sgordoxyz
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| Solid State Power Amps I have not followed this forum so I would not know. I apologize if it is annoying you. I’m interested in others opinions. Even your unhelpful one. | |
| Solid State Power Amps Thanks - I don’t know these brands. I will look into them. | |
| Solid State Power Amps Focal Sopra 3 - not a challenging speaker to drive | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? I have and am very pleased that I did. I have over 1000 albums so for me it makes sense. I want to hear these pressings in their best presentation. If I was starting off and hand a very limited number of albums or CDs I would put all my money into... | |
| YouTube star Jay loves McIntosh MC 901 amplifier This Mac + Sonus Faber pairing must of caught his eye in Munich. Remember he acquired the 901 a few months ago but his speakers were not bi-wireable. Now he has all the pieces of the puzzle he needs. If a room with all the treatment installed and ... | |
| New preamp or up grade my cartridge and or phono amp? If this is a step towards a long term hi-end system then I would get the highest quality tube preamp I could afford. This pieces is the heart of the system. From there you can work on source issues. The cartridge is certainly a key piece if your f... | |
| Help with high end bookshelf speakers PS Audio FR5 has my vote. No doubt. | |
| Your Ultimate Phono Preamp: Which One Would You Choose? I mostly listen to vinyl so the phono preamp is important for me. Next what is ultimate to one person is basic to another. My budget for a phono preamp is around 6k. So I have no experience above this. For 5 years I listened to an E Glo S. Overall... | |
| Do you belong more to souce first or to speakers first school of thought ? If the source is terrible then nothing matters and the same is true for the speakers. That said I think the variance in speaker quality is more impactful than the source. I focus on speakers first. I have Sopra 3 speakers and they contribute the h... | |
| room setup suggesion needed A square room is the worst possible ratio. It leads to more standing waves than other rectangular options. There is an ideal ratio. Of length, width & height. Not sure what would happened if you setup the center in a corner. This may be intere... | |
| Would you move to a bigger house if you could just to have a better listening room ? If I had the land available with my existing house I would be a listening room. Then it’s detached and the design could fit the engineering needs. Few homes have proper design. | |
| Non-fatiguing speakers in $10K range? FR10 would be on my list. | |
| PREAMPLIFIER UPGRADE QUESTION I highly recommend the ModWright PH 9.0 and if you can add the X version (Balanced output) it is even better. There is also a T upgrade (Tube rectification power supply). This is a phono stage that will compete with those in the 10K range. Good lu... |