mesch
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| Your Favorite Sounding Power Amp, $5000 US Retail max. Based on my limited wisdom aquired from my audio experiences and interactions on this forum, I believe it depends on the speaker being driven. | |
| Integrated vs. Separates on a Budget Seems to me that there are many more integrated amplifiers with built in DACs than phonostages. Since you are going to try out the Mani (which I believe would be a good mate to your TT) and are considering the purchase of the Node which has an onb... | |
| Integrated Amp ca $2000 with streaming, DAC, phono stage +1 stereo5. If I was looking for a single box solution on a budget a used Halo would be on my short list. May go that route for my living room system. I believe there is one for sale here on AG. | |
| Should We Prioritize Detail In Our Assessment Of Audio Quality? +1 MC on deffinition of detail. Perseptions differ. +1 jjss49. i still have much to learn regarding criterion. There is much that is left out in what some consider detail. For each note an articulate attact is a start, the harmonic overtones pr... | |
| Advice regarding streaming please. To be quite definative, it depends. For many streaming is the primary source. If that is so then I would think the streaming device quality should be conmensurate with downstream equipment. +1 daledeee1, based on my having followed threads her... | |
| RIP oregonpapa So many wonderful thoughts herein. Thanks Frank for being such a great forum contributor. Wish I knew you in the 'outside' world. | |
| Why recordings made before 1965 sound better. Great thread. Seems to boil down to simple vs. overdone recording/processing and tube vs. SS equipment. The switch to SS probably mandated by the recording/processing complexity. | |
| Why Are People So Concerned About How Others Spend Their Money? Get rid of TV, keep supermodel, trade sonic reflextion for difusion. | |
| Tannoy Stirlings on the way! +1 pehare. Thanks muveling. | |
| Preamp differential tube gain (12 db gain) - whats this mean? Which preamp are you talking about? My experience with digital front end is that 12 dB is compatible with most amplifiers unless they have input sensitivity much lower than 1V. As per the one replaced by oddiofyl, many have too much gain which is... | |
| Integrated vs. Separates on a Budget You have been given much good advice. You can use the Bluesound internal DAC into your Denon. Possibly upgrade to a stand alone DAC later. The Mani is a good one purchased direct from Schiit with 15 day return, $129. Based on forum threads an upgr... | |
| Sound System on $10K Budget The OP is looking for a system that serves music and video in a way I feel is different from most of us, is a casual listener while focused on other things. Room is 30 x 20 x 12 feet. OP does not wish to involk room treatments. Sources are TV and ... | |
| Line Stage Preamps that blew you away $2500 Edition +1 laaudionut. | |
| Tannoy Stirlings on the way! Yes, right now enjoying the Sterlings as played by the Aric Audio Transcend with KT120 tubes. I should add that my choice on the Sterlings was driven not only by sonic criterion. I love the way they look and that they have a very sturdy grill th... | |
| Sound System on $10K Budget As stated by others, 1st find a pair of floor standing speakers that can play into your large space at the volume level you desire. Stay away from those having low sensitivity and impedance. Look into the purchase of a 2 channel integrated ampli... |