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| Still Looking for a DAC - Audio Mirror Tubadour v and ANK Audio 5.1 Thanks for the update and really glad things eventually settled in to your liking — that’s gotta be a bit of a relief! I’d be very interested to hear your impressions of the MC2 once it settles into your system (I’ve found even used cables need s... | |
| BAACH two week report Very interesting. Congrats and thanks for posting. | |
| Bottleneck / Upgrade Recommendations - Yamaha RVX-475 Receiver, Pro-Ject Phono Box MM I think what blew my mind the most was the imaging (I think that and not soundstage, not really clear on the difference still) So, look at soundstage as the overall size of the sound from left to right, front to back, and height whereas imaging... | |
| Adding a sub I have an SB2000 and have followed SVS for years and I’ve never heard, nor heard of, transformer whine — ever. Only thing I’d say would be to get two SB1000 Pros or at least plan to add another one down the road because two are a substantial impr... | |
| 2 preamps connected You need to find what the unity gain setting is on the EverSolo. It’s frequently setting the volume on it to the max but you should verify. | |
| Battle of the Open Baffles Spatial Audio speakers have impressed me greatly at shows (usually paired with LTA electronics) and were fer sure my vote for best bang per buck — can’t wait to hear feedback on the new Caladans. Best sound I’ve ever heard was the Nola Grand Refe... | |
| Sonus Faber Sonetto V’s Thoughts Requested You are not a true audiophile unless you are unhappy with your system or lets say, not entirely happy. @mijostyn Ha!!! Well said and funny because it’s got a lotta truth to it. God help us. | |
| Floorstanding speaker experiences/recommendations in the $12-25k range I’d suggest before making recommendations to take into account that the OP’s amp, while excellent, is a relatively low-powered tube amplifier. As per John Atkinson’s measurements of the amp it’s not comfortable driving speakers that dip to low imp... | |
| Best Circa 90's CDP Best was the Audio Meca Mephisto II. Next the Metronome T1A & AL2 CD Transport & Power Supply. Another great choice is the Marantz CD-94. These easily sound better anything suggested above. @bigkidz Better than the Linn CD12? I resp... | |
| Bottleneck / Upgrade Recommendations - Yamaha RVX-475 Receiver, Pro-Ject Phono Box MM If I don’t get a preamp or HT processor right away do I just run an optical cable from my TV to the integrated amp? No. Run that from your TV to your AVR and then the Audio RCA outputs on the AVR to the HT Bypass input on the integrated. As fa... | |
| AGD Tempo in the house I really hope that’s a fake mustache. | |
| The Greatest Night In Pop...Documentary Yeah agreed — it was a good watch. The most amazing thing was that the song was written and recorded in a week. Most disappointing — Stevie Wonder came off as an arrogant punk. Funniest line (from Paul Simon) — if a bomb goes off here John Denv... | |
| Best cable placement I’ve tried this both ways and found putting the better or more revealing cable closest to the source was much better. Of course it’s easy for you to just try for yourself and see what you think. | |
| Better DAC then DA1 module in McIntosh C49 without braking the bank. Thought I’ve read Holo DACs are optimized for USB input but definitely worth checking. Thanks for the follow up, and congrats on the DAC! | |
| Bottleneck / Upgrade Recommendations - Yamaha RVX-475 Receiver, Pro-Ject Phono Box MM Agree getting an integrated amp (preferably with HT bypass) as you can get the AVR completely out of the signal path, which is what you want, for significantly better 2-channel performance. Incidentally, you definitely want an integrated amp inste... |