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Schiit Bifrost plus ESI Juli or Bifrost USB The bitfrost costs $350 w/o USB or $450 w/ usb. Is this your budget or are considering a greater budget? | |
Best tube preamp with remote under $2000 used Springbok, I own a Fusion and enjoy it very much. Please let us know what you think of the MK2 version. | |
noob DAC question I understand your desire to use a CD player. I use my disk player often. To answer your original post, buying a CD player with a coaxial digital input will save you from having to buy a separate DAC. If I was going to buy a CD player this would be... | |
Advice for new Integrated amp please. I am not sure the Sphinx would tame the brightness as would the Cronus. I have heard the Tritons with tube amplification and very much enjoyed. Call Mark at Rouge and speak to him about this. He is great to work with. | |
Add DAC or mod player? Usually the 1st thing to fail in a disk player is the transport (mechanism, laser) . I would put my money into a DAC rather than upgrading older player. You will have greater flexibility down the road with a DAC. When you need to replace the trans... | |
does this sound like a wise tradeoff Bianchi,I have not heard the 105, however it seems you have a very good digital front end as described. Why change it? Can you get a 105 to try out in your system? | |
noob DAC question Forgive me if I am redundant to aforementioned statements. You can purchase a disk player that allows access to its internal DAC, thus having digital inputs and outputs, or you can purchase a separate DAC and a cd player with digital outputs only.... | |
Distance from speakers - 2-way vs. 3-way vs. ? From my experience the ideal ratio for between speaker/from speaker distance is room size and speaker orientation driven. For many small room, long wall placement situations a near field approach may be ideal. The near field setting has the aforem... | |
Mass and vibration cancelling on top of CD player? I use low weight cast iron barbell weights (2.5, 5 lbs) to which I glued 1/8" cork on underside. | |
New Speakers/Amps Listen to the GoldenEar Triton 7. I think you will find that a sub might not be needed. I agree with previous recs for an NAD amplifier and a DAC. Keep us posted and good luck. | |
UPgradeing dedicated line components Thanks again, I am using #10 with 20 amp also. I plan on getting a IEC plug. | |
Am I headed down the road to ruin here? If you were playing redbook (44/16) cd quality files (AIFF) from your MAC, I believe it to be likely you would hear a benefit from the USB converter. Can't say about MOG. I believe coax to be superior to optical spdif connection. Would not use an ... | |
Two Subs? Rocky, Based on everything I have read concerning the use of subs, 2 are better than one, and can be more easily positioned for better bass response even without room correction. This has been stated by other posters prior to 10/17. Let us know wh... | |
UPgradeing dedicated line components Thanks Lacee, I did think about doing this myself. Makes sense to remove the outlets. Are the AC cables from the panel standard Romex? | |
Looking to get my first amp, speakers and turntabl John, How is your audio quest going? I am not familiar with the B&W 683, have heard the 685, and have owned the Studio 20s v.4. I prefer 2-way stand mount speakers. The B&W speakers mate well with Rotel amps. I have heard the Rotel 1520 an... |