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| Sharing a subwoofer between a Stereo and HT combination. Until you have more room to work with...what about a great sounding pair of headphones? Fidelity wise this might be your best band for the buck. | |
| Hegel comparison Both are great amps. I've spent quite a bit of time with both and also the new 600. The 590 will drive the bass harder and tighter but the 590 has a small dip in the midrange which makes the 390 sound "warmer" side by side. I think it's the DAC... | |
| Newer Blues Artists or Recordings Take a listen to band Blackberry Smoke. Guitarist Charlie Starr plays quite a bit with Warren Haynes. This should be right in your wheelhouse. | |
| Favorite Obscure Rock Song "Supper's Ready" by Genesis | |
| Is more amp power always better...? I know this is frustrating but I've found that the manufacture's stated WPC has very little to do with true, usable power output. One really has to do a deeper dive and either listen in person or get information from a trusted source like an info... | |
| A Few Nice Words For Upscale Audio Thanks for sharing that. | |
| Your greatest high end audio purchase!!! Acoustic room treatments is hands down my best purchase. It makes EVERYTHING in the room sound better now and in the future! | |
| 750$ Intel NUC vs $6000 Aurender N200: I don't hear the difference Could be interesting if this was an apples v. apples comparison but it is not. If this was a science lab experiment the grade would be an F. | |
| can subwoofers make things worse? Sub placement will be key in a small room. Try to locate the sub(s) anywhere but in-between the main speakers. | |
| DAC upgrade I think this discussion is going in a good direction since the OP is a vinyl guy. R2R DACs make a lot of sense. I would take a look at the Holo Audio Spring 3. It's a true Non Oversampling R2R DAC (Denafrips is not) that will sound very analog... | |
| Building a dedicated listening room Congratulations on you're new project & I'm sure everyone here is jealous that you are starting with a blank slate. I'm not sure how deep a dive you want to make on the room but here are a couple of thoughts. Number one would be to make su... | |
| Speaker and amp advice needed I've auditioned the Amati's (previous generation) and the Olympicas. Go for the Amati's, you won't regret it. They do like power and the MA352 may or may not get the job done. Heard the Amati's driven by the more powerful MA12000 and it was rig... | |
| Adcom pre amp versus Van Alstine Can't remember what the model was, but may years ago I owned the top of the line Adcom Pre and really liked it. They are so old now I would be very worried that the caps are drying out and the SQ will degrade. | |
| DAC RECOMMENDATIONS PLEASE OP is asking about a very intelligent and important upgrade. I believe in music streaming the DAC is essentially the phono cartridge. I would take a good look at the Holo Audio Spring 3. This R2R DAC should give you a lot of what you're looking... | |
| What Holiday Gifts did you ask for or Give to Yourself? Christmas is for giving. I made my daughter some HQ speaker cables using 12 gauge Tributaries as the core. My budding Audiophile was very pleased. |