kren0006
Responses from kren0006
| Suggestions for a top flight streamer/Dac around the $2000 mark? +1 Teac NT-505. | |
| Only $800 to work with streamer/power for 3rd system So big changes are afoot for this office system.I need to be honest, and admit that I just wasn’t getting the sound quality that I was hoping for.With that in mind,The NHT C1’s will be moving to surround speaker duty in my main home theater rig, d... | |
| All-in-one: $1k Marantz or $2k Hegel? Thanks, joe. As to the Hegel wireless question, I guess would have to use Bluetooth or Airplay if those are supported, which I’m not sure because I don’t need to go there, as I’ll be able to run direct Ethernet cable. Well I missed the LS 50 sale ... | |
| Cambridge Audio Azur 851N Thanks, Ken! That is super helpful - really appreciate it. I would not have expected the 851n to be so competitive with the DS Jr. Enjoy the music, and cheers! | |
| Audition Spendor D7 and A7 in/near Texas (Houston) All that said, just one person’s opinion. There is at least one other poster on the forums who home-demo’d both A7 and D7 and chose A7, so just goes to show everyone has different tastes | |
| Audition Spendor D7 and A7 in/near Texas (Houston) @divertiti The amp (*I think*) used during the comparison between A7 and D7 was the lowest-priced Ayre integrated - I forget the model number but probably a $5k or so integrated?? That was the only time I compared them head to head because I had m... | |
| Audition Spendor D7 and A7 in/near Texas (Houston) To give a sense of my preferences (though you can probably figure it out from list above), I prefer a neutral speaker, and if I have to slide toward warm or bright I’ll slide toward warm.By comparison, Paradigm and Bowers/Wilkins (to list just two... | |
| Audition Spendor D7 and A7 in/near Texas (Houston) I can’t help you with audition ideas in TX, but I can give you my impressions after spending an hour listening to A7 and several hours listening to D7, which I eventually purchased that exact demo pair. I went in with 5k budget. A7 was good. I lik... | |
| Is a stereo system a tougher sale to young people? Maybe it is that younger generations will always be most interested in leading edge technology, and while many of us were young high-end stereo sound could have been considered leading edge technology for the time, with advent of computers and sma... | |
| All-in-one: $1k Marantz or $2k Hegel? Joekapshulu:Do you know whether the sub output is active when running in direct mode?Reason I ask is I have a 2ch Integra receiver that I think sounds better in its direct mode for music except doing so kills the sub output and I use bookshelves a... | |
| Lumin X1 latest Review like we have been saying Dude I’m not even doubting all of those. But if someone comes in and says something half as expensive is as good as a LUMIN you will not accept it. Maybe it does, maybe it doesn’t. You won’t know until you A/B. WC with more experience than anyone ... | |
| Lumin X1 latest Review like we have been saying For most part I do too. More good than had. Often his posts have ton of good info and I usually like reading them. Just have to call out when over the top | |
| Lumin X1 latest Review like we have been saying FWIW, WC, the most celebrated and unbiased reviewer on Agon has endlessly raved about Esoteric dacs whereas he has also owned LUMIN and never mentions them in same light | |
| Lumin X1 latest Review like we have been saying But, and here is the key thing: you are not allowing for the possibility that Lumins could be solidly beaten by something costing much less, as in the example I gave. You are essentially saying that is impossible. That is the problem people have w... | |
| Lumin X1 latest Review like we have been saying Alright so you admit you haven’t tested the Teac or spoken with anyone who compared it to LUMIN T2, so all of your page-long comments about that specific question are rank speculation. Just so that’s clear. That’s why I asked in first line of my F... |