joey54
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| My last Integrated Amp: $5-10,000? +1 for the Aesthetix Mimas. Internal DAC card and phono card are optional though both are really good if you decide you want those. Good Luck | |
| Quest for an external Dac has resulted in me way down the rabbit hole You may want to try to find a used Ayre Codex. They can often be found under $1000 and should give you the sound you are looking for. Good Luck! | |
| What's the heaviest speaker you've ever owned? What's the tallest? Heaviest - Vandersteen 5 at about 180lbs each Tallest - Martin Logan Request around 72" tall | |
| Aurender Conductor App Did you try calling them? But their support is only open Monday to Friday. I tried to post the number for you but AGOn wouldn't accept my post. Try here: https://aurender.com/contact-us/ | |
| Aesthetix Mimas DAC/ Phonostage Card Question I have a Mimas with the DAC card. It replaced An Ayre integrated and a Codex DAC. I find the internal DAC card to be much more natural sounding then the Codex, as good as that DAC is. I can't say if it will sound better than the MW Oppo. I used to... | |
| After years of separates, I'm going integrated. Anyone else do the same? One other integrated to consider is the Aesthetix Mimas integrated. You can add a phono card and a DAC card but they are both optional. When I bought mine I compared, in my system, Hegel 360, Luxman 590, Ayre AX-5/20, Ayre EX-8. I almost bought th... | |
| From Benz to? My dealer often plays his personal Benz LPS on an AMG turntable in his main demo room. It's a great cartridge as you know however, his alternate cartridge is the Clearaudio Stradivari v2 MC cartridge. Given your description of the sound you are lo... | |
| What is your favorite cover? Warren Haynes One (U2) | |
| Your single most significant purchase mistake? NHT 3.3's. I bought them after Corey Greenberg's rave review. I could never get them to sound good in my house. I moved on to Vandersteen 3's. | |
| Anybody familiar with both Aesthetix and Audio Research? I am an Aesthetix lover and currently own the Mimas Integrated amp. I owned the Aesthetix Calypso for many years with Quicksilver tube monoblocks and it was a great combination. When I switched to a Pass 250.5 the Calypso did not work well with it... | |
| High End Intergraded comparisons, Marantz, McIntosh, Levinson, Luxman.... You’ve gotten some really great advice here but I will add another one to consider, the Aesthetix Mimas integrated. You can add a phono card and a DAC card but they are both optional. When I bought mine I compared, in my system, Hegel 360, Luxman ... | |
| Suggestions for an integrated upgrade please As rbstehno said, the NHT 3.3's do not work well with all amps. I owned a pair for 7 years and experimented with a few different amps and eventually settled on separates. An Audio Research SP-10 and a Counterpoint NPS 400, both of which had tubes.... | |
| East Coast Service center referral needed for an ARC D-300.2 amp You might want to try John Rutan at the Audio Connection in Verona, NJ. I know his technician recently serviced my friends D300. | |
| 30 to 50 watts seems to be all I desire Just out of curiosity, did you check to see if there was an impedance mismatch between your amp and preamp? I had a similar problem with an Audible Illusions preamp going into an Ayre V3. I could not get past 9 o'clock on the preamp without blowin... | |
| Integrated upgrade recomendations You might find this review of the Quad Vena II used with Wharfedale Lintons relevant to your search: https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/wharfedale-linton-loudspeaker-and-quad-vena-ii-integrated-amplifier |