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Responses from naimfan
| Acoustic Energy 2 Integrated Amp Suggestions I'd try an Exposure 3010S2D or a Belles Aria. | |
| Lively, fast & open sounding integrated under 3k? Exposure 3010S2D. Excellent sounding, well-built, will last a long time. | |
| Really need some help finding a full range speaker Three brands to consider:Vandersteen, as mentioned above.ProAc - work beautifully with CJ tubes. Monitor Audio - Gold 200 or 300. I have GX300s that I got for ~$1600; if you can find a 4th or 5th gen set of Gold 300's I'd do that - and they'll b... | |
| Switch from AB to D Try a PS Audio S300. | |
| Buy a new CD transport? If it still works, and you're happy with how it sounds, I'd leave it. I have a Naim nDAC, with a Teddy Pardo XPS power supply, and it's easy to tell the difference from transport to transport. I use an Exposure 3010S2 CD player as the transport,... | |
| Belles Virtuoso power amp @jtweed - "I’ve been waiting to pull the trigger on an integrated amp for just shy of 3 years."As we'd say in the Army, it's time to get up or go home. | |
| Which one to choose between two 80K$ tube amps? FFS, flip a coin. | |
| WOULD IT BE DUMB TO BUY A MARK LEVINSON NO 23.5 @jeffvegas - Of those 3, I'd get the 335. | |
| Which wire has biggest impact?/ Millercarbon got it right - whichever one is the worst. If they're all the same, I'd start with the interconnect between the source and the preamp, then the preamp to poweramp, then speaker cable. | |
| Belles Virtuoso power amp Enjoy!I had a Belles 350A Ref. Good amp. I suspect the newer ones are even better. | |
| PS AUDIO Stellar M700 Mono Amplifier? I looked here on Agon - there were 39 PS Audio pieces listed for sale; though 6 or 7 were not PS Audio - the name just happened to have "PS" and "Audio" in it. By contrast, there were 69 Audio Research pieces listed. FYI. | |
| PS AUDIO Stellar M700 Mono Amplifier? What speakers are you driving? And what’s the rest of your system?I had the M700s - they are built down the road from me. I posted my impressions elsewhere, comparing them to a Linn Klout, Belles 350A Reference, and an Exposure 28. Here’s the M700... | |
| Best DAC for around $2,500 or less Naim nDAC (used) with a Teddy Pardo TeddyXPS. | |
| Add an external DAC. Make my Oppo UDP-205 a true top player @dcaudio - With your budget, you could try a Naim nDAC combined with a Teddy Pardo TeddyXPS power supply. Excellent sounding and very well built, both by companies with long excellent track records re service. The pair would be under $2500. Th... | |
| Odyssey Cyclops vs. the Exposure Integrated Amps I've heard the Exposure 3010S2 (not the "D," which I understand is even better) integrated, and it's excellent sounding, very well built, and is backed by a company that has been around for ~40 years. If there's any way to hear both, do that. Of... |