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| The D'Appolito, MTM Configuration I really liked the Joseph Audio RM25s, but JA doesn’t seem to use the D'Appolito design anymore. | |
| How does bi-wiring work? @wlutke Very glad to hear! And thanks for the follow up. Cables can be a risky thing to recommend because they can be so system dependent, so I’m happy it worked out in your situation. | |
| Acoustic Zen - Hologram ii vs Satori +1 @audphile1 Try AZ Silver Ref between source and pre. | |
| Need suggestions on a streaming solution! Budget? Are you looking for new or used? | |
| Old phones as streaming sources though I would never recommend an Aurender or its ilk as I think they are dramatically overpriced for what you get @mdalton Yeah, that’s just absurd IMHO. You also didn’t spend a bunch on a streamer, opting for the zen, which seems smart to m... | |
| Old phones as streaming sources @mdalton By that logic you can feed a $10k DAC with an iPhone and be no better off if you use a good Aurender, Grimm, Innuos, etc. streamer. Is that your contention? I don’t think there are many people here with good DACs who would use an iPhone... | |
| Old phones as streaming sources @lanx0003 What you fail to recognize is that noise is the mortal enemy of good streaming, and an iPhone is about the noisiest source possible for streaming. Streamers go to great lengths to minimize noise while the iPhone does nothing in that re... | |
| Need Guidance for Next/Last Pair of Speakers What’s your budget, and are you looking for new or used? Also, what specifically was it about the Altecs that so attracted you? Sounds like maybe they were full of tone and not hyper detailed up top? | |
| Bryston BP-17 cubed or Benchmrk LA4 Preamp Given what you’re looking for sonically you’ve identified two excellent candidates IMHO. I can’t speak to the Benchmark, but I owned a Bryston BP6 (very similar to the BP26 minus the balanced connections and separate power supply) for years and i... | |
| Advice regarding separate DAC purchase The DAC1 module in Mac gear doesn’t have a great reputation and several here have replaced it with a separate DAC and been very happy with the improvements. I’d recommend getting the Pontus ll along with either the Iris or Hermes DDC and use the ... | |
| Bryston BP-17 cubed or Benchmrk LA4 Preamp What improvements/sound characteristics are you looking for? | |
| Bryston BP-17 cubed or Benchmrk LA4 Preamp What’s your budget, and are you looking for new or used? | |
| Seeking Honest Opinions: Your Experience with McIntosh Audio Gear About four years ago I worked for Magnolia at Best Buy and got to hear pricey Mac electronics paired with KEF Blades in a dedicated room just for that system. I’d heard the Blades before at shows and found them to be very neutral and natural-soun... | |
| Esoteric S-05 30 watt Class A Amp I’m a “leave the amp on” kinda guy but even I wouldn’t do that with a full Class A (or tube) amp. Hopefully your amp doesn’t require many hours to get to its optimal operating performance, but many Class A amps unfortunately do. If you do a lot o... | |
| Help me pair the KEF R11 Metas...? I replaced the cables as well, switching from custom audiophile speaker cables, to simple OF bare copper. I then connected a new Cambridge Audio MXN10 DAC/Streamer as a Tidal source, instead of using Bluetooth, and let it rip...OMG....night and d... |