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| Best speakers for $300/pr Rvpiano, Yea, it can be frustrating when helping a friend with audio. I am not sure your friend wouldn't be better off keeping the KLHs rather then purchasing the Klipschs from best buy. Maybe take a little time to figure out what he/she actually... | |
| Upgrade a power cord for a NAD? Take justvintagestuff's offer or try a Pangea power cord that fits your budget. Check out Audio Advisor. Also E-bay. | |
| Best speakers for $300/pr Speakers previously suggested all represent a viable choice, as would many others. I would include Wharfdale (new and often on sale). Be careful to match the speaker choice to the power output of the Marantz receiver, loudness levels desired, size... | |
| Best Place for Pre-Owned Cables I agree that E-bay is a good source for deals on cables. Buyer must know product lines however. | |
| BEST INTERCONNECT FOR $25 EACH? Inexpensive ICs that seem to be well made: Esoteric U.S.A. found on E-bay. Some length hard to fine. I have used 1 Meter pairs (~$12) in modest systems. | |
| I bought a Marantz at Goodwill and now I have a few questions The Schiit Audio Mani at $129 is another fine inexpensive phonostage. Has different gain settings. | |
| Power Rating: Onkyo vs Yamaha Somehow I was thinking both amps were in the $350 price range. Yes, the Yamaha A-S501 is more robust than the 301, and also a good buy. | |
| Tube Preamp I am using a Jolida Fusion Preamp. All tube design, HT bypass, XLR and RCA outputs, $1350 new. Good people to work with. Check out the website for consideration. | |
| New to HiFi, need digital advice. +1 clio09. Start out using itunes then consider other playback programs. Rip your CDs as AIFF files. Buy the little Schiit DAC you proposed, a Belden Gold USB cable, and a pair of Audioquest Evergreen interconnects used, no longer than needed. The... | |
| Power Rating: Onkyo vs Yamaha What speakers are you going to pair this integrated with? I suspect that these integrateds are similar in there ability to drive speakers, and neither are meant for speakers difficult to drive. I am not familiar with the Onkyo, only the Yamaha whi... | |
| NAD Preamp Consider a used tube pre. Jolida or Quicksilver. | |
| Best sounding "budget" integrated amp for Vandersteen 2C. I can recommend the Yamaha A-S301 has phono and DAC for ~$350 new. | |
| Next step: preamp or phono preamp I do like the VPI turntables. If I was looking for one I would be looking for a used VPI Classic 1. They originally sold for ~$2500, sans cartridge. Given you have a system in play now you can afford to take your time and 'get it right'. You are w... | |
| Next step: preamp or phono preamp Since the SYS/Lounge seem to play well into your amplifier, I believe an upgrade in TT/Tonearm/cartridge will make a significant improvement in your overall experience. The source sets the limit on what can be derived from a system. Maybe you shou... | |
| digital Check out the Bluesound Vault 2. |