 Truth Mod /tubes make all the difference
indeed dan's tube modded stuff is excellent, and made materially better with good choices of old stock tubes replacing modern tubes he ships his gear with...  
Maggie LRS amping question
lrs will sound better and better with a better source, or better amp... the speaker, set up properly with proper stands (perhaps with subs supporting), has tremendous resolution and shows through any poor sounding source and/or weak amplification ... 
Want to upgrade from my Kef 104/2's
All this depends on what improvements you’re looking for and what sound characteristics are most important to you. ^^^ this ^^^  
Which speakers pair well with Peachtree Audio Nova 150?
yes, pick speakers then amp (not other way around)...  best course in most situations building a system  
Fritz Carrera BE vs. Harbeth 30.1
@arafiq I finally decided that the Fritz speakers are just too good not to keep. I know it’s not a big name brand like Harbeth or other speakers, but after trying a number of bookshelf speakers over the last 5-7 years, the value the Carrera BEs... 
Audio Research 150.2 or 300.2.....
early class d by arc - not their best in solid state amps earlier 100.2 class a/b materially superior sonically imo (i still have mine) that said, i dunno why you are looking at any of these if you are powering la scalas  
Concerning high end audio names in new cars
there have been a number of threads on car based sound systems branding of car audio is just that - branding to sell things, make people spending money feel like they are getting something nice end of the day, some cars are for thrills, in these... 
Streaming with the Hegel H390
@verdantaudio  scott, i think they just released the firmware update for 390 & 590 for roon readiness... (i don't have either anymore so i can't be 100% certain myself, but i have read this on the fb groups for hegel) --- so one doesn't need ... 
Too many choices for R2R DACS--opinions appreciated
op if you haven't already, be sure to try the morpheus through its different inputs... in my time with the unit i found they performed rather differently