mesch
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| Suggestions for bookshelf speakers that have great dynamics, budget of $500 used. Refined, pleasant to look at, and easy to live with, doesn't happen often. | |
| If I want a bookshelf system this good, what should I buy? I have responded to you on your original thread. You seemed to have increased your budget after having listened to your speakers driven by high quality electronics. Also seems that you havn't yet purchased the DAC or streamer so you have options t... | |
| Beginner Audiophile. How to chose a right amp? Recommendation for my setup? I don't believe the Orchid DAC has volume control so you would be best off with a integrated amplifier. Based on your latest thread, you have ~$3500 you are willing to invest in Amp, DAC, and streamer. The Orchid retails about $1100, and is a very... | |
| Comparable quality integrated Amplifier. Look into Vincent Audio (Audio Advisor is a dealer). They produce a tube/solid state hybrid that retails at $1000. Might be discounted. | |
| Beginner Audiophile. How to chose a right amp? Recommendation for my setup? As a followup, the review is from HiFiNews. They also indicate in the Lab report that the impedance drops to 2.7 ohms at 3.5KHz and is at 32 ohms at 33HZ, quite a swing over the frequency range. The phase angle runs from -64 degrees at 2.4 KHZ to... | |
| Beginner Audiophile. How to chose a right amp? Recommendation for my setup? One review where lab tests were run, found the sensitivity of the Gold 100s to be 84.5. This is on the low side. What is the size of your room and how far is listening position from speakers? Are you looking for a power amp or an integrated amp? | |
| Suggestions for bookshelf speakers that have great dynamics, budget of $500 used. Yes , the Haydns are a very refined speaker. I am sure they can be listened to all day without fatigue. Exceptional with acoustic music.This said from having listened to them in a showroom a few years back.Congrats on your find. | |
| ... How I should set the volume... That is true noromance, however if one finds oneself using the volume on the pre at low levels then it depends on quality of the signal going through that control at that low setting. What one finds to be best likely depends on the specific pre/am... | |
| Denon or Yamaha vs Other CD Transports Yes, and they use the same HDMI pin configuration I believe. As does the Audio Mirror DAC (same as PS Audio). | |
| Denon or Yamaha vs Other CD Transports Wow, I keep rediscovering my age. In following this thread and finding the thread mentioned by twoleftears above, after reading down that thread I discovered I was the one that originally posted it. Sometimes one must laugh at one's self! I am sti... | |
| ... How I should set the volume... Afterthought, the amp volume controls could be used to balance output when speakers are asymmetrically placed. | |
| ... How I should set the volume... Initially, I would set the volume on the amp such that I could use the preamp volume over it's middle range for all loudness levels utilized. Might experiment from there. | |
| Cambridge Audio CXC Series 2 I recently bought the original CXC, like the silver finish and the price I paid. The remote is no bother to me, the CD functions are all at the bottom. Audio Advisor is selling the original at $399. I am not in a position to compare to other CD t... | |
| Looking to improve CD playback Yes, I will continue to explore the streamer market. I do rip CDs to a Mac Mini as a dedicated streamer playing AIFF files via Pure Music and appreciate the convenience this approach provides. I also can't help to believe that a true streamer havi... | |
| Looking to improve CD playback I should ad that any server I am interested in would not need to have an internal DAC. I am about to purchase a Mirror Audio Tubadour DAC. |