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| Tube Preamps Should Have This Feature I am not opposed to tubes, but would like one that I could just leave on all the time that would not burn through a lot of tubes, and also would not heat my house. Are there tube preamps that you can just leave on all the time and expect to get r... | |
| Tube Preamps Should Have This Feature Agree that life’s too short to stress about such things, especially with regard to a preamp where tubes tend to last pretty long and are relatively cheap to replace. Music soothes the soul even if it’s just for 30 minutes, so just do it! | |
| Need advice on media player and or dacs What pre amp would pair well with my paradigm founder 100f’s and my anthem mca325 without breaking the bank. 2-3k range....? Really depends on what improvements and sound characteristics you’re looking for. Also, what’s your budget and are you ... | |
| Need advice on media player and or dacs You shouldn’t worry yourself with 2 channel DACs or streamers. If you use any of the Marantz’s features such as bass management, peq, etc, a purist DAC’s analog output will go through a ADC conversion inside your Marantz unit. Besides, your unit ... | |
| help me choose between Audionet and Constellation Audio I have the constellation stereo amp and the constellation pre. Both their introductory offerings. And??? I’d highly recommend upgrading from the AZ Matrix Ref ll to the Silver Ref ll. I have both and the Silver Refs are a step up in every d... | |
| USB Cable Ditch the PC and get a good streamer — the PC is killing your sound. Also, you can run the streamer to a Wi-Fi extender or Mesh node to an outlet near your system and not have to buy a 5m USB cable AND have much better sound. Upgrading a USB cab... | |
| Need advice on media player and or dacs Im building a home theater system and value music quality as much or more than theater quality. One of the first things you need to do to improve 2-channel performance is to get that AVR outta the stereo signal path altogether. Get a good stere... | |
| Recommendations for 7 channel amp If you can find a GaN or Purify amp that can do 7 channels they’d be well worth a look, but I’d think they’d be above your price target even if you can. D-Sonic has been making well-regarded, high-value amps for years, and you can get their 7-cha... | |
| Quick subwoofer like SVS micro 3000 I know some people who tried the 3000 were a little underwhelmed by its bass output as physics does kick in at some point and haven’t seen that said about the 1000. I wouldn’t worry about the 1000 being less quick as its 12” woofer won’t need to ... | |
| speakers for small room I recommended Pulsars earlier, but if your room can handle floorstanders I’d recommend the Perspective 2 as it’ll give you a bit more scale. https://www.ebay.com/itm/335044644401 Another possibility would be Spatial Audio speakers that are a di... | |
| Class D amplifiers. What's the future look like? If he really prefers his class D amps to tube amps then he fools himself. In any case, he is on this forum for business purposes, whatever he says - remember that I think this post is off base. Ralph can use any amp he wants in his system but c... | |
| Help with connections with my new audio/home theater setup Take the front L/R preouts from the AVR into the Aux input on the amp. When you set the channel balance for HT choose the Aux input on the amp and choose a reference volume level on it that’s easily repeatable (I used the 12:00 position) and set ... | |
| Class D amplifiers. What's the future look like? I thought a while ago that class D would quickly overtake amplifier design type mainly due to profit margin which I think would be much greater than A/B and tube. I'm not saying the other design styles would go away, just that D would be the most... | |
| Quick subwoofer like SVS micro 3000 I’d forgo the Micro 3000 for the SB1000 Pro. The latter is only marginally bigger than the former, gets down to a legit 20Hz (-3dB) with a 12” driver, and is $300 cheaper than the Micro. Unless for some reason you can’t deal with basically the 1... | |
| Bricasti M3 vrs Meitner MA3 I may add a streamer in the future, unknown at this time. By all means add a good streamer — the improvement over using a noisy computer is substantial and immediately apparent. Best of luck with the DAC choice. |