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| Anybody compare the latest Audience 1+1 V5 speakers with Alta Audio Alyssas? IMO they’re just polishing the turd and there are many better alternatives at that price as mentioned above, but it’s your $$$. | |
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? it is possible to be an avid music lover with a very modest system and still get deeper into the music than someone with a very expensive system. Sure that’s possible, but I’d argue that same avid music lover could get even deeper into the musi... | |
| Anybody compare the latest Audience 1+1 V5 speakers with Alta Audio Alyssas? I had the original (or maybe the v2 version — can’t remember) 1+1s in my system on demo and they were awful and were very compromised across several critical areas. I can’t speak to the latest version, but when I heard them they had rolled off tr... | |
| Importance of streamer in audio chain Streaming is about lowering the noise floor. I was told I was wrong, the Pple is better. I do not think they were right. @daledeee1 No, you’re right. A multipurpose device like an iPad or laptop are very compromised sources for streaming music.... | |
| Aurender ap 20 I recently heard of the Axxess Forte from Audio Group Denmark (Aavik, Borresen) that may be all you need for a second system at half the price or less than the AP20 and may be worth a look. Best of luck. http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2024/02/07/... | |
| Speaker candidates/suggestions All good choices. I’d add the Reference 3a MM de Capo BE that are 92dB efficient, the Revival Atalante 3, and the beautiful Usher Dancer Mini-X with their top diamond tweeter as a few others to ponder. ProAc is also worth a good look as well as th... | |
| Best upgrade path from Borresen X3s Well, you’ve got some pretty good speakers so the key questions would be what specific improvements would you be looking for and your budget. Also, how big is your room and are you open to moving to a more powerful amp or are you sticking with th... | |
| Power Cables Thanks for your thoughts, and congrats! | |
| Importance of streamer in audio chain In audio everything matters, and that certainly holds for streamers and DACs. | |
| Wilson Sabrina X ... oh my God! and Jadis... or? Well, since you got the sound that really floored you with the Jadis it’s hard to think of not going with that. I’d go through the break-in process with your current amp and just see how that goes — maybe you’ll be pleasantly surprised and save y... | |
| If you had to choose... You’ve zeroed in on some great choices. The Fritz and Revival monitors are very likely “can’t possibly go wrong” choices, and I’d just go by which seem to exhibit the sound characteristics you’re looking for most. The Alyssa, while no doubt a gr... | |
| Songs this good don't come around every day. With a name like Iris it’s got to be good. 😉 Seriously though, very nice song and thanks for sharing. Gave it a listen on Qobuz where, not surprisingly, it sounds even better. | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? So the question was - what is exactly different in $10K streamer as compared to $1K. @mikhailark You’ve now been told by several experienced people here that things like parts quality, noise reduction, power cables, implementation, etc. matter ... | |
| Looking for RCA cables from preamp to amp? What’s your budget for each pair? Is 2-channel any more important than multichannel? | |
| Cabling Recommends Simaudio Ace/Totem Forest Wow, you do not mess around! I’m not familiar with the Sim, but it sounds like an impressive little beast. Super glad you’re happy — congrats and enjoy!!! |