overthemoon
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| Wilson Alexia 2 Not knowing your budget, I recommend ARC, Boulder and Moon. | |
| All in one unit for headphones- help me decide @meiatflask If you truly want to go a budget route, I'd consider a Poly Mojo2 as your interim step - it's a portable headphone amp and you can get them $500-800 (used/new). You can connect it to your phone or external streamer (including Chord's ... | |
| Why were the Shunyata Venom NR V10 / V12 Power Cables Discontinued? I knew the Delta series was going to be replaced. I'd check their website. | |
| All in one unit for headphones- help me decide I auditioned the Naim - I it was very pleasing and a significant upgrade from my preamp with a headphone jack. I would consider separate headphone amp and Bluesound node over the a unit with amp section and headphone amp. | |
| first & last system In addition to the options you have here's some additional choices: 1. Integrated amp with DAC - Moon ACE, Naim ATOM, Hifi Rose, and NAD with optional Bluesound Steaming/DAC 2. Speakers - I'm a fan of Sonus faber, so I encourage to listen to t... | |
| Speakers, speaker cables or I’m getting old… @sudnh There may be lots of fakes but it wasn't the case. Kimber recommended 12 TCs for my system and they were downright bad - the sound was muddy and harsh. They weren't a good fit for my system to my ears. Kimber was easy to work, and that's... | |
| Audio quest Rocket 88 how good are they? I preferred Rocket 33s to Kimber 12 TC when I was auditioning in my system. I think you will hear a difference and preference will be based on your tastes including your musical selection. | |
| Should Amps be plugged into a power conditioner? Should they is a judgement call and I encourage you to test with your ears. I have a Shunyata Delta power conditioner and plug my Moon 860AV2 into it. I like the sound and I also appreciate the protection. (I also have a whole house surge prote... | |
| Turntable advice If this is your first serious venture into vinyl and you don't currently have a lot of records to play - I'd consider a Rega P8 with an Ania cartridge and my rationale is: It's a high quality turntable that is fix and forget it. The turntable... | |
| C53 Pre Amp - McIntosh I'd explore eBay and consider using an auction. I sold my C2600 preamp a few years ago and I thought it would sell for 4500 and it sold for 5900. | |
| Speakers, speaker cables or I’m getting old… I have had some similar experience as it relates to speaker cables and with Metallica, Tool and such on Qobuz. Speaker cables: I owned a pair of Rocket 33s, Blue Jean Cables and borrowed a friends Kimber Kable 12TCs. The Blue Jean Cables didn... | |
| Update from Nordost Heimdall to Frey speaker cable I don’t own Nordstrom yet have heard a full loom with the DAC, pre and amp of my system and it shocked me on the dynamics and clarity. I bring this up because their philosophy on all cables. All that as context - I think there’s a differen... | |
| Update from Nordost Heimdall to Frey speaker cable What sound characteristics are you looking to change ? Do you think you are missing something? I ask because I've found significant impact from power cords and I didn't expect it. | |
| Turntable prices. Is my mind going? @mahgister I appreciate your response. To each their own, I can enjoy music or a car without knowing all the details of how they work. I may not have the mental capacity or patience to understand the how. I hear differences in systems and unders... | |
| Qualities Of An End-game System Seems like a good definition. I am not sure if your doing sex, drug, etc. right if you don't enjoy them as well 😀 |