soix
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| Please help my ignorant a$$, I just want a good streamer...I think. Yeah, you and I have the same brain when it comes to computers. To me, it’s a black box containing a black hole of problems I can’t hope to understand — nor do I want to. In the end I would like the best streamer option I can get under say $25... | |
| Bel Canto opinions At a show I heard Joseph Audio Pulsars driven by Bel Canto electronics and it sounded fantastic. I think you’re gonna be very happy, but power conditioning is usually important to getting the most out of Class D amps so should be a consideration ... | |
| Great speaker sounds terrible in my room? If you can’t get them closer than 7’ from the front wall your only option is to add your sub, and preferably two. It’ll probably also help a lot with your low-level listening. Best of luck. | |
| Power Cable Suggestions Needed I don’t have them sitting on anything special though. Just the wood stands I built for them. Now that I see this, I think you’d be better off investing in some good metal stands that can be filled with sand or lead shot. Stands can make a big ... | |
| The Cable Co With the huge margins from selling new cables they damn well better have excellent customer service. Frankly, with the fluid used market for cables and the ease with which they can be shipped, buying new cables seems a bit insane unless you just ... | |
| Upgrade B&W 805D2 to 802D2 or 802D3? I’d suggest going to listen to Joseph Audio Pulsars or Perspectives. I got to hear 805 D3s next to Pulsars, and the Pulsars just did everything better. Imaging, soundstage, disappearing act, bass, overall musicality— no contest. The. D3s are good,... | |
| Wireless vs. Ethernet for Streaming I’ve been using WiFi in my HeadFi rig through my iDevices using Qobuz and was happy until I brought my CD transport up from my big rig to spin some discs not available for streaming. I was very disappointed to hear the CD transport sounded better... | |
| Power regeneration - good idea? PS audio? A lot of people like balanced power conditioners. Underwood HiFi sells Core Power Technologies that seem very good and worth checking out. Best of luck. | |
| Processor and amp or AVR? I don’t think your system warrants an investment in separates. I’d recommend a Yamaha AVR as they offer relatively very good sound and excellent reliability. Best of luck. | |
| Why terminate speaker wire? Great question, and I tend to agree that less is more and should be cheaper without the pricey connectors. I would do silver-plated ends for the reasons stated above. | |
| Power Cable Suggestions Needed I’d recommend Cullen Cable. They’re in your price range and offer a trial period so very low risk option. Best of luck. | |
| Best Bang for the Buck Upgrade @hilde45 beat me to it. It really depends on what sonic improvements you’re looking for. I think you’ve got some really good speakers, and the fact that you seem to connect well with them, well, that speaks volumes to me because that ain’t always ... | |
| biwire? and best way to do it? Just get these and forget the budget stuff — you’ll be thrilled. If not, just resell them as AZ has a fluid used market. They’ve been in my system for 20 years and beat out the likes of VooDoo, Audience, etc. and ain’t going anywhere. Best of l... | |
| SPDIF Digital Cable Recommendations @bigkidz once told me it’d be better to use an RCA to BNC adapter and use a BNC cable rather than using an RCA connection. It’s hard to imagine why adding two conversion points would be better than running straight SPDIF, but just wanted to share ... | |
| Micro zotl 2 upgrade I’d agree with @lancelock and think you’d need to at least go to at least a Ref 5SE — more likely the Ref 6SE — and not even sure that’d be an improvement. If you like the sound of the MZ2, going up the scale makes a lot of sense. Point is, there’... |