rbstehno
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| Preamp under $2,000 used I just purchased a Hegel preamp because I own the Hegel H300 integrated and it sounds fantastic. I am teaming up the Hegel preamp with a pair of Classe ct-m300 monoblocks using xlr with very good results. | |
| Jolida Integrated or Rogue Integrated MAgnus Cronus II Rogue hands down, even when you go up the Jolida chain to their monoblocks. I have owned both a 1501 and the 1301 which were nice, I have heard the Jolida mono’s and the better Jolida integrateds at shows and friends houses. I bought the rogue Cro... | |
| Digital Audio for Dummies I listened to both the Sony and the bluesound and I bought the Auralic Aries which blew those 2 away in sound and especially the DS Lightning iPad software to control it. I bought the Auralic Aries mini for the living room which I think is superio... | |
| Should I eliminate my preamp? Willemj- how do you know what an album is supposed to sound like? Are you telling me by bypassing a preamp you are closer to the master? If you like vinyl these guys will tell you their master is more realistic. There are many reasons to go thru a... | |
| Ethernet Cables, do they make a difference? These naysayers have no freakin clue about how audio works. These guys claim that all digital is just zeros and ones and nothing will have an impact on the sound. Cable sheathing, cable terminations all make a difference. Ask these guys why fibre ... | |
| MQA and the "Pre Ring - Post Ring" Hoax More propaganda from a truther. Why do you need instruments when you have 2 ears to hear if it sounds good or not. This thread is no different than a vinyl addict claiming analog is better while we know the issues with analog. I have good equipmen... | |
| “MQA is a philosophy”..John Stuart I think cj1965 and the other naysayers are the ones who are gullible and vulnerable to bad mouth anything that they cannot hear. They are probably in the same club that can’t hear a difference between cables/cartridges/amps/etc... we all know tha... | |
| Good Used Speakers ($8K-10K) For A Little Listening Room How about the latest version of Totem signature one’s? I owned a pair years ago in a 12x12x8 ft room and they sounded great with Mac and classe separates. I added a rel subwoofer but the new model 1’s have a bigger woofer than the older versions. | |
| Still looking for speakers in the 10-20,000 range I looked at a couple of the speakers mentioned above, mainly the revel salons and studios. I stayed with Usher. I used the Usher Mini Dancer II’s and just bought the UsherX-Towers. Great speakers, and their BE-10 and BE-20 speakers are also great ... | |
| Experimenting with Speaker Room Placement I have a dedicated room that is 27x16x12. I just bought a new pair of Usher X-Towers. I used to use the rule of thirds for my prior ushers, but the x-towers produced way to much bass out 9’ from the back short wall. The room is treated with sac tu... | |
| When you suddenly realize.... Tidal with roon with MQA cuts have replaced my vinyl. We need a lot more MQA albums. I still have hundreds of vinyl and a very nice tt setup so I won’t be getting rid of that, but playing it a lot less | |
| DAC recommendation Shadorne-you are not accurate in your statement that A rated dacs are very similar. Plus, you left out the PS Audio Directstream which is also A+ rated and is much different than most if not all the dacs you listed. The Directstream has the built ... | |
| Critique my setup Imo tubes provide a great warm sound, usually associated with the midrange. Sometimes the highs feel as though there is a veil drawn over the speakers. When I had the rogue, I loved the miss and highs, but the low end was too flabby for me, the ro... | |
| Critique my setup I have owned 4 Jolida pieces and still own 1 today. I have also heard their top of the line pieces/separates at shows and they sounded good, but never was on a wow list. For the $$$ Jolida is good sounding, but for the same $$$, you could do bette... | |
| Critique my setup IMO both your speakers and amp are your weakest links. You are a tube guy so IMO I would stay away from Sonus Faber, these speakers tend to be a little dark and tubes won’t help lighten them up. If you like tubes, try out the rogue Cronus magnum I... |