lalitk
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| Please help me chose a tube preamp I am with @sgunther, as good as Calypso is, it just doesn’t have the lush tubey sound. With Calypso, you get a very nice balanced and neutral sound, kind of best of both SS and Tube worlds. I end up trading Aesthetix Calypso for ARC LS28. In a hig... | |
| To bi-amp B&W 802n or not @vwquest, Congratulations on your upgrade. While I don’t own 802N but I have some experience with bi-amping my 800D2’s. As you know, 800D’s is a slightly bigger speaker and best driven with a higher output Amplifier. To further add to @rhljazz po... | |
| Sonos Connect directly into MC452? +1, mattmillerWith the exception of LAWNMOWER comment 😉The Connect needs a good DAC to fully justify the pairing with MC452. To my ears, the sound from its analog output is lean towards dull and flat. | |
| What should my next upgrade be? Your best experience @willemj Did you ever own a SONOS Connect? Any real-time experiences..... | |
| Audiophiles should learn from people who created audio Who died and left you in-charge of audiophile society 😉 | |
| Is using streaming services worthy of an audiophile? “you don’t have to be an "audiophile" 100% of the time“@dhpeck, I get what you saying, more than often I enjoy listening to Tidal through my SONOS speakers placed throughout the house instead of heading to my dedicated audio room. | |
| What should my next upgrade be? Your best experience @264win, If you prefer to stick with Marantz, NA-11s1 would be a great choice. Since you already enjoy Marantz house sound, you will get impeccable synergy by pairing 11s1 with your PM-11s3. I believe you can order one from a online retailer with ... | |
| Solid state DAC under 12K retail preferably with ethernet “It's that last Ethernet interface before the D/A that uses the master clock that matters”@audioengr, Great point. It’s imperative to pick a player that has decent Ethernet interface to tackle jitter. My N10 does a fabulous job of minimizing jitte... | |
| Solid state DAC under 12K retail preferably with ethernet I think you should also look at, Rockna Waveform DACMetrum PavaneCOS D1Mytek Manhattan IIAnd Denafrips Terminator, I believe this DAC is most likely the best value among all the SS DAC's currently available. There is a 6-8 weeks wait. | |
| Persona 3f vs B&W 802D2s @shadorne You’re clearly not a fan of B&W and that’s quite alright. But I expect you to conduct a thorough research before you diss a fine product. In addition to minor cosmetics changes, the D2 version made significant improvements starting w... | |
| Persona 3f vs B&W 802D2s @shadorne Please share measurements on 802D2. The article you’re referencing is for 802D which is an older model. Thanks! | |
| Persona 3f vs B&W 802D2s @shadorne Did you advise folks at world famous Abbey Road studio about the colored house sound 😏OP, +1, 802D2. | |
| Preamp dskinner5, C2500 is a nice pre but not in same league as 5SE. In fact, ARC LS28 bettered the C2500 in my system. I agree with audioguy recommendation of 5SE if you can’t afford Ref6. But if you can swing the Ref6, you will be set for a good while.... | |
| What should my next upgrade be? Your best experience @264win,Upgrading to better RCA IC’s is not an answer, IMHO. The culprit is subpar Sonos internal DAC. The only way to improve sound from SONOS is to use its SPDIF output to an external DAC. Your Marantz 7007 doesn’t have digital input so don’t th... | |
| What should my next upgrade be? Your best experience @2psyop Good suggestion on Bluesound. I have Vault 2 on order, it will be replacing my Sonos Connect. I plan to connect Vault 2’s straight into ARC LS28 via its analog outputs. |