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| I’m considering upgrading my speakers internal wiring You’ve gotten great advice. I’d call and talk to Peter, in this hobby owners / builders, designers will often give candid, great advice on their products. Not across the board but more often than in most industries. If you have that itch, you w... | |
| Devore O/96 with high powered amplifiers Through experience have found more powerful amps can really bring efficient speakers alive, especially ones like the Devore’s. What you will have to pay more attention to is the gain across everything in your set up. If you use XLR’s natural has... | |
| $3500 floor standing speakers used. What would be your choice ? Speakers are really tough to recommend as they are such a personal choice based on what sounds good to you. The room, electronics play a big role in how the speakers sound with synergy also playing a huge role. The right amp paired with the righ... | |
| Streamer, no DAC please? Auralic, Aurender, Lumin, Hifi Rose would all offer great choices. In the 2-3 k range new Auralic and Lumin offer the best balance of features, performance for the $$. Aurender is often talked about as the gold standard of streamers. Hifi Rose ... | |
| What's the weakest link in my stereo set up? I live in a townhome, so limited on space. @vrikkian room treatment and the addition of a sub are 1a and 1b. You can experiment with room treatment with pillow’s, throw rugs, blankets and other various items. Google / hit up some forums with threads, it will give you some solid, creative... | |
| What actually determines volume power? Is it watts? The question on if the OP needs more watts to drive more volume is an easier question to answer than I first realized and touched on by some but not specifically called out. The Integrated Amp has fully functional power meters. At 70 % volume, w... | |
| What actually determines volume power? Is it watts? @dman777 you’ve sparked one of the best threads I’ve seen in a long time with many members taking deep dives into watts / amperage / speaker relationship. A lot of members took a lot of time to delve into the topic and provided a lot of great a... | |
| To Fritz, Quicksilver, and all the exceptional makers trying to get the word out Love this thread highlighting smaller boutique brands. I haven’t had the opportunity to check out Fritz or Quicksilver but have had my eye on Fritz speakers. Aric is another fantastic brand, one man show. I had a set of Omega speakers cust... | |
| Do Audio Hobbyists Commonly Fail to Fully Utilize Their Systems? Cycled through gear too quickly, ignored the synergy needed between equipment and room acoustics. Not paying enough attention to room acoustics. Not changing my seating position relative to speakers and or experimenting enough with speaker place... | |
| Solid state amp that tube fan can be happy with? Forgot to mention PS Audio, as another poster mentioned, their BHK line does a great job of blending tunes into both the BHK Pre Amp and their stereo and mono BHK amps. I have the BHK Pre and their stereo design blends allowing the tube stage to ... | |
| Solid state amp that tube fan can be happy with? Pass, Coda, Krell would be the top 3 SS amps I’d look at. Accuphase and Luxman would be in the conversation as well but I think they lean a bit more toward outstanding SS amps with a dash of tube sound, qualities while the other top 3 blend the b... | |
| Selecting Rear Surrounds for 5.1 system OP, I found my way to 2 channel via my love for HT when I was growing up. I prioritized having a HT right after graduating from College. Was always told that you had to match your speakers, really buy the same brand, line for things to sound rig... | |
| Entry Level Tube Integrated Amps Tubes are fun, rolling them can turn into an obsession. Great advice already, if you can, identify the sound signature you are after. It can vary depending on design. Some designs lean into tube magic, bloom. Other designs focus on bridging t... | |
| Retirement integrated amp for a “fiscal conservative” @ezstreams I had the PrimaLuna Evo 400 integrated and at the same time had the Coda CsIB, Krell 300i and a Krell 300xd amp that I paired with various Pre’s. Owned the Primaluna and Coda and had the Krell for about a week. Gave me ample time to c... | |
| Added a Schiit Freya+ to a Sansui 8080 @steam_engine enjoy what sounds good to you. It’s really easy to chase tweaks and changes in the pursuit of better and lose the magic of what got you excited in the first place. If you like your vintage Sansui, enjoy it! Measurements and s... |