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| Anyone heard the new ARC LS28 SE? @jc51373 Very interesting indeed. I’ve read lots of superlatives about AGD amps and hold them in the highest regard but haven’t heard anything about their preamp, so consider my interest piqued. Thanks for sharing. | |
| Anyone heard the new ARC LS28 SE? @jc51373 Thanks for that very insightful and honest summary. I get most of it, but I have to say I was surprised that soundstage depth wasn’t great and on par with SS preamps. That’d be a major disappointment to me and an area where I thought AR... | |
| Can a DAC do double duty? So I would then just always keep it as "Eversolo" but I'd still be able to play the CD player under the "Eversolo" input, right? That’s exactly right. Maybe renaming the Krell input to “Pontus” would be a little less confusing? | |
| DAC/Streamer/PreAmp Funny you mentioned Lampi because that’s exactly why I asked about tubes as Lampi DACs have a rep for having a huge, voluminous 3D soundstage. Then I’m thinking you want a preamp that can just convey all that goodness without either squelching it ... | |
| lyngdorff 3400 which was ? You beat me to it, but then again it is secretguy so we may never know. | |
| DAC/Streamer/PreAmp Are you open to tubes? Your tastes would certainly point in that direction. Also, do you have stored music you need to play through a server or are you ok just streaming through something like Qobuz or Tidal? | |
| Streaming upgrade from Cambridge Audio cxn v2 I'm surprised that many of you are suggesting an expensive streamer rather than a cheap streamer and an expensive dac: if the dac has a reasonable sized buffer, shouldn't it make up for the weakness in the streamer? There’s still the issue of n... | |
| New to me von schweikert v4 upgrade 5/7 looking for amp What specific improvements/sound characteristics are you looking for, and what’s your budget and are you looking new or used? | |
| Noise coming from subwoofers and centre channel Nice detective work, and at least at this point there’s a loop that involves the AVR and/or amp. If it’s me I’d try the simplest thing first that’d be a cheater plug on the AVR, then on the amp, and then on both (if necessary) and see what happens... | |
| Shunyata Venom RCA vs Bluesound Node 2i stock rca I kind of kick myself that I spent so many years listening to wires that were negatively impacting the sound of my system. @markusthenaimnut Nah. Pat yourself on the back and Goodonya for keeping an open mind and having the confidence and cou... | |
| Cable Break In for the Naysayers Nice anecdotal story — thanks for sharing. I’ve shared a somewhat related story where I inadvertently installed my fully broken-in digital cable backwards and that just killed my system to the point it sounded broken. I fairly quickly found my m... | |
| Can a DAC do double duty? Only 1 XLR cable? Sorry, my bad. You are correct and I meant one pair of XLR interconnects. Both your CD player and streamer should be able to flow through just the XLR interconnects from the Pontus (no RCA interconnects needed), and if the K... | |
| Transport Recommendations I know you prefer new, but at your budget I’d definitely go for this used Jay’s Audio CDT2 Mk3 as it’s at a higher level than the others. Seems to be in excellent condition and from a reputable seller who allows for returns if for some reason it d... | |
| Can a DAC do double duty? I’d think all you need is the one XLR connection from the Pontus to the processor and just switch inputs on the Pontus to toggle between the streamer and CD player. I’m guessing you’re looking at adding another RCA connection because you’d rather... | |
| Alternative to Ayre k-5XeMP preamp. You’re likely better off getting a separate phono pre anyway unless the one in the K1 is an anomaly. |