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| Sister's wants music system without the hassles! Not knowing what her idea of a 'modest budget' is makes this difficult. She might consider the Yamaha A-SX01 line of integrated amplifiers. They run for ~$350 for the 301 to ~$800 for the 801 at retail price, often are discounted however. They hav... | |
| Integrated or Receiver? I was only suggesting you buy used due to the fact that you were considering the possibility of a 'short term' unit until you had the money for something better later. Also at the time no one knew about your desire to run 2 pairs of speakers at th... | |
| Anyone Upgrade NAD D 3020 Power Cable? Sorry I forgot the power connector was C5. I had the 3020D in my possession for about a month when it first came out. Should have remembered. I believe Pangea only terminates with C7 and C13 types. NAD does ship there budget amps with some pretty ... | |
| Old Rotel 965BX won't lock with Marantz HD-DAC1 Is the output from the player 1-bit or is the DAC within convert to 1bit? It may be that the coax output could remain PCM as coming of the disc. Just wondering, don't know myself. | |
| Integrated or Receiver? Difficult to find a budget integrated amplifier that will effectively drive 2 pairs of speakers at the same time. Both speaker pairs would have to be 8ohms or better across the frequency range. Few are. Many would have connections for 2 speaker pa... | |
| Anyone Upgrade NAD D 3020 Power Cable? I should have added that the AC-14 I mentioned is being sold by Audio Advisor. | |
| iFi AC iPurifier Maby it would provide best results with budget DACs, disc players? | |
| Heart, Lungs, Brains, Veins, Liver +1 nonoise, however 'held together with some veins'. | |
| Anyone Upgrade NAD D 3020 Power Cable? Yes, the AC-9s are recommended for amplifiers. However a 2M length of AC-9 would weigh about as as much as the 3020D. I think the weight and stiffness would be difficult to manage in this case. | |
| Integrated or Receiver? +1 helomech. The Yamaha A-S501 is a nice piece if you wish to purchase new and you think it will fit into your future system. It has internal phonostage and DAC (no USB input). Also a subwoofer output. | |
| Anyone Upgrade NAD D 3020 Power Cable? I can't speak to the sonic value of adding a PC to the 3020D. That said, there is a new 1.5 M Pangea AC 14 for sale on Ebay for $40. | |
| Integrated or Receiver? There is a Cambridge Audio 540A for sale by TMRaudio here on AG, a trustworthy seller. asking price is $209 + $37 shipping. Offers are considered.You would need a phonostage, however an outboard one could be purchased when you get a TT. Schiit Aud... | |
| Integrated or Receiver? What do you see as your system in a couple years? You might check out the used integrateds and receivers offered here on AG. Buy something used for now, sell it later as your system evolves. | |
| Headphones to Improve Upon AKG-Q701s Stringreen, I have not considered the HD 820, however have looked into the HD 800. I do agree that the wide disparity between headphone input/amplifier output impedance and headphone sensitivity/amplifier gain in addition to ones own subjective bi... | |
| What was the first system you heard that made you think the high end made sense 1969, Dynaco ST-70, Dynaco PAS3, AR Xa TT, AR3a speakers. |