joey54
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| Belles original 150 amplifier. Any good? I would try a Belles preamp for this. You should contact JohnnyR at the Audio Connection in Verona NJ. He has been a Belles dealer for more than 20 years. Good Luck! | |
| What's the best and/or favorite piece of equipment you've owned? And do you still own it? Logitech Transporter with Modwright mods. Still the best digital sound I've ever heard. Unfortunately I no longer have it as I got nervous when Logitech discontinued it. I am very happy with my current digital setup but it does not sound as good a... | |
| Audiogon Anti-Lowball Offer setting I had a similar experience with someone from Ohio with lowball offer after lowball offer. 35 emails later I had him blocked from contacting me and added his direct emails to my spam folder. My dealer ended up selling my speakers for me. | |
| Upgrading from my Bluesound Node 2 streamer I have had my Aurender for over two years and have not experienced anything like Cleeds describes. I lose power here all the time and the unit starts back up easily for me. Maybe I’m just lucky.I have not heard the Bryston BDA-3.14 DAC/Streamer th... | |
| Upgrading from my Bluesound Node 2 streamer I use the Aurender N100H into an Ayre Codex and it sounds great. I have a few friends using the BlueSound Vault with the Codex as well. I do not know if the DAC in the vault is any different than the one in the Node but the Bluesound units work re... | |
| DSP TO TAME THE BASS IN HARBETH SPEAKERS When I had the Harbeth 40's and need to control the bass in my listening room I used a Vandersteen High-Pass filter between my ARC ref3 preamp and my Pass 250.5 or Quicksilver V4's. This solved the problem for all of my sources. You should call Jo... | |
| Help me decide my next amp +1 for the Primare. It’s got loads of power and is much better than their new Class D amps. I have owned both the I30 and the Aria and also agree that they are both excellent. The I30 is a bit darker sounding than the Aria and that might make a di... | |
| Pondering a change after 30 odd years... You might want to look at the Vandersteen 3A Signatures:https://www.vandersteen.com/products/model-3a-signatureBased on your post they might be just what you are looking for. Good Luck! | |
| Looking to use the Bluesound Vault 2i High-Res 2TB Network Hard Drive CD Ripper/Streamer I had a similar issue when I got my Aurender N100. I ended up buying a Google Wifi Mesh system and connected my Aurender to one of my Google nodes via the ethernet port on the unit.I don't think the new Google wifi has ethernet ports but many mesh... | |
| Which integrated amplifier . An integrated that works very well with Magnepan speakers is the Peachtree Nova220 SE. Every great review for this amp was done with Maggie’s up to and including the 3.7’s. It has a built in DAC also. I recently heard it with a Bluesound Vault st... | |
| Reasonably Priced Bookshelf Speakers +1 for the Vandersteen VLR's | |
| Which cardas IC for Ayre components? I have used Cardas Golden Reference with Ayre with success. The Ayre interconnects, made by Cardas, were a bit more neutral than the GR. However I ended up replacing the Cardas with Audioquest cables that were a better match for my system. YMMV. | |
| Amp Upgrade Advice If you are anywhere near NJ you should head over to the Audio Connection in Verona. JohnnyR will point you in the right direction. The best demo of the 3.7's that I've heard was at AC where John had them hooked up to a Belles amplifier. I'm not su... | |
| JBL 43xx va Harbeth 40.x Before you dump your Harbeth's you should read this:https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/harbeth-monitor-40-2.25222/Also, and just my opinion, the MC275 is not a good match for the Harbeth. IMHO tubes cannot bring out the best in Harbeth speaker... | |
| What solid state power amp are you using with your Harbeth Super HL5+ speakers? I use the Aesthetix Mimas for my SHL5+ now. Before that I used the 60 watt Ayre AX7e. My room is 12 x 20 x 9 and even with with the Ayre, I could not cause any clipping at volumes louder than I could stand. Both amps are balanced bridged designs. |