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| The $20K Soulution Audio 330 Integrated Amp is a Bargain ? https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisa2gee-soulution-330-integrated-amplifier-phono-solid-state | |
| A move has me thinking of a CD changer....? jusam I haven't played a CD in months, since I ripped all my CDs to my Roon server (SGC SonicTransporter). I stream Tidal and Qobuz (via Roon) and I can assure you, it sounds as good or better than ripped CDs or CDs played through my Rega CD p... | |
| Member Make Zero Sense I dream of Jeannie... | |
| Help me pick one of four music servers/streamersreqi I like my SGC sonictransporter https://www.smallgreencomputer.com/collections/audio-server/products/sonictransporter-i5 Mine has an internal 2TB SSD. I just connect a $25 external CD ripping drive to the SGC, to rip CDs straight to the sonic with ... | |
| architectual digest hifi setup. The only time I can recall seeing a really high-end system in AD was a pair of >$30,000 Wilson speakers jammed in a room in the worst possible placement, and the other gear was hidden away. The decorating budgets for these multi-million dollar ... | |
| Bryston with vandersteen. See p.3 of the 2CE manual, where it also has a diagram:https://www.vandersteen.com//media/files/Manuals/2ce_signature_ii_manual.pdf | |
| Speaker Recommendation up to 70k Stenheim Alumine 3 gets raves, and apparently do well in mid-size rooms.https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/stenheim-alumine-three-loudspeakerThe Vandersteen Kento and Seven intrigue me, but I’m a Vandy guy (I’ve heard the Quatro CT, and the... | |
| Fidelity vs. Musicality...........Is there a tug of War? Thanks, I think, @ douglas_schroeder :) LOL | |
| How important is the pre-amp? How little I know, and wish I knew! re:The issue with transformers is loading and inter-winding capacitance. All transformers have inter-winding capacitance. If the transformer is not loaded correctly (usually too lightly) the capacitance may pl... | |
| Fidelity vs. Musicality...........Is there a tug of War? Hi douglas_schroederI read with great interest your dagogo review of the Legacy class D amp, and have added their 2-ch version to my short list under consideration. So I find it interesting that you mention here the Benchmark amp, which some revie... | |
| How important is the pre-amp? WOW mikelavigne ! You’re in rarified air, or rather the stratosphere. Good on ya. I love the listening room you built. https://darko.audio/2015/11/the-select-dac-ii-msb-technologys-90000-da-converter/I used to run a well-regarded passive line stat... | |
| Help with a Passive Preamp I have been intrigued by the Tortuga Audio passives for a long time. I used to run a highly regarded passive line drive (the name escapes me but I still have it) with my McCormack DNA-1, with CDs as the source. Here is a good AbSound review: htt... | |
| How hot does the Ayre EX-8 2.0 Integrated Amplifier get? I am interested in the Ayre AX-5 Twenty integrated amplifier but it lacks one thing the EX-8 has ... a headphone jack. Why doesn't it have one, I wonder? | |
| Best Way to Upgrade Digital You want to do the rips well, particularly if you are discarding the CDs afterwards . I've thought about what to do with my CDs. If space was at a premium, I would store the discs in CD binders in disc pages, or some method, and ditch the jewel... | |
| System building; a meditation mikelavigne Hi. I have bookmarked and PDF'd the article which details the build you did of your listening room in your barn and have re-read it many times. Amazing room and system -- to die for. I recall it's in the PNW where I am, and if you we... |