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| Oppo UHP 205 Universal Player Spending 2x what a product sold for new when the company is no longer in the business is patently insane. Find something else. | |
| Amplifier Pairing with Coherent 15s Wide and deep soundstage, wonderful midrange and vocals, not overly harsh on the top end, full bass without being too sloppy. Overall, I lean toward liking the slightly more lush/musical tube amps I’ve had in the past vs the hybrids/solid states.... | |
| Class A integrated amp recommendations Never heard a negative word about Sugden amps — only positives so not surprised. Congrats and enjoy!!! | |
| Amplifier Pairing with Coherent 15s What type of sound characteristics are you after with the new amp? | |
| HT Bypass Vs Input selection Integrated Amp What Parasound amp do you have and what improvements would you like to achieve with a new pre or integrated amp? Also, what speakers do you have and what cables/interconnects are you using, and what’s your budget and are you looking for new or us... | |
| They know we will pay anything they can think of @invalid I really didn't want to say this at all but what made me think of it was that the preamp didn't sound good and I was wondering if the rep thought he could get that kind of money for a preamp that wasn't very good. There is also a much ad... | |
| Benchmark AHB2 compared to Rogue Atlas Magnum III Very different amps indeed, and I’m sure your excellent speakers will easily reveal the differences. It completely depends on what improvements/sound characteristics you’re after. What amp are you using now? The Rogue will add a little — though... | |
| Streamer with variable digital output I’m curious. The digital volume control on the Node is likely crap and drops bits when using its analog outs, but if you’re using it strictly in the digital domain going direct into something like the Gan1 does this become a non issue? If so thi... | |
| They know we will pay anything they can think of I'm stunned... you mean it really does cost $22,000 to make a preamp and market it? @ghdprentice This is the statement of someone who has no idea what he’s talking about or any faint clue of how business works. It’s just sad ignorance on full ... | |
| Amp recommendations for KEF R7 speakers Sounds like you need a preamp too unless I’m missing something. Not a Mac fan here — I heard the Blade 2 with some top Mac electronics and it was rolled off in the highs, which is not characteristic of Blades at all. You might consider a good inte... | |
| Amp recommendations for KEF R7 speakers What sound characteristics are you looking for, what’s the rest of the equipment in your system, what’s your budget, and are you looking for new or used? Are you looking for an integrated amp or separates? The more info you provide the better an... | |
| Please Help Weed Them Out The Sundara seems to be a bit bass shy, which is why I didn’t recommend it… https://headfonics.com/hifiman-sundara-closed-back-review/ Here’s a review of the R9 by the same chap who reviewed the R10D and he makes several helpful comparisons. http... | |
| McCormack Amp Upgrades I just did the full upgrade fairly recently and I don’t remember that even being an option, but maybe I just missed it. I did get the purple fuse though. | |
| Bryston 3b enough power to run B&W 802 Matrix series 3? Classe is known to have good synergy with B&W and they’re frequently sold together for that reason — B&W even bought Classe back in 2001 but I believe they’re now both owned by Sound United. Here’s a nice pre and amp a bit over your budget... | |
| Please Help Weed Them Out The Hifiman HE-R10D is available at a steep discount and worth looking at if you can stretch a bit. https://store.hifiman.com/index.php/he-r10-dynamic-open-box.html Here’s a review that does a good job describing its sound characteristics — seems... |