soix
Responses from soix
| Marantz vs Denon I worked at Best Buy Magnolia for a few months and got to compare all of their AVRs with my reference recordings on B&W 804s. The only receiver that approached the sound quality of my $25k home system was Yamaha, and it wasn’t close. I’d ass... | |
| A little gift for my fellow audiophiles @lrlacosse First, I made it clear in my initial post that the CD is basically unobtainable now. Did you not get that message? Second, you can listen to the music through the link for free and it sounds pretty darn good. Third, why would you think ... | |
| What to ask when buying used speakers? What’s your budget? | |
| Recommendation for speaker cable to use with Magico speakers What’s your budget, and what sound characteristics are you looking for? | |
| McCormack DNA 0.5 vs. DNA 2.0 Deluxe I’d start by upgrading from Spotify to Qobuz or Tidal. And I think, given your speakers, you’d be better off upgrading your 0.5 at SMcAudio than buying a higher-level DNA amp as it’s got enough power for your speakers. | |
| McIntosh is now inside a Jeep luxury car. Jeeps are horribly unreliable. Just check the Consumer Reports reliability stats. Second, there’s hardly a worse environment for audio given the external noise and the internal room/acoustics. Oh yeah, and then you’re sitting right in front of t... | |
| Assistance in selecting new speakers… The Joseph Audio Perspective 2s are worth a serious look, or if you’re open to used these Pearl 3s could be your end-game speakers and no sub really required. https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/650017479-joseph-audio-pearl-3-speakers/ | |
| Streaming DAC recommendation Well, lots of good recommendations here so I’ll add a couple more because I’m prone to complicate things. First, I’d recommend a separate DAC and streamer. Second, if user interface is important to you an Innuos streamer may be your best option.... | |
| Preamp headphone amplifier Headphone amps in audio amps a largely an afterthought and really bad. You have nice headphones, so don’t starve them with an insufficient amp. This is a good one IMHO. https://shenzhenaudio.com/products/singxer-sa-1-fully-balanced-class-a-pr... | |
| Best subwoofer under 2K? First, you want a pair of subs not just one. You’d be hard pressed to do better than two SVS SB2000 Pros for $1700. https://www.svsound.com/products/sb-2000-pro | |
| My speaker upgrade journey - and a few questions To keep things as simple as possible, I would like to use my Yamaha RX-A6A (AVR) as the preamp for these speakers and connect the speakers via XLR cables to the pre-outs on the AVR. No. NO! You CANNOT do this. It’s a total insult to the rest o... | |
| Help choosing a DAC Here. Get this. If it doesn’t work out just return it. https://www.amazon.com/Musician-Aquarius-Midrange-Andromeda-Monoceros/dp/B096ZLDG36?th=1 Here’s a review… https://soundnews.net/sources/dacs/musician-aquarius-r-2r-dac-review/ | |
| Adcom pre amp versus Van Alstine Why just these two brands? Many more options out there. Also, the Adcom has well-documented reliability issues so I’d definitely avoid that as there are many, many other great options out there. You should really start with what sound character... | |
| Hum in speakers, and suggestions for stopping it Well, you could try something as cheap as “cheater plugs” that may solve the problem right from the get go. Best of luck. | |
| A little deeper on amp power please.... I’m going to channel Ralph @atmasphere here because what I learned from him is that you don’t want your amplifier working toward the upper range of its capability. I assume that’s true of both tubed and solid state amps. Am I wrong on this Ralph? |