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| I am Looking for That Elusive 3 Dimensional Room Filling Soundstage With a little bit of positioning, Dynaudio Special 40's throw a huge holographic soundstage in small/medium sized rooms. Best I have heard amongst the 10 brands/speakers I have had in my house. they list for $3000 new but can be had for just over ... | |
| Standmount speakers. I have $5000. I would back some of the early recs for the Dynaudio Special 40’s. I am in the process of replacing my ATC SCM 19’s, which I am surprised have not been mentioned on this thread and which I suggest you listen to, with them. They are just very magic... | |
| Integrated amp for Dynaudio Special 40s Testing out a pair of Special 40’s to *possibly* replace my ATC SCM 19v2’s. Likewise iam also using a Belles integrated amp and it has plenty of power in my medium sized room. The Aria - a newer version of the Soloist mentioned above. Never go pas... | |
| Recommnedation for the BEST SOUNDING integrated amp up to $3500 @audionoobie Thanks for that comparison. I have a Belles Aria integrated that I think sounds absolutely wonderful but have pining for a CMIII. I have heard the CMII and, tube rolling aside, it's plus/minus vs the Aria. Never thought the Aria was a... | |
| OPPO Sonica DAC to Lumin D2 Upgrade I have what I think is a similarly budgeted and sounding system as the OP ... Schiit Gungnir Multibit --> Belles Aria Integrated --> ATC SCM11's. Likewise, I am very very happy with the Aria/speaker combination (though think about SCM19's) a... | |
| Recommend Affordable Integrated Amps (Solid State or Tube) Really loving the Belles Aria Integrated that I just picked up. No bells or whistles but *great* sound quality, particularly for the price. Haven't listened to it yet but the phono stage is supposed to be excellent as well.Would need a DAC for dig... | |
| Schiit not that Good? I have cycled through a number of pieces of gear over the past 5 years from various brands and now have a Schiit stack. There is no doubt that the Schiit gear is very good value and sounds fantastic with my current ATC-SCM’s. I think that the Vida... | |
| ascend sierra tower with raal or Focal Aria 936 I have owned both the MA Silver 8's and the Sierra towers with RAAL (bought slightly used for just under $2000). I did side by side conparisons in my room. The Silver 8's are fantastic speakers for the money, particularly the midrange of their 3-w... | |
| New Release CD Players $1000 - $1500 I'll second the Denafrips Ares recommendation. I am upsampling to native dsd256 via hqplayer and it sounds fantastic. The dsd section is a separate set of discrete chips from the pcm side (which also sounds great). Also has balanced xlr outputs an... | |
| Hegel H80 Balanced vs Unbalanced Inputs I have asked Hegel to confirm (though they are bad about responding to emails), but based on their separate pre-amps/amps, their design methods across various products, and their use of "true" when describing the balanced inputs ... my best guess ... | |
| Hegel H80 Balanced vs Unbalanced Inputs Ok thanks! I am guessing that you didn't notice any difference in soundstage. The only other concrete report of XLR/RCA comparisons for Hegels that I have seen said that the soundstage "exploded" with balanced out of his Oppo, even when adjusted f... | |
| Hegel H80 Balanced vs Unbalanced Inputs Thanks for the insight. So while they state they are 'true balanced' inputs that only goes as far as the inputs. So I am assuming I would gain *something* by using a truly balanced source. Question is how much and weighing that against other facto... | |
| Hegel H80 Balanced vs Unbalanced Inputs Thanks for the response. I was unsure about the internals of the H80 though their product page does state "The H80 features 5 digital inputs with 24 bit technology, 1 true balanced analog input and 2 unbalanced analog inputs". Does "true balanced"... |