soix
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| 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... | |
| Anyone else order Caladans from Clayton Shaw? Ah, didn’t know such things existed but lived in Chicago for six wonderful years so I totally get it. My friend owned a boat he moored in Diversey harbor and complained about the short boating season — spent many days/evenings drinking beer looki... | |
| Sonus Faber Sonetto V’s Thoughts Requested I didn’t mention it in my prior post, but as @jbuhl found with the Sonettos I found the build quality of the Veneres to also be cheap and subpar. Sounds like that’s still an issue. | |
| Anyone else order Caladans from Clayton Shaw? Indoor golf??? I didn’t know miniature golf had leagues. Sorry — thanks for the pix. Very nice!!! Love the natural wood look mucho. | |
| Sonus Faber Sonetto V’s Thoughts Requested I'm not really looking for other options in my 4 to 5k max budget, so much as I was looking for info regarding if the Sonettos in particular, which I seemed to be fixated on, is a real step up in SQ vs. My current Q750s. Well, I may just disapp... | |
| Best Circa 90's CDP Are you also nostalgic for burnt-out lasers and failing disc drives? There are other things like speakers, amps, preamps, etc. you can more safely be nostalgic about from the 90s, but if you’re intent on rolling the dice this one would be among t... | |
| Sonus Faber Sonetto V’s Thoughts Requested I definitely do not consider myself an audiophile Yeah you are, or you wouldn’t be here asking the good questions you ask. Thanks for the nice words BTW. I’ve already put some thought into this but could use a little more info — what’s your bud... | |
| Anyone else order Caladans from Clayton Shaw? Sooooo, if ur gonna leave us hanging for a week you can leave the system playing while you’re away so they’re pretty much broken in when you get back, right? C’mon man, this ain’t all about you ya know. Ehem. Seriously though, have a great vaca... |