lanx0003
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| The Best Preamp is no Preamp? To clarify, Marantz SR5015 is NOT a preamp per se. It is a 7.2 AVR designed and manufactured for home theater application. For the price, it is not a poor multi-channel AVR. But when used as a preamp, it just got too many baggages / interferences ... | |
| The Best Preamp is no Preamp? Nothing is better than nothing at all... | |
| The Best Preamp is no Preamp? There are a lot of debats on this but I just share my experience. Shorter signal path is better. I am running straight from Dac (as Dac mode) to PA and the system sounds really well. I maximize the volume on the source and adjust the volume on P... | |
| Affordable vs. ultra expensive speakers - what's the difference? I think if you got disposable money like that, you might as well jump on them. Even the sonical difference is not that significant, they are pieces of beautiful furnitures that you could use to showcase your home. Why not? | |
| This 60 Hz hum is driving me crazy iFi DC Blocker if Emotiva DC Offset Eliminator is unavailable. Audiolab has a similar product too. | |
| How many systems do you have? Two currently in service and two others in the boxes. | |
| Audiogon is becoming the hub for scammers. Does PayPal offer buyer’s protection as Ebay does? I do not quite understand people saying "just use PayPal". Once you paid to the seller who is a scammer, can you make a claim to PayPal and PayPal pay back to you? I think the buyer’s protection p... | |
| What can I do to improve my 2nd system? @russ69 Maybe you did not see my response to Erik. Crossing in front of the listener shrinks the soundstange, at least in my room. | |
| What can I do to improve my 2nd system? Any suggestion that can work well with Parasound? | |
| Totally overwhelmed (speakers under $5k) Would you rather listen to consumers or experts' opinions with good mix of objective/subjective assessments? If latter, stereophile.com might be a good source for you. They don't discriminate budgetary systems and often pull them into considerat... | |
| What can I do to improve my 2nd system? @erik_squires Finally got home after a long drive. Play "The Wild Heart of the Earth" by Cécile Verny Quartet from Fear and Faith (album) to test out the "crossing in front of the listener" idea. Immediately the first impression is the shrinkage... | |
| Do hi-end DACs offer true value or diminishing return... When I move up from entry level (under $200 but well rated) DAC to mid-tier (under $500), the sonical improvement is really significant. At that price point, I really think I was getting the best bang for the buck. From mid-tier to higher end un... | |
| What can I do to improve my 2nd system? @lewm You intrigue me to dig into the decoupler/isolator subject. Here are articles, some support it and some don't. Please take it with a grain of salt. I went through several bookshelfs, starting from my 1st (NHT SuperOne 2.1) 25 years ago, Tann... | |
| What can I do to improve my 2nd system? Hi, Erik, I will try those excellent suggestions after I get home and embark on the miniDSP journey including room measurements. I like out-of-the-box thinking and approach doing things. Also thank you all gentlemen for the advises. | |
| What can I do to improve my 2nd system? @russ69 Thank you for the clarification @erik_squires I was thinking about "upgrading" to the SVS SB 1000 "Pro" version that has the 3-band EQ feature at a trade-off of losing HPF capability. Later I learned I could add an in-line HPF on the loo... |