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| From separate streamer and DAC to al-in-one suggestion I run an Ayre Acoustics QX-5 Twenty streaming DAC with Roon Nucleus Plus with astonishing results!!! | |
| Streaming vs Physical Media At first, I was one of the biggest sceptics of streaming music. I was totally convinced that the steaming SQ was inferior to that of an high end cd player. But, during the course of time, after many positive listening session with streamed mus... | |
| Bybee Technologies Crystal Series Plug-in Speaker Bullets. I haven't tried any of the other less expensive filters options mentioned here, but I'm assuming that they all are most certainly effective to some degree, as is the Bybee product. If you find a less expensive solution, good for you, go for it!!!... | |
| Hegel Music Systems H390 Integrated Amp The Luxman is an outstanding integrated as well. I use the H390 as an amp/preamp only. I have an outstanding stand alone DAC, and in conjunction with the H390, produces some of the best sound I've been able to achieve in over 25 years in high en... | |
| All New Magico A5 Loudspeakers // Biggest "BANG" For Your BUCK On The Market ?! I've heard both the Magico A3 and the A5's. Both speakers sound great to me. Though I wouldn't trade my incredible Revel Salon 2 speakers for either pair. There's a multitude of wonderful sounding speakers out there, by a multitude of different... | |
| Luxman L505uXii or Hegel H390 No contest......I would go with the Hegel H390. First: with the Hegel, you get a supremely powerful and high current/damping factor unit (that's built like a tank) that will even drive my power hungry, highly inefficient Revel Salon 2 speakers to... | |
| Integrated amp to go with Magnepan 3.7i Hegel H390. | |
| Ayre Acoustics QX-5 Twenty Streaming DAC A DAC is truly a very personal item when it comes to high end audio and how it synergizes with the rest of your system. I compared the Ayre QX-5 Twenty Streaming DAC to DCS, Cord Dave/Hugo, Weiss, MSB, Hegel's top DAC and others. All were outsta... | |
| Revel Salon 2’s (used) or new Magico A-3 (new) ?? Due to being down-ported, even in my less than perfect, smallish room, the Revel Salon 2 speakers beautifully disappear. For my room size, I drive the speakers with the very powerful and very high current Hegel H390 integrated amp with astonishing... | |
| Revel Salon 2’s (used) or new Magico A-3 (new) ?? Make no mistake, the Revel Salon 2s are still, after all these years, Stereophile Class A+ Recommended speakers for a reason, they're just that good!!! These speakers are still an absolute bargain at their retail price, let alone what you could g... | |
| Wilson Audio Sabrina X vs Revel Ultima Salon 2 The Revel Salon 2 speakers get my vote!!! This is one magnificent speaker system!!! I get to hear the over 48K a pair Wilson speakers at my local audio shop all the time, and I like my Salon 2 speakers better. That's what makes the Salon 2 spea... | |
| Revel Salon 2 vs Vandersteen 5a Carbon Revel Salon 2 is still one of the best speakers in the world, especially for the money!!! To this day, when I go to High End Audio Shows, or to any of my local High End Audio shops, I very rarely hear any other speaker, regardless of price, that ... | |
| Ayre QX-5 vs Lumin vs dCS Bartok Recently, at my local high end audio shop, I got a chance to have an extensive audition of both the Ayre QX-5 Twenty and the DCS Bartok DACs, in the same room, and in then same great, ultra high end system. This audio shop is an authorized deale... | |
| Magnepan LRS compared to the .7 or the 1.7i ? Some have described their experiences with having difficulties integrating subwoofers with their Magnepan speakers. Well, based on my own personal experience, it's not so difficult to beautifully and seamlessly integrate a sub or a pair of subs w... | |
| Tube-amp for Magnepan? My personal experience with the Magnepan 1.7i speakers. I auditioned the 1.7i's with several high powered SS amps and they all, of course, made the panels jump with all that wattage running through them, and they all sounded great in their own wa... |