oddiofyl

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High sensitivity (99) with mid powered (50 to 100 wpc/tube) amps?
Heresy are great but Forte IV are much better.  I replaced my Heresy III with the Forte and they give you a lot more low end with the same footprint.  Heresy need a sub to sound like a full range speaker.    
High sensitivity (99) with mid powered (50 to 100 wpc/tube) amps?
They are very different from your 805.   I will use my sub sometimes but they really don't need a sub.   I have my sub crossover set low, it's only playing below 50 hz with a steep crossover slope.   
High sensitivity (99) with mid powered (50 to 100 wpc/tube) amps?
I was running my Forte IV with a pair of 40 watt Quicksilver mono amps and for me it's plenty of power and sounds great.   I also run them with a 300b Amp that's only around 7 watts.   Sounds beautiful, but runs out of steam if you crank it up lou... 
Back to the DAC
You will love the Bricasti.  It's super high quality stuff.  Enjoy  
Does Every Track Sound Great on Your System?
I think I'm at the point where my system sounds pretty good.   Great recordings sound excellent,  so good that you get a sense of the "room" ambiance .    Poor recordings sound gritty and raw like they were supposed to I guess.   But they still a... 
REL S510 or S812
I just set up a S/510 for my Dad.   Its a really nice sub.  I have an older r305 which has been rock solid , on for the past 15 years or so... continuously.  The S/510 sounds excellent with a 2 channel source.  I have it crossed over around 60 Hz... 
You can't afford a Lambo Veneno, so get this..
The Fender is a beautiful table and the collaboration between the two makes perfect sense.   The LamboTable, not so much.   
Newbie Q about DACs - built in or separate?
Definitely good gear ...     
Newbie Q about DACs - built in or separate?
The DAC in your Mac is not bad at all in my opinion.  My Dad's 8950 has the DA2 and it sounds pretty good.   I would start by listening to your Luxmans analog outs and compare to the internal DAC.    Then possibly demo a DAC or two in your system... 
Quicksilver silver 60 amplifiers
I drove my Revel M106 with the Mid Monos and they had plenty of juice in a medium sized room at generous levels.     They have been driving Heresy and Forte for the last few years.    Those amps were built in 2013 and have had a lot of use.   Nev... 
Decware Sarah 300B Amp?
So if I wait 4.5 years and don't like it I can return it within 30 days?   And it will only cost $450 to try it?  Or cost $450 because I've grown impatient or die ?   Sign me up.    
Preamplifier sound Quality impact in home theatre bypass
McIntosh Integrated Amps and Preamps have a really slick pass through.  I set my Dad's MA8950 with an Anthem MRX 540 and it is seamless integration  The MRX's trigger out goes to Mac's control trigger input and when you turn the MRX on it puts th... 
Decware Sarah 300B Amp?
I love my 300b but unless you have speakers that are very easy to drive they don’t always make sense.      I am always swapping gear around but I can really only use two pair of speakers with that amp, my Forte IV and Omega Super Alnicos.    My S... 
Decware Sarah 300B Amp?
Those amps are $$$….  Maybe not a fair comparison.   I’d be pretty disappointed if I waited 3 plus years for an amp and it looked like that Sarah on the inside.        
Decware Sarah 300B Amp?
Cheaply constructed, plastic stand-offs are used as nuts ... $10 potentiometer.   Silkscreen came out wrong so they just flipped the top plate over ... $5k ?   Seriously?