kren0006

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Need help picking a streaming integrated amp
Several options depending on budget.  Since you're open to Naim, that'll give you plenty of choices.  These are ones I know of:At low end of budget, Yamaha R-N803 - $700ish.Bluesound Powernode 2i - $900 (I have the previous model Powernode 2).Mara... 
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Cool cm. Welcome back to the hobby 
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Bob540: That is a really solid plan I’d say.  
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ebm's cut and paste response - love it, I chuckle every time!  but why did it take so long? 
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Tomaswv, looks like our percentage breakdowns are pretty similar, although I overweight speakers a bit more than you and you overweight amps a bit more than me (perhaps because I’m not yet at a “separates “ level, still integrated).  Good stuff! 
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Nice!  We percentage table keepers just needed a forum where it was safe to come out! 😂 
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Another thing I think about after charting this out is my choice of asset allocation between systems. Should I put more resources into my reference system to make it better, or balance as I’ve done probably more than most with my secondary system,... 
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Thanks wrssrw. Good point on room treatments. I simply don’t currently have investment there yet (plan to) so didn’t include in my breakdowns. But point we’ll taken. I thought about audio rack or stands/furniture but decided not to do include as c... 
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I play fantasy football and closely follow nhl and nfl rosters and salary cap developments and speculation scenarios, and in some ways to me this system exercise provides visibility into one’s priorities with their system “roster construction.”It ... 
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Right on, dweller!  I did a search before posting but didn’t really find same thing so just went with it (like I said, was bored). Alas, perhaps you and I are only ones interested (and you 20 yrs ago!), because nobody else is listing but at least ... 
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@tablejockey,Yep, currently going reverse chronologically through all of the Van Morrison albums. (some of those albums last couple years......eww, not his best). And rerouting cables / adjusting Vibrapods / dusting rack / tweaking speaker angles,... 
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True that!! But dang, gotta have something audio-related to pass the time rather than measuring the distance from my speaker tweeters to ear level at listening position for the 3rd time in last month! 
Child Damage Mitigation
Funny that title of thread is "Child Damage Mitigation" rather than "Speaker Damage Mitigation" : ) 
Child Damage Mitigation
“But seriously they arent very fast until after 1.”This one made me smile 😀It’s mostly true, until the one day you leave them, go upstairs, and return to find them 3/4 of way up the stairs teetering on disaster! Good memories!Reluctantly, I’m gonn... 
TEAC NT-505 FUNCTIONAL REVIEW
Have any NT-505 owners invested in the Teac 10MHz clock unit and added it to the NT-505?  Was the performance improvement subtle or dramatic?  I recall reading a review before purchasing my 505 that said the improvement was marginal or words to th...