side22olto

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Is it worth upgrading a CD player?
@grislybutter I auditioned Sonetto III, B&W704 and AE520s and went with the latter, should be here within a week or so. Looking forward to it!  
Is it worth upgrading a CD player?
I forgot to mention my cd collection is ripped to an external drive and then either streamed through the house via Sonos or played directly to the DAC via a USB cable from a Mac. I still manage the music library using iTunes.  
Is it worth upgrading a CD player?
Thanks again for the comments. I’ll look into which transports pair well with the Audiolab M-DAC+.    
Is it worth upgrading a CD player?
Thanks for all your responses! I have around 1,000 CD’s boxed up (after switching back to vinyl 7 years ago, oh the irony) and I just did a trial on Qobuz which was great but I’m looking interested in playing the CD boxsets I have where the bonus ... 
Floorstanding speaker advice needed for long room
@erik_squires thanks for the link  
Floorstanding speaker advice needed for long room
Thanks again for all the advice (looks like there’s no “like” function so I can’t like the comments. It makes sense to hang on to the Rel and see how the new speakers sound so will definitely be doing that. I’m hoping whichever speakers I get will... 
Floorstanding speaker advice needed for long room
I’m thinking now to audition the Spendor a7’s, some Sonus Faber’s at the same price bracket and the dynaudio.  
Floorstanding speaker advice needed for long room
@erik_squires the simulator sounds interesting, how do I find more details? (Nothing came up as an exact match on a search), thanks.  
Floorstanding speaker advice needed for long room
My bad, I meant Rega Aethos. Thanks for your feedback, I’ll look into them.  
Floorstanding speaker advice needed for long room
Panels aren’t an option as I have my set up in the living room and as much as I want good sound, I don’t want to turn the living room into a recording studio, even if the panels are portable, moving them around etc. is not a step too far for me pe... 
Floorstanding speaker advice needed for long room
Thanks for all your advice/comments. I think I’ll audition the Spendors. I understand  that whatever I buy will sound better with space between them and the backwall so it will be a compromise but I want a set of speakers that will sound good for ... 
Floorstanding speaker advice needed for long room
Thanks for the advice. I read Spendor A7’s can sit 20-30cm from the wall so that would work (although I need to look into how close to each other they can be). As they’re 2 way, I’d need to keep the Rel.