soix
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| Fee for home audition By all means, let your dealer know he lost the sale due to his stupid and greedy policy. He needs to know he’s losing business over it, and maybe he’ll consider changing his ways when he knows it’s costing him $$$. | |
| ZEN Mini S vs. Small Green Computer Sonic Transporter i5 music server/Ultra Rendu Streamer @forestg If you get the Zen MiniS you should look into upgrading to their linear power supply at some point because it’s a significant upgrade in sound quality — in case you weren’t already considering it. | |
| Tubes or Solid State? The MZ2 does show up used on hifishark.com from time to time, sometimes with or without the upgraded LPS power supply that also occasionally comes up used. The remote is an option on new units, so when you find a used model make sure it has it of ... | |
| Fee for home audition Great streamer, but this is just a really, really bad look for the dealer. Shop around and see where else you might be able to demo it from or contact Grimm, describe the situation, and see if you can work out something with them directly or you’... | |
| Tubes or Solid State? Definitely look into the Linear Tube Audio MZ2 that is not only a great tube preamp but also an outstanding headphone amp. Even with the optional remote control and upgraded Linear Power Supply (that is really not optional as it ups the performan... | |
| Subwoofer Choice Yeah, I’m pretty sure the SB1000 is the only one that accepts speaker-level inputs (never really understood why that is), but I think you can only take advantage of the SVS integration software using line-level inputs so don’t discount that as it’... | |
| Fee for home audition An hour? That’s ridiculous. Many dealers will loan out a model on a day when they’re closed, and I’ve never paid a fee. I’d reject this dealer on principle alone. | |
| Tube Amp with a Preamp and Headphone Jacks Your Drop amp is about as far away from tubes as you can get. Get the Quicksilver amp and you’ll be in a whole new world. Woo Audio would be another excellent option if it’s in your budget. | |
| Speaker recommendations wanted for Quicksilver M135 amplifiers Although you haven’t yet stated your sound preferences, Johnny R @audioconnection knows Quicksilver inside and out, and if he’s recommending ProAc (which I was gonna also recommend BTW) and Vandy I’d take that very seriously. I’ll throw in Joseph... | |
| Subwoofer Choice As much as I might respect Rel, I think you should take a hard look at a pair of SVS SB1000 Pro sealed subs. They’ll do 20Hz (-3dB) as opposed to the Rels only going to 27Hz (-6dB), and the SB1000s, like the Rels, also accept speaker-level inputs... | |
| ZEN Mini S vs. Small Green Computer Sonic Transporter i5 music server/Ultra Rendu Streamer I have a man cave that's about 1,000 sq.ft. I think I could get by with one of the simpler models, agree? Looks like I should be able to pick one up for ~ $20. Do I need a minimum on terms of Mbps for data transfer rate? Ugh. So sorry to... | |
| Tubes or Solid State? What’s your budget and what sound characteristics/improvements are you looking for? | |
| Gryphon Diablo 120? Here’s a good review of the Gryphon. Full disclosure, I used to write for them so I know first hand there’s no puffery BS, and I trust that what their reviewers say is what they really hear. Hard to see going wrong with this amp, and hope this hel... | |
| ZEN Mini S vs. Small Green Computer Sonic Transporter i5 music server/Ultra Rendu Streamer The ZEN requires that I free up space on my desk where my router is. Just a bit clunky IMO. There’s a neat workaround for this. Buy a Wi-Fi extender from TP-Link, etc. and just plug an Ethernet cable from that to the Zen and you don’t need it... | |
| CD TRANSPORT THAT MAKES AN AUDIBLE DIFFERENCE @tennisdoc56 Try this digital cable. I did, and it was a game changer. If it doesn’t blow you away just turn around and sell it for little/no loss as Acoustic Zen cables have a very fluid used market. https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/6499511... |