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| What's A Good Upgrade From A Manley Steelhead? @bdp24 No problem with your comment at all, I'm considering all options and one option is certainly to 'do nothing'. I don't have a large vinyl collection, in part because I offloaded my collection some years ago and took a hiatus, and I've been s... | |
| What's A Good Upgrade From A Manley Steelhead? @wrm57 Thanks, I'm a fan of Allnic gear, I've had their 5000DHT preamp, A6000 monoblocks and I still have their H1202 phonostage in a second system. I don't see an H3000 on the used market but I'll keep an eye open. | |
| What's A Good Upgrade From A Manley Steelhead? @rauliruegas That link is to a full function preamp. I'm just looking for a phonostage, I have a good preamp. Thanks Rooze | |
| What's A Good Upgrade From A Manley Steelhead? @lewm Thanks, I have the latest version, the Steelhead RC. I'm not about to do any mods to it, though I appreciate that there might be gains to be had. I do like how it sounds and its versatility, but I'm just ready for a change and an upgrade. ... | |
| Under my tower speakers -- Isoacoustics Gaia, other options? I've used GAIA IIs, spikes and springs under Spatial Audio X3s and much preferred the springs. Isoacoustics GAIA are a pain with heavy speakers on hardwood floors as they stick to the floor and you can't slide them easily. The springs I used were... | |
| Budget amp that will give Magnepan 3.6Rs better depth of soundstage You can pick up a Crown XLS2502 for around $400 used, $650 new. I have one here that I use to drive a pair of passive subs, I've messed with it driving fullrange speakers and it sounds surprisingly good. I've had 3.6Rs in a room that size and th... | |
| High powered single end 300b recommendations Allnic A6000 monoblocks are rated 60w using EML XLS tubes, 4 per side. They also have a toggle for negative feedback and no negative feedback, which helps with more difficult speakers. They sound fantastic if you can find a pair. | |
| DAC recommendations The Denafrips Terminator is a great choice. I had the original with updated DSP board and it sounded wonderful. I should never have sold it and still haven’t replaced it. In the future if you have some spare cash and feel like moving up the ladder... | |
| Klipsch La Scala replacement? If you like your La Scala I can’t imagine you being satisfied with B&W speakers. I think you need to be looking for smaller horns, Klipsch Forte, would be my recommendation. Or take a look at the Volti Razz. Great speakers, possibly as good a... | |
| Thoughts on Moving Up From Denafrips Terminator / GAIA DDC I like the look of the Weiss dacs but haven’t seen a used one show up in weeks, other than a unit that’s located in Europe. I really like the look of the Berkeley Reference dacs, though they seem to attract mixed reviews. Not that looks are impo... | |
| Thoughts on Moving Up From Denafrips Terminator / GAIA DDC I don’t stream from sites like Tidal. My SMG i5 is a file server and I’ve around 7tb of music stored on a usb drive. I’ve a mix of 44.1 through DSD512, etc. I use an old OPPO 95 as a CD transport for occasional use of physical media, but mostly I ... | |
| Lyngdorf TDAI-3400 I have the 2170 and ran a Denafrips Terminator into the high-end analog module and it was only a slight improvement over the internal DAC. I used a SMG i5 as a Roon core, Sonore UltraRendu, Denafrips GAIA DDC. So when I removed the Terminator I ju... | |
| Capital AudioFest : Fyssion Speakers I spent time in the Fyssion room at CAF. I own full-range driver speakers so I've a reasonable point of reference in terms of what to expect. Without getting into too much detail, the guys in the room had 3 pairs of speakers each connected to a s... | |
| Has anybody heard the Whammerdyne Circuit Salad recently? I haven't heard the Circuit Salad but the DGA Ultra was as at CAF last weekend driving a pair of Songer Audio Field Coils. It sounded excellent. There's a report here, with photos and a short vid: | |
| What are the big attractions at Capital Audiofest coming up this Friday? I’m about 80% through the show and the standouts have been: 1: Odyssey/Symphonic Line: Klaus is showing a top flight system this year featuring electronics from Symphonic Line with Odyssey Liquid speakers. There’s a video of Klaus showing off the... |