mjmch2003
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| Roku Player Anyone? Funny, Mapman, I believe we have similar rigs...my stuff is running into a Bel Canto Dac 2.5, then into my Primaluna pre and then into my Ref500s. (I too had a c5i, excellent piece of gear)Are you running the prime music selection off the Fire TV?... | |
| Roku Player Anyone? I know this is an old thread, but...I have a Roku (running Spotify), Sonos, and Amazon Fire TV.I think the Fire TV has much better sound and picture quality than the Roku; additionally, I can go toslink directly out out of the Amazon Fire TV (as w... | |
| Pre-Amp for Class D Amp I have a Bel Canto ref500 that I've paired well with a Cary SLP 308 and, most recently, a Primaluna Dialogue Premium.I'm running Tidal and Spotify from Sonos and Amazon Fire TV and it sounds really, really nice.I wasn't crazy about the sound of So... | |
| Upgrade amp or pre I have "upgraded" amps only to be left wondering how it is that different brands can sound so remarkably similar; later asking, why did I spend that money?? However, every pre I've purchased has made a substantial alteration to the sound of my sys... | |
| stereo preamp $2-5K suggestions I have owned the Ayer K5xe and found it too polite for my tastes. I have the Primaluna Dialogue Premium, now, and find it to be fantastic - transparent, dynamic, and with an excellent sound stage (in my all-digital, mostly-streaming-from-Tidal-via... | |
| Musical Fidelity a good match with Monitor Audio? I had a Bel Canto c5i paired up to both RX6 and GX200 speakers with great results (the GX200 are 8ohms, tho). I thought the match worked so well, I decided to get the Ref500s, which is now paired with my PL200s.Another Monitor owner on here tried ... | |
| Mid life crisis yields open check from the wife. I have Monitor Audio PL200 (had Silver 5i, RX6, and GX200) and find them to be a fantastic product. That said, I have also been recently impressed with the Focal Aria floor standers. If the Mac has a pre out, you could keep it (use as a pre, of co... | |
| Pre to match with Bel Canto amp s Thanks, guys. Mapman, have you found any particular cables that work well with Bel Canto? I'm using Audience AU24 IC and speakers; shunyata copperhead for PC. | |
| Pre to match with Bel Canto amp s Thank you.I'm using a ref500s amp. | |
| TUBE AMP LOVERS - What SS amp makes you smile??? I had a Pass 150.5, after experimenting with a Pathos hybrid, which didn't have enough low end for me...The Pass was fantastic, but hot and expensive to run; I am now running a Bel Canto Ref500s which I enjoy tremendously. It's paired up with a Ca... | |
| Sonos to Amp - is simplicity better? Thought this thread is a little old, I thought I could second Hudsonpatrick's use of a tube pre. I recently popped an old one in, between my dac and amp, and it makes the Sonos "listenable" to me.I was 50/50 before that addition, now I'm actually ... | |
| Bel Canto C5i Thanks, Mapman.I stepped-up to Bel Canto separates from the c5i, but still think the c5i is a fantastic product. The ref500s + DAC 2.5 combo that I'm using, might have a little nicer extension and some detail here and there, but the value of the c... | |
| Forgiving digital coax ? I picked up a Creative Cable Green Hornet; seems to do the trick - very smooth. Really fleshes-out the lower midrange frequencies in my rig. | |
| Monitor Audio Gold GX300 I've owned the Silver 5i, RX6, GX200, PL200, and a Radius sub.The GX200 has a ton of bass and I drove them very easily with a bel canto c5i integrated amp (NOTE: the GX200 are 8ohm and the RX6 are 4ohm). I'd say the GX200 had 2x more bass than the... | |
| Forgiving digital coax ? Excellent. Thanks, for the feedback..! |