rbstehno
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| Great Value in Used Phono Preamp’s? I’m selling a tube Jolida JD9 MKII phono preamp with an extra set of upgraded PsVane tubes. Low hours, mm/mc. | |
| Is Usher still around I have a pair of their new x-towers. I still have a pair of their mini dancer 2’s with dmd tweeters. The x-towers bass is very very good, same driver as in the be-10 and be-20, but the bass cabinet is bigger. Love the DMD tweeters in both speakers | |
| McIntosh Guy Going Tubes? (Maybe?) McIntosh SS gear sounds warm, you sure you want to go warmer? If you go to tube amps, you are giving up a lot now and in the future. The tube amps you are looking at are not as powerful as your current amps. The 275’s might be fine with your curre... | |
| Bob Carver new tune expected Most of his older stuff is junk. Sonic holography, remember that? His amps might claim high wattage, but sounded thin and unusable. His new stuff is better but I would be skeptical for long term use. | |
| Music Server Recommendation IMO, the typical music servers that are talked about in this thread, are based on old technology. IMO, if you have to connect something using a USB cable to an external dac, it’s old technology. The new technology involves using a “bridge”. I hav... | |
| Best Rocking Speakers 15K and Under Check out Usher, the Mini Dancer II's, BE-10, BE-20, or the X-towers. I have both the Mini Dancer II's and recently moved up the chain to the X-towers. Fantastic speakers especially for the $$$$. | |
| What Matters and What is Nonsense Prof, what you wrote really doesn't matter much. It's like somebody indicating that are an instant race car driver just because they bought a sports car. | |
| What Matters and What is Nonsense Prof, not much I can say if you can’t hear a difference between a Home Depot cable and a synergistic research cable. That’s like saying you can’t hear a difference between a pioneer amp and Classe monoblocks. I have a 1 meter synergistic research ... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? Just bought the McIntosh C47 preamp, very similar in performance to the C52 that was reviewed in the latest TAS. Very nice, much better than going straight from my dac to the Classe monoblocks. Plus I needed preamp since I also have a tt and a cd... | |
| What Matters and What is Nonsense The room is the area that you need to get right 1st. Most people don't treat the room and they think it sounds fantastic, they just don't know.Next, I would put SYNERGY as #10. If you go out and buy a nice Wilson or Magico speaker for $100,000, ar... | |
| Best balanced linestage/preamp for $4000 or less ??? Check out the McIntosh C47 for $4000. Check out the TAS review of the McIntosh C52 and you give up nothing in performance by going with the C47. | |
| Is this MQA news a big deal? I wouldn't spend more than $500 on a dac without MQA. $7000 on a dac without MQA is foolish IMO. You might not like MQA right now (with the right equipment, it can sound fantastic), but if they make future improvements and then you want it, your $... | |
| Which is better - Hi end CD transport or Music server into DAC? Neither. The best setup is using a network card inside the dac, for example the Bridge II cars in the ps audio DS or the DCS network card. Sell all the so called ultimate usb cables, all you need is a good Ethernet cable (say cat7 or cat8 from aud... | |
| New Speakers up to $15k - The more I read the less I know! I would look at Totem and usher. I have had both and just moved up to the usher x-towers for a little less than $15k. The usher be-10 and be-20’s are also excellent sounding speakers. | |
| Ready to move onto next stage of streaming I have been down the paths of using a computer with an external dac and then replacing the computer with a dedicated streamer (auralic Aries) with a separate dac. Why do you want to use 2 boxes linked with an inferior usb cable when you can use an... |