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| Another cable question Here’s another option that has been well received by other members here and may save you $$$… https://www.lavricables.com/cables/grand-30-core-silver-mains-eu-us-power-cable/ Forgot if you said you’re also looking for a USB cable, but they also ... | |
| Emotiva or Anthem or Something Else? In the set up you are describing would I have two different pairs of front speakers? No. But the only thing hooked up to your front L/R speakers would be the integrated amp. You ask a great question about how to incorporate subs, and I honest... | |
| Cable advice I don’t agree that cables all need to be the same. To me, it’s all about synergy no matter where that comes from. For me, I just happened to gravitate toward Acoustic Zen, and every time I added a better AZ cable things just got better and so I ju... | |
| I love my analysis plus but... @analysisplus The question remains — why at this price level would you not use a Teflon dielectric? That bothers me greatly. Can you somehow defend that? | |
| Another cable question First, I have a Musician Pegasus that is a very close relative of your Pontus ll, and when I bought a DDC that allowed me to feed it with its God-given i2S input — game changer. Even using a bargain-basement 6” HDMI cable like this (and yeah, you ... | |
| Emotiva or Anthem or Something Else? I’ve been considering several options. One is an NAD receiver and then adding on an NAD two channel power amp. That set up would be an NADT778 + an NAD C 275BEE. I would also need an NAD C268 to power one pair of the ceiling speakers as the NAD... | |
| What Could Cause Center Image To Present Lower than Expected Lost but not defeated Very well said! Put another way — YOU’RE LEARNING VERY VALUABLE INFORMATION!!! Yes, what you’re doing now is hard and often very frustrating, but keep fighting the fight and you’ll get there! Question - in a perfect wo... | |
| Speakers that are good with tubes Coincident Technology, Verity Audio, Reference 3a, most horn speakers, I could go on. Hell, even Joseph Audio speakers are potentially tube friendly given their easy phase angles and is why Jeff Joseph doesn’t readily disclose sensitivity specs b... | |
| All New Monitor Audio Concept-50 Time-Aligned Loudspeakers : Major-Breakthrough ?! Time-aligned speakers, breakthrough? No. Where have you been? | |
| All New Treehaus Audiolab Phantom Of Luxury Open-Baffle FIELD COIL Loudspeakers Review I think I heard these at the NYC audio show a couple months ago. I went in thinking these were a bit of a joke but came out thinking they were some of the best speakers I heard that day. I know nothing about them, but color me very impressed. | |
| Another cable question @ghdprentice asks many of the most important questions. What specific improvements are you looking for? | |
| Emotiva or Anthem or Something Else? Seems like I could just use a stereo power amp and control the volume from the Receiver. NO!!! The only thing worse than an AVR’s amps is its preamp section, and a good preamp is absolutely crucial to getting good sound. That’s why I recommende... | |
| Emotiva or Anthem or Something Else? I almost feel like I need two systems. Absolutely no, you don’t. You can seamlessly integrate a HT system and solely-functioning 2-channel system in one and change between the two with the push of one button. All you do is hook the front 2 L/R... | |
| USB yet again @j_andrews My advice, especially since you’ve got an Iris, sell both your DACs and get a Musician Draco. Why? It’s got an i2S input that your Iris can provide to it. I’ve got an Iris feeding my Musician Pegasus into its i2S and the transformation ... | |
| When CDs first came onto the market in 1982 ....... @tgilb I always thought of “Brothers in Arms” as the poster child for what was wrong with early digital recordings, but now as I’m using an R2R DAC I’m gonna pull that back out and see how it sounds now. Of course I can always stream it on Qobuz,... |