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| Best Covers Yellow Moon — Neville Brothers https://youtu.be/gvMDrUBe8tY?si=uqKlutH04G-LFkCt Dear Prudence — Jerry Garcia Band https://youtu.be/19JIOuwsQio?si=aGDKwnEOt0Upm-a8 | |
| Class D, "Control (Variable Gain)," Amplifier versus Class A/B Separates? What’s your budget, and are you looking for new or used? | |
| Sharing a subwoofer between a Stereo and HT combination. I disagree with those that feel the pre in a well-made AVR is terrible. Mine has been quite engaging. @larryincmh I’m sure it sounds fine, but you should still try a good stereo pre as it’ll make a sizable improvement, and you won’t know what y... | |
| Still Looking for a DAC - Audio Mirror Tubadour v and ANK Audio 5.1 BTW, my digital cable is Nordost Silver Shadow. I kinda doubt that’s helping your situation at all. Even if you don’t keep the AM I very highly recommend you try this AZ MC2 digital cable as its sound characteristics seem more inline with your ... | |
| Dedicated line help @scott22 If this isn’t a joke, it’s a wall outlet that’s much better built for audio purposes than a standard outlet. | |
| Still Looking for a DAC - Audio Mirror Tubadour v and ANK Audio 5.1 Given your system and from what I’ve read of AM DACs I find it very surprising you’d find it bright unless maybe it’s not yet broken in or if there’s an issue with the unit. I’m really hoping you’re not using Nordost Frey interconnects BTW, but s... | |
| Class D, "Control (Variable Gain)," Amplifier versus Class A/B Separates? It really depends on what improvements and sound characteristics you’re looking for from the new amp. An older Class D amp shouldn’t be too hard to significantly improve upon. What’s your budget, and are you looking for new or used? | |
| Cable upgrades I’m less well versed in the PC universe, but Triode Wire Labs PCs get nice reviews and he offers a generous in-home trial, and since he sells direct they offer good value and well worth trying I’d think. Just one easy option to consider FWIW. | |
| Sharing a subwoofer between a Stereo and HT combination. Adding a stereo amp would be a way to migrate to separates for stereo and allow a gradual transition. Easier to audition amps in the system to decide the sound I like best. Well, the only problem is the crappy pre section of your AVR won’t allo... | |
| Can’t find my product in blue book value listing As per @bigtwin heres a link to the hifishark page for your amp. This will give you all amps like yours currently for sale globally. Also very valuable is near the top left you can switch from “for sale” to “sold/expired” and you can see where pas... | |
| What qualities stand out in really good solid state preamps? Is "refinement" a way of saying "neutrality"? No, not really. Some SS preamps can sound neutral but but sound sterile and not very musical. More refined preamps still sound neutral but are more tonally balanced and sound more natural so nothi... | |
| Sharing a subwoofer between a Stereo and HT combination. First, disregard option 1 of adding a stereo amp — you don’t wanna leave the AVR’s preamp section in the stereo pathway so either an integrated or separates is the way to go. You should share what sound characteristics are most important to you an... | |
| Hegel comparison I think this review could pretty clearly answer your question… https://www.soundstagehifi.com/index.php/equipment-reviews/1365-hegel-music-systems-h390-integrated-amplifier-dac I think this extract from the conclusion pretty much says it all… “... | |
| What qualities stand out in really good solid state preamps? Really comes down to what sound characteristics you’re looking for, but if I was to boil it down to one word it’d be refinement. Specifically, a pre that is naturally detailed and not harsh or etched along with being well balanced and offering goo... | |
| A $250 Power Conditioner? @milpai Glad to hear, and way to keep an open mind, try new things, and have the confidence to trust your own ears! Now you get to reap all the wonderful and ongoing benefits of that. Hopefully the Flat Earthers will stay away from this. 🤞🤞🤞 |