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| Looking for 200 watt Amp to drive Dynaudio Heritage speakers The AVA recommendation above is a good one. I’ll add this AGD Tempo di GaN amp that reportedly captures the majority of their lauded Audion monoblocks in a smaller stereo package and at a significantly lower price. I’d also note it’s upgradeable w... | |
| Some Cables Thoughts now if I could just find a 6 foot set! Here ya go… https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisb4fbe-acoustic-zen-satori-6-feet-spaker-cables-speaker | |
| Looking for recommendations for integrated with a more “organic” sound. Agree on the recommendation of the hybrid Unison integrated as it’s got tubes in the input stage and MOSFET solid state output that’s high biased toward Class A-type sound. As the tubes are only on the input side so they should last a long while a... | |
| Alternative to Ayre k-5XeMP preamp. +1 @jc4659 Here’s a nice K-1xe — might be a bit over your price target, but some things are just worth paying for, and you’d be getting your needed inputs and a big sonic upgrade. I think you know what to do here. https://www.usaudiomart.com/detai... | |
| Speakers to pair with Quicksilver mid mono The picture reminds me of that insurance commercial with the guy who is trying to give advice to young people who are turning into their parents. Does a gathering room really need a sign that says "Gathering Room"? No! @roxy54 HA! I agree with... | |
| Some Cables Thoughts I’m a big +2 on the Satoris and hope they find their way to your system. 🤞🤞🤞 Please keep us posted if you could. | |
| Sub $2,000 Integrated Amp Recommendations Really need to know what your budget is and if you’re looking for new or used. | |
| Old phones as streaming sources Point being some devices not created for the audiophile world can still deliver world class performances and don't have to cost an arm and a leg. World class performance? Really??? I think not, but you believe what u wanna believe. Your iPho... | |
| Old phones as streaming sources So, did you compare running the iPhone direct into the DAC8 versus going through your Aries? If you don’t hear a significant improvement through the Aries, well, let’s just say we greatly differ in our experiences. And yes, I bought an upgraded... | |
| Old phones as streaming sources with an appropriate USB adapter cable, my old iphone 6s makes a pretty good streamer. Sorry but no, it doesn’t. It sucks. I started that way with my iPhone6 and also thought it sounded pretty good through Qobuz, but when I graduated to a relati... | |
| Is My McIntosh C52 Pre-amp The Weak Link? Time to step up to a separate DAC and stop with the onboard DACs in preamps and streamers. If you detail what specific improvements you’d like to achieve you’ll get some good recommendations here. | |
| Sub $2,000 Integrated Amp Recommendations What specific improvements are you looking for and what sound characteristics are most important to you? Also, what’s your budget and are you looking for new or used? | |
| Portable DAC/Headphone Amp Recommendations Sounds like the Dragonfly works well for your needs. I’d just suck it up and listen without it until the exchange comes through, and a 50% discount doesn’t exactly suck. Oh, and try not to drop this one so much. FWIW. | |
| lyngdorff 3400 Their room correction technology is excellent. The real question is if its sound characteristics are inline with your tastes/system, so if you haven’t already read as many reviews as you can to see if it offers the base sound characteristics you’... | |
| What qualities stand out in really good solid state preamps? A number of people who posted comments have dissed the concept of neutral. A simple view of neutral is that a device (preamp, amp, dac, speaker, cables, whatever) does nothing to change the recording. It’s not complicated. @sameyers1 Oh but it ... |