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| peachtree gan 400 is very good I have a feeling break-in may have also played a role here. Nevertheless, whenever a solid state amp is likened to a tube amp in any way, it’s usually a good and welcomed thing. Thanks for your feedback! GaN amps in general really seem to have clo... | |
| Best upgrade: amp or pre-amp? I would never in a million years use those terms. Listen for yourself. @erik_squires BIG +2. I don’t know who fed you those impressions of Luxman amps, but it makes no sense whatsoever, and I think a Luxman integrated is an excellent recommenda... | |
| Sad to say I need a new amp… You’re using a Bluetooth source, so I wouldn’t waste $$$ on a good amp unless you’re planning on upgrading to streaming Qobuz, etc. Just get a PS Audio Sprout 100 and be done with it. Sorry to be a wet blanket, but Bluetooth just won’t cut it. | |
| Recommendation for Digital Coax Yeah, there are arrows on the cable. They’re pretty faint but SUPREMELY important. I installed mine backwards once by error, and my entire system sounded absolutely broken. Once I found the problem and re-installed the Wyde Eye in the right dire... | |
| Mogami - Quad 12 ga. in the house! Yeah, for home theater and with that length go with whatever is cheaper. Honestly, you’re watching movies more than listening to audio in a HT system so you’re not gonna care about whatever little differences there is in cable differences for aud... | |
| If you’ve heard an iFi Zen stream, anything better under $1k? So, the question now is, how does the new Node compare with the iFi Zen Streamer with their dedicated power supply on both price and performance. Anyone? | |
| Limited soundstage between speakers tThen tune them like i described and transform them in an Helmholtz resonators or in a diffuser and you will begin to understand. Uh, I doubt the recording engineers used Helmholtz resonators when they mixed the recording. Also, as a reviewer I... | |
| Mogami - Quad 12 ga. in the house! Interesting. What cables are you gonna compare them to? That’s really the key parameter for a meaningful evaluation. . | |
| Diamond dome tweeters I’m not a fan of the overall sound of B&W speakers, but I have to say I was impressed with the tweeter in the 804 and 802D3. I can’t seem to ever warm up to most metal-dome tweets that almost always grate on me at some level, but I got none of... | |
| Limited soundstage between speakers Half of my recorded albums at LEAST and more present sound outside of the back/front and left /right vertical plane between the speakers +1 @newbee and @mahgister your system is wired out of phase if this is what you hear. Frankly, I don’t und... | |
| looking to match a new speaker to ARC REF75se Yeah, if you can find a nice used pair of Nola KOs in your price range, which do come up now and again, that’d be a HUGE recommendation (shame on me for not thinking of them before). Carl voices and mostly shows his speakers with ARC gear, so ther... | |
| Monitors and speaker stamds? +2 Blu-tack. Cheap and effective, but after some time my wife’s speakers are now stuck to the stands like it’s cement, so make sure you place the speakers properly in the first couple weeks while it’s still tacky. Then again, it’s the bottom of ... | |
| Limited soundstage between speakers As others have said, placement/positioning of speakers along with the recording and how much out-of-phase information is contained on it are key almost regardless of speaker design. Most of the music in my system occurs between the speakers with l... | |
| Recommendation for Digital Coax @dadork How’s the Apogee working out? Hope you got the arrows right! | |
| Outdoor Landscape series speakers I worked for Magnolia for a bit and am familiar with the Sonance products. One of my neighbors spend big $$$ on another outdoor speaker system (without subs) and another bought a Sonance system from me with the subs. The Sonance system sounded c... |