leemaze
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| Best bang for buck integrated amp for $500 That’s super interesting @joey54 can you elaborate? | |
| Best bang for buck integrated amp for $500 Rega is a great great choice IMO. You could get a used Brio-R in your price range. They are truly excellent. No headphone jack tho. If you're patient you could get the newer model Used for $650-$700. It will be well worth it - something that ca... | |
| Have I got the wrong amp? or the wrong speakers? I have a Brio-R with the same Wharfedale EVO 4.2 speakers for my kitchen - it’s a great match. I tune them a little with a as schitt Loki EQ box since placement and a kitchen is not ideal for listening and it sounds really great. I was using a Yam... | |
| $1500 to spend... Hi y’all just a quick update, my system has gone through some fun changes over the last 5 months:In order - >Herbie’s Gliders - significant soundstage and imaging improvement - kept constant for the last 5 months.Rogue Sphinx v2 -> tried 4 s... | |
| New Yamaha integrated amps The A-S2100 sounds like clear, flawless tubes. Huge weighty and defined images. Incredible details you’ve never heard before. It’s fun. | |
| Speaker recommendation $1000 or less you've had in your home Wharfedale Diamond 10.7 - all the things you mentioned and more. | |
| Bookshelf or Floor standing for ~$900 Used: Rega RS1 (monitor) or Rega R5/RS5 (floorstander)New: Wharfedale Diamond | |
| Constant noisy tubes maybe go solid state? Welp, spoke too soon? My Yamaha seems to be lost in the post and meanwhile I received some RCA clear tops that I had already ordered from a seller on eBay. Just popped them in- DEAD silent. No microphonics. Super separation. Clear, velvety and del... | |
| New Marantz Model 30 The inclusion of the streamer is awesome - if I didn’t already have the Ruby I’d scoop this in a heartbeat. Heard great things about the matching amp as well. | |
| Constant noisy tubes maybe go solid state? @gochurchgo ive got a Yamaha A-S2100 on the way in the post. In the meantime, I just went back to my Rega Brio-R - other than the French Mazdas (which were super 3D) the tubes don’t add much other than hiss and whine! Bye bye tubes. | |
| Constant noisy tubes maybe go solid state? @gochurchgo I'm giving up and going back to solid state - 4th round of tubes are microphonic. These ones aren't noisy or hissy but they project *everything* through the speakers - like tapping on the floor and lightly rubbing the top of the amp. ... | |
| New Morrow thanks @riley804 - though not many actual testimonials comparing the cables in that thread.Really wondering if the presentation is demonstrably different from the old style. I have all old-style Morrow in my rig. If I replace an old MA3 with a n... | |
| New Morrow What is bloom @fuzztone? | |
| $1500 to spend... Just to update here - I picked up Herbies gliders for my speakers and they changed the game. Unbelievable how much they cleaned up my bloaty bass problem. Also picked up a second-hand Rogue Sphinx and currently on the Tube merry-go-round. Not s... | |
| Constant noisy tubes maybe go solid state? Oh boy - what a bummer! Did the replacement RCA from Brent sound good? Let us know if Upscale takes those back? |