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| Need a DAC Recommendation. Chord qutest or used chord hugo 2 | |
| spend on the streamer or on the DAC ? My experience has been DAC for sure has the greatest impact on sound quality. I am a big fan of Chord dacs. Streamers I would put more emphasis on user interface and hard to beat Node 2i in that area. | |
| Best Speakers for a small Nearfield room, budget at most $10000 (used is also ok) I have Focal Sopra 1 in similar situation. I would also look at Wilson Audio Tune Tot. | |
| high resolution streaming Upsampling doesn’t bring any new info to the recording from 16/44.1 so can they be even considered hi res? Unless they go to the original analogue master and remaster it 24/192. | |
| Speakers vs source/amp budget Just for update, I managed to get a demo Sopra 1 for a really great price from my usual Focal/Naim authorized dealer. It definitely sounds different with the music having more weight but I wouldn’t say "better." In fact my wife when hearing these ... | |
| Speakers vs source/amp budget cd318, just to give you an example I used to only listen to vinyls on my Linn LP12 Akurate with radikal power supply and Naim superline/supercap phono stage because no DAC however good came close to it (previously used McIntosh D150 at $3500, Chor... | |
| Speakers vs source/amp budget Ok looks like I need to up my budget to $10k+ thanks for the suggestions VerdantAudio will check them out but I'm hearing that Focal goes well with Naim so gonna check out Sopra 1 as well. | |
| $1000 bookshelf speakers with "recessed", "laid back" or "flat" mid-range? Linn stuff are all pretty laid back. I own Linn Majik 109 bookshelves for laid back listening (jazz) and own elac vela bs for forward detailed listening (female vocal and chamber). Majik 109 retails for $1690 but I am sure you can find used close ... | |
| Scratched woofer surround rubber Ok this is very reassuring. Thanks all. | |
| Scratched woofer surround rubber http://photos.app.goo.gl/R8hMGrRj41EV7kSJ9 relinking photos | |
| tube amp noise Ron from McIntosh recommended I remove my power conditioner and plug it straight to the wall outlet and surprisingly this seemed to have mitigated the problem noticeably. Not sure if it's the power conditioner or other components I had plugged to ... | |
| tube amp noise Thanks for all the advices. This amp weighs 110 lbs with box so want to go over all possibilities before I take it in. For now, I think I can live with it given I have 2 more years of warranty and can take it in if it gets worse.I don't think it's... | |
| Dac's? anyone tried the new Cambridge Dacmagic-B I'm using it with Squeezebox and it's a huge improvement over squeezebox DAC and sounds nearly as good as my Rega Apollo. Very neutral which may make it sound bit detached which is a good contrast to my Apollo which tends to be bit too warm at tim... | |
| How to reproduce sound of piano Martykl and Detlof thanks for your suggestions. I probably will get the SMS-1 in the near future. In the meanwhile, I took your advices Detlof and used one of Charlie Hadyn's deep bass CD's to find the optimal position for the sub. I also used Gra... | |
| What should I get for my first audio system? Not sure if you got your system already but 50w on Decco is plenty enough. I also live in NYC and I have never had the need to put the volume dial more than 1/4 way and that's on 84 sensitivity speakers. I would recommend getting monitors as they ... |