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| Searching for a new CD player At your price point you could purchase a DAC better than the one in the Onkyo or Yammy. Then possibly replace either player with a dedicated transport st a later date. | |
| Front ported or sealed monitors for shop One option, Look for a used pair of B&W 685s. Should not cost more than $350. Front ported, work fine on a shelf, Would fill room with sound. | |
| Help with a system for a friend Avoid hard to drive speakers. Speakers must accommodate room. What is size?Amplification must accommodate speaker sensitivity and impedance. | |
| Searching for a new CD player If your Onkyo has digital output use it into a newer DAC. | |
| Considering a Raven Audio Blackhawk Integrated for Tannoy Sterlings Jjss49, thanks for the kind words. I have decided to hold on making changes to my amplification. Plan on keeping my Aric Audio preamp and Bell 1001 Mk5 for now. Likely purchase a tube amplifier from Aric down the road. | |
| New to streaming, looking for a budget streamer As an update, I intend to order the node2i. Would have been ordered by now however had an accident and am in the hospital. Expect a full recovery. Probably will order via Audio Advisor. Have ethernet cable and optical cable. Will get a C7 power ca... | |
| MM Phono preamp under $200 Recommendations What cartridge are you using? Might want to consider how much load and gain flexibility you may require. | |
| Tube amplifier upgrade suggestions welcome. I would consider a tube integrated. Quicksilver and Raven are great options having a true tube preamp stage. Some integrated amplifiers have passive volume control. The Line Magnetic and Pass Labs integrateds represent the passive type. Both highl... | |
| Considering a Raven Audio Blackhawk Integrated for Tannoy Sterlings Jake, yes I remain in communication with Aric. Looking to purchase one of his amps. Still debating how I want him to configure it to my system. Congrats on your purchase of the Motherload. Rcbike, I agree that Raven has a great company philosophy.... | |
| DAC/w Volume control + Power amp or DAC + Integrated? Another approach would be a passive pre between Dac and amp. If using a DAC with tube output stage into a tube amplifier one has plenty of tube driven gain. One can find tube amplifiers that have variable input gain to better control system gain. ... | |
| DAC/w Volume control + Power amp or DAC + Integrated? If using a DAC with volume control I would want one where it was in the analog output stage. | |
| If your were to assemble a vintage system ? Currently own Dynaco ST-70 and AR XA turntable. Would probably go with Dynaco Pas3 preamp. Not sure about speakers. Maybe ARs. | |
| Tube phono pre amp or Tube preamp + SS phono I would go the route of SS phonostage with tube preamplifier. More likely to avoid noise issues given the high gain within phonostages. One source for a tube pre is Aric Audio. | |
| Preamp or not. The Aric pre I mentioned can be configured for 6Sn7 tubes. Possibly variable gain. There is a thread on it here at AG. | |
| Preamp or not. Check out Aric Audio. He makes a tube pre called the Unlimited. Talk to him he may be able to adjust gain to accommodate your needs. |