mikemeeks
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| Waht is the best streamer for the money under $2500 (no DAC or storage required). @uberwaltz - Yes, I would love to try Aurender + Roon, but as I understand it, that's very unlikely to ever happen. | |
| Waht is the best streamer for the money under $2500 (no DAC or storage required). I can't claim to have heard all the options suggested here, but there is one that I have a lot of experience with that has been previously mentioned. The Aurender N100 is slightly above your budget new, and like well within your budget used. Abo... | |
| I think some cables are just a little too expensive. @twoleftears That is a very good question. All I know, is that based on hearing quite a lot of the Transparent line, they make sure there is a pretty audible difference at each level (at least to my ears, on pretty high quality systems). And eac... | |
| I think some cables are just a little too expensive. I will confess - I just upgraded to Transparent Reference interconnects and speaker cables. And I do remember years ago, prior to my first Transparent cable purchase (Super interconnects and speaker cables), thinking that this was a ridiculous am... | |
| Upgrading Speaker Cables: Wireworld Silver Eclipse or Transparent Audio Ultra? @jmeyers Your welcome! I agree with your observation about Transparent and Wireworld- I've also have heard nothing but good about both manufacturers. In my case, my longtime dealer carries Transparent, and lets me take home most anything I want ... | |
| Upgrading Speaker Cables: Wireworld Silver Eclipse or Transparent Audio Ultra? @jmeyers The two key differences for me was a deeper and better articulated bass and a smoother but also more detailed upper midrange and lower treble. Overall, more relaxed and more musical. On my system, the differences were pretty obvious - n... | |
| Upgrading Speaker Cables: Wireworld Silver Eclipse or Transparent Audio Ultra? The speakers I use with Transparent Ultra are Focal Kanta 2s, and the amp is a Levinson 585. | |
| Upgrading Speaker Cables: Wireworld Silver Eclipse or Transparent Audio Ultra? I can provide this one bit of information. When I started looking at Transparent cables for my system, my sales guy recommended the Ultra line. I decided that was too expensive, and went with one step down (Super, I think). I didn’t do a compariso... | |
| 1st 24 hrs with kanta 3s I have a pair of Kanta No 2s, with REL S/5 subs. My Kantas took a long time to fully break in. Most of the break in was the first 100 hours. But they continued to smooth out for the next few months. I do envy you with the 3s - they weren’t out... | |
| Focal Kanta No 2 I have a pair of Kanta No. 2s, and really like them. I drive them with a Levinson 585 and find them to be a pretty neutral speaker. Neither bright nor overly warm. They are revealing - the difference between and good recording and a bad one is qui... | |
| Aurender N10 I have an N10 which I have used with both USB and AES/EBU. In both cases I was connecting to a Levinson 585 using Transparent cables - the Premium USB and Reference AES/EBU. Initially they sounded somewhat different, but fairly close in overall... |