nordicnorm
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| Can’t recommend ASUS VivoMini enough if you need Roon Core Everything runs better with 8GB RAM... | |
| Remarkably better sound possible with just 1 system component change? You’ve received a lot of good advice already.To lower the sound floor and get more detail at low sound volume require power. Your Macs are more than adequate at delivering that. It’s your speakers that are the limiting factor.Hybrid electrostatics... | |
| Help Please With A Replacement For Old Aragon Amp. Have you done any room treatments?Your listening space is an extension of your system. | |
| Amp and Pre-Amp suggestions needed @stereo5 wrote:" " I'm in agreement with kijanki4 with respect to tone controls. The better your gear, the less you need them." That's false. At 67, my hearing is going and tone controls can be a blessing. "Well, you have 5 years on me, so perh... | |
| Building new system starting with power amp. What would you choose ? Within that budget, I would be looking at a pair of Coincident 211PP Dragon MK II monoblocks:http://www.coincidentspeaker.com/211PP-Dragon-MkII-Mono-Amp.html | |
| Best Ethernet Setup for Streaming Audio This thread may be of interest:https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/if-you-stream-music-from-the-internet-i-can-t-recommend-this-more-high | |
| Can’t recommend ASUS VivoMini enough if you need Roon Core Couldn't agree more.I've been running one for my digital file server for the past 5 years.An i7 is a bit overkill for a media server. My i5 has plenty of speed. But I only run JRiver Media Centre on it. YMMV. | |
| Amp and Pre-Amp suggestions needed I'm in agreement with kijanki4 with respect to tone controls. The better your gear, the less you need them.For a preamp, I would recommend Don Sach's linestage:http://dsachsconsulting.com/custom%20line%20stage.html Don builds these by hand and wil... | |
| Interconnect RCA Cables between Preamp to Poweramp +1 for Teo Audio liquid metal cable.No risk to try them out and hear how they sound in *your* system.No affiliation, just a satisfied customer. | |
| Love to see the opinions on this piece about TIDAL not workig with hifi streamers...... Quite the meaningless word salad... | |
| preamp for manley Google ‘Don Sachs linestage’.His website has his contact info. | |
| Best Cable Option: Streamer to DAC S/PDIF is also limited to 24 bits while USB can pass 32 bits (in case you are interested).Is there an audible difference? Now that’s a loaded question!My feeling is that, all things being equal, yes there is an audible difference.I’m a big propone... | |
| Gave up my SET----looking for moderate to higher power replacement options I’ve had KT88 tube amps before and really liked them. Maybe you might as well?Don Sachs makes a really nice one:http://www.dsachsconsulting.com/custom%20kt88%20tube%20amp.html CAD$3,750 which works out to under US$3,000.I have Don’s linestage. Ver... | |
| preamp for manley I would recommend looking at the Don Sachs Linestage. Don will customize it to match your Manley amps.Very high build quality and great sounding to boot!I have one. | |
| First Watt SIT-3 preamp pairing advice +1 for Don Sachs linestage. |