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| Fritz carbon 7SE MK 2, Upgrade Since you like the Pass sound this X150.5 would be plenty even for ATC, but I think closer to $2500 is a more fair price than the $2900 on ask given age and it’s an older model (although not too old). I think Coda is also a great choice. Best of... | |
| Is More Better? Todd Welti is one of the foremost experts on subwoofers, and his top choice is four subs placed at the midpoint of all four walls. But he also said two subs at the midpoint of either the front/back or side walls is still very good. I’d start wit... | |
| Your opinions on the Polk R700 speakers The 2.4 was about twice the price of the Polks when new and probably use higher quality components, and you may miss the time/phase coherence of the Thiels as well. Just some things to consider. | |
| Connecting TV, Integrated Amp and CD/DVD Player I’d look for an HDMI splitter that would give you two HDMI outputs from your Oppo and run one into the amp and the other into an HDMI input on your TV. Not sure but seems like this should work. | |
| Fritz carbon 7SE MK 2, Upgrade Assuming the ATI isn’t too big to move, you could bring both the speakers and the ATI to your shop and do an A/B comparison there with the Pass — probably the next best thing to hauling the Pass to your room. I think you need to reconcile are you... | |
| Your opinions on the Polk R700 speakers I’d absolutely fix the Thiels. | |
| Suggestions for a holographic preamp? The Motherload does have a remote and only controls volume. | |
| Low powered integrated recommendation The Linear Tube Audio integrateds are worth a look, and they offer a trial period. Best of luck. https://www.lineartubeaudio.com/integrated-amplifiers | |
| COAX Cable Recommendations.... need some glitter I replaced the digital interconnect with a good aftermarket one. Jaw drop... a bigger difference than I had ever heard between analog components. @ghdprentice Ditto. One of biggest surprises I’ve had in audio. | |
| Streamer Options Needed What interface from the Streamer to the DAC? USB, Digital Coax, Toslink? My current DAC won't support I2S. That’s a good question, and the answer is it depends. Often times the designer of a DAC has one preferred input so it’s best to check w... | |
| Weakest Link in my system... Power Supply, DAC, or... If I simply have shelves with those exterior dimensions, lined with books and vinyl, is that a close approximation of the ideal room treatment in this location behind the speakers in the corners of the room? Or is there more to do? For corners ... | |
| Streamer Options Needed There’s an Innuos Zen Mk3 available for $1650, which is a great price and you should jump on it because it won’t last long. It also has a CD drive so you can load any CDs into it if you want so all your digital music is in one place, but regardle... | |
| Replace Rogue Cronus 3 with Rogue Pharoah 2 or HiFi Rose rs520 or suggestions Rogue amps have a house sound that skews more neutral and are not as tonally full or warm sounding as some other tube amps, so in addition to the Cronus maybe being a bit underpowered this may also be contributing to what you’re hearing. I had t... | |
| Suggestions for a holographic preamp? Also, can anybody tell me anything about impedance matching between pre- and power amps? In general you want the input impedance of the amp to be 10x the output impedance of the pre. BUT, the impedance varies by frequency and may go higher or... | |
| Suggestions for a holographic preamp? these are custom programmed and a universal remote will not work with the preamp. If it’s a learning universal remote it should be able to learn any code, custom or not. If you like your pre it’s surely worth a try, and again with Amazon if it... |