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| Cable curmudgeon @clearthinker Apparently your thinking isn’t as clear as you think as you completely missed the core point of my post, or maybe you just can’t understand it. Either way your comments are meaningless to me as you’re obviously clueless, which the mo... | |
| Changes to older system First and most obvious choice is cabling, but what? Actually, wires are the last thing I’d worry about here, but a lot has changed/improved over the past 30 years so I think a complete overhaul is in order. Start by identifying which speakers r... | |
| Need new headphone setup. I upgraded from my Dragonfly Red to a Singxer SA-1 Class A, fully-balanced amp (still fed by the Red as a DAC) and it was a huge improvement. Then I added a Musician Pegasus DAC that again took the sound to much a higher level, and now I’m waiting... | |
| Cable curmudgeon Having a good ear and being a musician won’t get you very far in terms of being able to identify and discern differences between audio components, and that includes cables. An analogy to your situation would be a very experienced driver who drive... | |
| Need new headphone setup. @rvpiano So how’s the new HeadFi rig working out for you? | |
| Upgrade from Benchmark Dac2 L Yeah, I don’t think I’ve ever seen the word “tubelike” used in any Benchmark DAC review. Not that it’s necessarily a bad thing because Benchmark DACs have other virtues, but it is what it is. Given what you’re looking for I’d take a hard look ... | |
| Upgrade from Benchmark Dac2 L What improvements would you like to achieve, and what sound characteristics are most important to you? | |
| Want to upgrade from my Kef 104/2's All this depends on what improvements you’re looking for and what sound characteristics are most important to you. | |
| Sabrina X Anyone Add Subwoofer(s) If you're talking good 2 channel well then I'd have to disagree. That’s cool. How boring would this site be if everyone agreed all the time? I'm really not looking for more base as much as more authority and clarity. Well, you’re going to... | |
| Sabrina X Anyone Add Subwoofer(s) If you are considering spending $5k on a sub that suggests that you could have afforded the Yvette that has a 10" woofer that goes down to 20hz. With the right amplifier probably solid state power, that drives a difficult load 86db and 4ohms, I w... | |
| Sabrina X Anyone Add Subwoofer(s) Here ya go. This can help integrate dual subs, and at only $400 used it’s $600 less than buying new... https://www.ebay.com/itm/124769802826 Here’s Kal’s review just FYI... https://www.stereophile.com/content/music-round-57 | |
| Bel Canto 3.5 mk II I had the DAC3 VB on demo for a while and it was sublime. I got to compare it to a non VB DAC3, and the VBS makes a huge difference. I don’t think there’s anything today significantly better around $1100 so I’d strongly consider going for it. The ... | |
| Sabrina X Anyone Add Subwoofer(s) Smaller subs .. Do you have specific speakers in mind? Well, an easy solution would be a pair of JL Labs smaller subs like the E-Sub E112s that’ll still get you down to an honest 22Hz and cost $4600 for both. There’s also the excellent Rhythmic... | |
| Sabrina X Anyone Add Subwoofer(s) Wilson uses their subs with the Alexandrias, so what does that tell you? My advice, get two smaller subs — you’ll get much better performance. | |
| Another person going digital and full of questions I don't want to rip my CDs or play any stored music files. Why? Your budget could get you an Innuos Zenith Mk3 streamer/server that has its own built-in disc drive so you can just feed your CDs into it and it does everything else. Then, in ad... |