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| Bookshelf or Floor standing for ~$900 What is rest of your system? What speakers are you using now? Volume levels? | |
| receiver or preamp Well, if looking for a receiver Yamaha makes a couple. Both in your budget I believe. Have internal phonostage and DAC as well. | |
| Should I got full tubes or stick with hybrid amps? I like dekays approach. I would try a heavy hardwood board under the Jolida with isolation pads between board and glass shelf. I would keep the Jolida while saving for a true upgrade. | |
| Aric Audio Systems Unlimited Preamp I purchased the Special 6SN7 preamp from Aric January 2020. Love this pre! I have been talking with Aric about purchasing the Transcend PP amplifier. Still deciding how I want the amp to be configured. | |
| Should I got full tubes or stick with hybrid amps? I owned a Vincent SV-226MK and the tubes were not soldered in. Wish I had not sold it. They are made in China to Vincent's specs and parts choice. May by a company (forgot name) that is known to produce a fine chinese product.I have never owned th... | |
| Should I got full tubes or stick with hybrid amps? I would think that 60wpc would be enough with 88dB speakers in that size room unless speakers are difficult to drive impedance wise. | |
| Kimber 4tc good enough? The Canare 4S11 is a great inexpensive cable. ~$1.50/ft. | |
| Accept free Audiophilleo 1 and upgrade DAC? The MHDT DACs are good buys. The Audiophilleo is a great USB/Spdif converter. Pure Power makes an improvement. | |
| Should I got full tubes or stick with hybrid amps? Well at a budget of $2000, stick to an integrated amplifier. I doubt the Yamaha 801 is an upgrade to the Jolida, just different and likely not less harsh ( I own the Yamaha 701). With a budget of $2000 a true up grade can be found. As mentioned by... | |
| Opinions on the SimAudio Moon 260D CD player/transport? Thanks facten. I am currently using the Cambridge CXC and looking to replace it. Can use the CXC in a second system. | |
| Accept free Audiophilleo 1 and upgrade DAC? I once ran the Audiophilleo w PP into a Bryston BDA-1. The BDA-1 is a very good DAC and can be found used for ~$700. That is the advantage to having the USB/SPDIF converter. You can look for an older DAC( from around 2010) which are great with exc... | |
| Need to replace my Rotel RMB-1095 . suggestions pls Sorry to hear of your problem. Would it be possible to purchase a 2 channel amplifier and use the Rotel for the center and surround speakers adjusting output levels from the A/V preamp? | |
| DAC's Made in the USA I own the AM. Was hesitant to suggest due to being at budget extreme. A great DAC which made a significant improvement in my system. | |
| Opinions on the SimAudio Moon 260D CD player/transport? I am interested in the transport version of the 260 for use with my Audio Mirror DAC. Any thoughts? | |
| Audio envy - dang! +1 twoleftears. |