soix
Responses from soix
| The Cable Co The notion of paying $600 for a cable when I can find it used for $250...no customer service can beat that. @hilde45 Bingo!!! Used cables are readily available, easy and cheap to ship, are pretty much assured to be trouble free, and they’re eas... | |
| New Pre/Pro for 2 ch guy? (+How easy to set up RC in top units like Lyngdorf, etc)? That is my overall concern, getting good 2 channel sound out of a processor or going to a 2 piece processor and preamp setup. My advice, if 2-channel is important, is to buy a good, dedicated stereo preamp and feed the preamp outs of an AVP int... | |
| Please Recommend Highly Efficient Floor Standing Non-Horn Speaker Suggestions Flies under the radar as a Canadian company, but Verity Audio makes some of the best speakers I’ve ever heard and are also high efficiency. | |
| Power Conditioner/Surge Protector Options That is why I prefer to turn to a scientific explanation of the technology and why it works rather than just saying that it does and you should take a $2-5K leap of faith! I agree, but if a products achieves a scientific benchmark but doesn’t g... | |
| New Pre/Pro for 2 ch guy? (+How easy to set up RC in top units like Lyngdorf, etc)? So my concern is that the MX Dac implementation/SQ will not be as good as my Esoteric K-03 CD/SACD, which is somewhat legendary. Well, that would’ve been good to know up front. I’ve wasted my time and I’m out. Best of luck. | |
| New Pre/Pro for 2 ch guy? (+How easy to set up RC in top units like Lyngdorf, etc)? However, from what I understand, the McIntosh processors do not have this laid back / mushy sound. Can you confirm this? @auxinput No, but the house sound is consistent and clear. Have you heard the McIntosh or Lyngdorf pre/pros. I think you... | |
| New Pre/Pro for 2 ch guy? (+How easy to set up RC in top units like Lyngdorf, etc)? soix, why the snooty response to the consideration of a Mc preamp? You were very nice in your original response. My apologies. Admittedly I’m not a McIntosh fan. I worked for Magnolia for a bit and when they had the KEF Blades hooked up to Macs... | |
| New Pre/Pro for 2 ch guy? (+How easy to set up RC in top units like Lyngdorf, etc)? Yes, if you want a wet blanket thrown over your speakers definitely get the McIntsh gear. Good luck with that. | |
| Please help my ignorant a$$, I just want a good streamer...I think. I went simple: Chromecast Audio Dude, what the hell are you even doing here? Go back to Reddit. | |
| McCormack DNA HT3 Amp and Bellari 532 Passive Pre-amp ..Good Match ? Steve used to make passive preamps so most of his amps should be compatible. | |
| Which complete set of cables to try out? As good as the cables may be, it’s insanely stupid they just don’t put directional arrows on the cable jackets. STOOPID!!! | |
| Power Conditioner/Surge Protector Options This is very system and home dependent. If possible I’d recommend trying a Niagara, Plixir, Audience, and Synergistic unit in your system and given your budget. Read reviews and try those that seem to coincide with your system/sonic preferences. ... | |
| New Pre/Pro for 2 ch guy? (+How easy to set up RC in top units like Lyngdorf, etc)? However, been reading that something like a Lyngdorf sounds great, and room correction could make a big diff even in 2 channel. My experience after hearing Lyngdorf’s technology in his previous TacT technology in a $300,000 stereo system, go fo... | |
| Please help my ignorant a$$, I just want a good streamer...I think. Congrats! To me, a used Zen Mini with LPS is close to a Zen Mk3 on the cheap and glad to hear you’re happy. Do you have the latest Sense software upgrade? That apparently is a significant upgrade. And how great is it that you now can easily rip al... | |
| Best streamer/DAC for up to $1500 DO NOT get a DAC/streamer combo. Both technologies are progressing so fast it makes no sense to have one tied to the other. If I’m you, get an iFi Zen Stream with their better linear power supply and a Musician Pegasus R2R DAC. In the future yo... |