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| Qobuz Coming to Canada!!! Qobuz offers plenty of new artists and a lot more music in hi res without the need for Tidal’s MQA BS. Lots of people here (including me) have switched from Tidal to Qobuz and not looked back. There may be three people here who have switched fro... | |
| Denafrips Pontus 12th Anniversary Agree with @fthompson251 about the Hermes if it’s in the budget, or alternatively you could look at the Musician Leo that’s very similar but like $600 less expensive. Still, the Iris or Musician Pisces will still make big improvements if you don’t... | |
| Streaming Services +1 @ghdprentice Qobuz and a good streamer and DAC. Using your MacBook is musical poison. | |
| What amps are out there that are Class A, 50 wpc into 8 ohms? I was gonna recommend Clayton too. They used to be distributed under triaudio.com but that’s apparently not working. Not sure what’s going on, but they’re great amps. | |
| Sensitivity 86 v 90 I’m concerned you’re already at 4-6 o’clock with your speakers. If possible I’d demo the speakers at home or bring the amp to the store if possible before buying. | |
| Denafrips Pontus 12th Anniversary would love to hear you detail what differences you notice using the Iris, in any detail you can afford. Background became much clearer, and imaging separation and soundstage improved. In general, clarity went up significantly and haze I didn’t... | |
| Speaker Cable Recommendations - Under 2k What improvements are you looking for, and what sound characteristics are most important to you? | |
| Denafrips Pontus 12th Anniversary So, I have a Musician Pegasus that shares a lot of DNA with the Pontus ll. I got a Denafrips Iris to be able to take advantage of the i2S input, and there was a vast improvement over using USB, and that was using a cheap 6” HDMI cable from Monopr... | |
| Help me pick a new pair of speakers Congrats! Add another SB1000 and you’ll be much better off than upgrading to one better sub. Not sure, but if you add an SB1000 Pro you might be able to use their integration app to dial both subs in. Maybe worth a call to SVS that has great cu... | |
| Digital Newb with a couple questions Call Matrix. They may require you get the i2S pin configuration from Denafrips, but maybe not. | |
| Where do you stop? @mrskeptic Try listening to the Acoustic Zen Silver Ref vs. the copper Matrix Ref. Basically the same geometry, dielectric, etc. with the main difference being silver versus copper. If you can’t hear a difference between these two, go get your e... | |
| Newbie question - dedicated headphone amp or is my McIntosh MA352 sufficient @overthemoon Ah yes, it never ends. But at least when the results are tangible you can feel like it’s worth going down that rabbit hole, no? I started with a Dragonfly Red and was very happy, then upgraded to a Singzer SA-1 amp and Musician Pega... | |
| Plinius SA103 or SB301 ? Yeah, the 103 should be fine and I’d think would sound better with your 801s. The 103 may only have 125Wpc, but it’s Class A with a huge power supply and tons of current and headroom so you should be fine. I think that’s a great pairing! | |
| Where do you stop? Yeah, I was just laughing at the comment, not that it had anything to do with your system. So, looks like you’re 100% vinyl? Any thoughts on streaming? | |
| Streamers? Not sure about how it caches, but the Innuos Zen Mk3 is definitely worth a look. They keep upgrading their Sense software and sonics have been improving with each upgrade, and it’s free — which is nice. Just one option. Best of luck. |