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| Balanced/Differential tube preamplifier recommendation? What source are you using? @invalid is right but, as your amp is fully balanced, to preserve that you’d need a fully balanced pre rather than a pre with balanced connections but is not fully balanced from input to output. By requiring a fully bala... | |
| dacs that I have had in my system - a listing @jjss49 Well my friend you certainly stepped in it this time! I’m sure you knew making this post would be a little like having a kid — it never ends. Thanks again for sharing all this extremely valuable, helpful, and insightful hands-on info, an... | |
| Balanced/Differential tube preamplifier recommendation? +1 @ghdprentice although not sure CJ offers balanced preamps, and I agree you’re likely gonna have to up your budget a bit to get a fully balanced pre from the likes of VAC, ARC, Atma-Sphere, etc. That said, there is this Audio GD pre from Underw... | |
| Good speaker match for Nuprime IDA-8? These Joseph Audio RM22XLs are relatively small floorstanders that are a relatively easy load and sound fantastic all around. They’re very balanced and particularly good at disappearing and 3D imaging/soundstage. Best of luck. https://www.usau... | |
| Balanced/Differential tube preamplifier recommendation? What preamp are you using now, and what improvements and sound characteristics are you looking for? That’s gonna drive the decision more than anything else and get you much better recommendations here. | |
| All ARC vs All Pass Labs vs All CJ system compare Has any body compared a complete analog set from each of the manufactures? Have they all ended up evolving to the same sound profile clear, noise free, detailed, wide soundstages ? I have a friend with an all ARC and my bet is the sound profil... | |
| Speaker with Modern Design These Paradigms are available in black or white and within your budget, and especially if you leave the grills off they look pretty cool with their funky-tech midwoof drivers. Best of luck. https://www.paradigm.com/en/passive/premier-200b | |
| Problems with the IFI Zen Stream.. What's a better Alternative? Your suggestion is well taken on bringing in the IPS tech for a home visit. They will charge me but less than buying a new piece of equipment. Don’t discount that you’ll have peace of mind knowing for sure one way or another if your incoming si... | |
| Silver Speaker Cables @deep_333 Fact: Not all silver cables push systems to sound bright or edgy, and many of them are listed here. It is an over generalization and both inaccurate and misleading to lump all silver cables in the same sonic basket, and in the end it’s... | |
| dacs that I have had in my system - a listing +1 @oddiofyl First, thanks for the incredibly comprehensive and impressive list! Obviously they all have their inherent strengths/weaknesses as they pertain to your system and tastes, but can you list the top choice — or at least the top three — ... | |
| Problems with the IFI Zen Stream.. What's a better Alternative? I’ve also got a Zen Stream and also like its sound quality especially for the price, but I had problems with the Wi-Fi connection and unfortunately found iFi support to be non existent, which is inexcusable to me for a company of this size. It’s ... | |
| Some observations from a former skeptic - and a question Don’t laugh, but several here have been highly impressed by this company and their silver cables. Thinking if you have the $$$ to spend on a Valhalla digital cable you probably have $162 to try this pure silver digital cable first and then compar... | |
| Node X Wireless. The room where I inserted it is not anywhere close to where my router is so I cannot use an ethernet cable. @dz13 You can if you run a Mesh system or Wi-Fi extender, then you can run an Ethernet or CAT7 or 8 cable from that to your ... | |
| Will China become the poor man’s dealer for high end audio? My current audio issue is whether to buy Thiel 1.6's or 2.2's to upgrade my system. Thoughts? @johnnotkathi Might be better to start a new post for this so you get more and possibly more targeted responses. That said, I haven’t heard the ... | |
| Recommendation Request for Tube Power Amplifier If I’m you I’d give this Don Sachs amp a serious look. His products receive universally high praise for both sonics and value, and his house sound seems to be a little tube goodness/warmth but no too much while still preserving upper octave detail... |