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| Speaker suggestion between $1000 and $2000 please........ Monitor Audio Gold 200. Available for $2250; and so slightly above your given range, but a stunning speaker. And have to second the suggestion of the ProAc Studio 200 if you can pick them up. Could also look for a pair of used ProAc Response 2 ... | |
| Speaker recommendations 10 to 30k and no beryllium Vandersteen Quatro Wood, Monitor Audio Platinum 300 II or 500 II, used Wilsons, ProAc K6, etc. | |
| Stereo Receivers from the past... The Naks were good, the NAD Monitor series were good, etc. If you had a Nak and liked it, just go get one. | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? @hilde45 - I missed your budget being a combination of preamp and amp - my apologies. For both, you could do something like a CJ PV12/15 or ARC LS15 and match it with something like a McCormack DNA .5 or 1, Krell KST-100 (make sure it's been serv... | |
| Are Bowers and Wilkins speakers overpriced? @thyname - "1) Speakers are highly personal. Get those YOU like. There are no one-size-fits-all speakers."EXACTLY correct!Are B&W overpriced? A completely subjective opinion . . . | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? Just to follow up - There are a couple of ARC Ref 1 preamps for sale on Agon at right around $3k as well as a Conrad-Johnson Premier 17 LS2 with remote. I've heard the ARC Ref 1 and it is terrific, have not heard the Premier 17 but based on the C... | |
| Upgrading from an Exposure 3010S2 CD Oh, the irony . . . In the process of ordering a Naim DAC (not the shoebox DAC-V1). Update to follow if anyone's interested. | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Currently Kruder and Dorfmeister - the K&D Sessions. Before: Tycho - WeatherEmpire Brass Quintet - Passage | |
| Considering getting a CD player (again). Used? New? Criteria? I might have to try a CXC into whatever DAC I get (if I go that way . . . ) and see how it is compared to the Exposure 3010S2 I have as a player . . . it's been too long since I heard one. | |
| Speakers Don’t Matter As Much As We Think They Do? I think Erik is exactly correct - if the speaker/room combination does not work, the speaker is not going to sound its best. Room correction is far from the norm even today, and effective tuning remains the province of very expensive equipment. ... | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? @hilde45 - I second the suggestion of a used ARC or CJ. Both companies have set the standard at various times in tube preamps, both have been around a LONG time (in hifi terms), both can still service their products. And they are effectively fre... | |
| Schiit vs. Mytek vs. Chord - looking for some thoughts @jeffjazz - Thanks! I just posted a thread on upgrading from an Exposure 3010S2 CD; Schiit looks to be a possibility. | |
| Upgrade time - PSB, Paradigm, Monitor Audio, or . . . All - Thanks - I have a pair of MA Gold 300s coming. Will post impressions if anyone's interested . . . | |
| Schiit vs. Mytek vs. Chord - looking for some thoughts Has anyone had a chance to compare the Bifrost 2 to the Gungnir multibit? | |
| Speakers Don’t Matter As Much As We Think They Do? I've had a pair of Linn Helix 2 speakers, with the ku-stone stands, since about 2005 (the speakers themselves date to the mid 1990s). They've been good enough that I haven't wanted to change them out, until I moved to a townhouse that they just c... |