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| Biwiring make any sense? My experience is it depends. I have listened to different cables and ultimately chose Kimber Kable bifocals XL. I am positive with enough time I could have found another excellent solution. Enjoy your journey! | |
| SimAudio Moon North Collection Luxman and Moon both make excellent gear. In my listening I perceived the Luxman a bit warmer when listening through Wilson Yvette’s. Enjoy our journey. | |
| If A.I. took the place of musicians, would you listen to it? I appreciate the comments of individuals regarding music and performance. In many ways there is lots of artificial replicated music - a radio station, mp3, vinyl and streaming are all recordings. The difference between a recording and performa... | |
| McIntosh Sonus Faber love affair, alternatives? @emergingsoul I am a big fan of SF and have owned MAC gear. For me the answer is yes and I am not clear if my preferences are changing or the new products are advancing. An example of this is I heard Wilson’s new Watt Puppy - I was impressed. ... | |
| I want to buy new speakers for 50,000 and see it used for 30,000, what should I do? I don’t believe you are crazy. I have a good relationship with a local stereo shop - and I go there for all my purchases (new or used). They deliver, set-up and stand by the product. On demos I get the warranty and in some cases manufacturers ... | |
| Diving into balanced I personally have decided to go with balanced interconnections are minimal distances. My system (Moon) is designed for balanced interconnections are this results in a 6db gain for the signal. I have decided to use shortest distance. It saved... | |
| If A.I. took the place of musicians, would you listen to it? Humans have figured out how to adopt new technologies since the stone age. Will AI compose and produce a series of sounds with melody - sure. Will it be compelling? Highly doubtful without some human intervention. I believe AI may allow a pe... | |
| All around headphone amp recommendations I second the Moon 430HAD. If you are looking for something portable Chord Mojo2 is impressive for the money. | |
| Solid State Power Amps Here’s my $0.02… I would listen to Audio Research (like the 160S) and Moon by Simaudio 861 in addition to your list. I’ve own McIntosh and loved it and when it was time to upgrade was impressed with Audio Research for its transparency and dri... | |
| Luxman 509x or Simaudio 600iV2 with mágico A3. I haven't heard Luxman and Moon with Magico - though I have listened to them through Wilson. I've been impressed with both. My perception is Luxman has slight warmth compared to Moon. If I was you, I'd try to get an in home trial because I th... | |
| Newbie Q about DACs - built in or separate? @tshark "Go Stars!" Excellent question and I encourage you to run some experiments to given your current gear does have some optionality. If you are currently using your McIntosh's DAC for CDs try the Luxman and find out what differences you hea... | |
| New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound? A few thoughts: Can you return it? Is it the same cord as on your preamp? Have you swapped cords on the pre-amp and amp as an experiment I don't view it as you threw money away if you are enjoying music and the process. If you can't return ... | |
| 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. |