jrideii

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A few more fun ones Days of Thunder Top Gun Footloose  
The magic of outdoor listening
@soix  +1 for Sonance Landscape Series. I had a system with (8) LS6T satellite speakers (4L+4R channel) and (1) LS12T in-ground subwoofer running off a Crown CDi 1000 Amp with equalizer. System was controlled by Control4. We sold the home, but it ... 
Looking for “just good enuf” for garage man cave
For no more than you plan to use it, I would get a Sonos Beam and a pair of Sonos Ones for surround rears. When playing Audio, you can use the Play Ones in stereo or the whole system. You can also take the Ones anywhere you want to listen to stere... 
Bi-amping
I have bi-wired and bi-amped three sets of passive speakers with separate posts for bass and treble from different amplifiers. To my ears, I have never been able to notice any difference. In my cases, the amplifiers sent the full range to each.  
Upgrade my CD player or futile effort?
The Ares II would have been my first choice, but I needed a preamp and headphone amp, so I chose the RME. While I am loving my choice so far, I would like to hear what you think about the Ares after you have had some time with it. Exciting purchase!  
Upgrade my CD player or futile effort?
I went with the RME ADI-2-DAC fs that hshifi mentions and love it. It has more features surrounding the actual DAC than the competitors, but that might be more than you want to deal with. I am in total agreement with the above advice that you chan...