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| Bluesound Node2 with outboard DAC Agree with keeping things separate. Pairing the Node with a DAC from Gustard, Musician, Denafrips, Soekris, etc. (depending on what sonic characteristics you’re after) will give you a nice performance bump and then upgrade streamer when you can. ... | |
| Choosing the right equipment These will get you done... https://www.musicdirect.com/music-hall-mmf-13-turntable https://www.psaudio.com/products/sprout100-integrated-amplifier/ | |
| What are you using as a streamer? Constructive feedback please. I agree that phones are "overlooked and vastly underrated as a front end streaming/player platform". +2. I recently upgraded the Apple Camera Adapter with a LavriCable version and the improvement was not small, in case anyone else is using th... | |
| Fist Watt F6 vs Pass Labs XA 25 But does the Clayton slide into class A/B and then provide 80w into 8 ohms and 130 into 4? No, but at 50wpc and 100wpc into 8 and 4 Ohms, respectively, you get to stay in full Class A for all listening. Personally, I’d have to really need thos... | |
| McCormack VRE-1C preamp and new SMc amps? What new SMc amps are you referring to? | |
| Micromega M100 vs Coda CSib, vs Pass ? vs The new AGD Tempo di GaN stereo amp at $5500 might be an upgrade as more than one reviewer has termed the “end game” level amps. Pair it with something like a Musician Pegasus R2R DAC and you may have something pretty special. Just one option to c... | |
| Upgrade path from Paradigm Studio Reference V3 The ATC SCM40 will do what you’re looking for in spades, but I’d recommend the latest version as they have a better tweeter that you’d likely appreciate. That amazing dome midrange will hit you in the chest like no other driver I’m aware of and d... | |
| Sub for single-driver desktop speakers This is what I’d get if it’s in your budget... https://www.svsound.com/products/3000-micro-subwoofer | |
| Stand mount to floor stand. I wouldn’t rush to eliminate subs as they can add significantly to ultimate system performance even with “full-range” floorstanders. If you can try the SFs at home, why wouldn’t you? Just do it. Best of luck. | |
| When choosing new Speakers, what matters most to you? If you know the characteristics you’re looking for and you hear a pair of speakers at a dealer that exhibits those characteristics better than others with your music (and any of your electronics you can bring to the audition), you’re probably in g... | |
| Comparing Speaker Cables First, you need good quality demo material to allow you to hear important differences. After that, I’d have someone switch the cables for you so you can just listen and don’t have to physically get up and change anything, which could potentially ... | |
| Interconnects matching To the extent Zavfino has a “house” sound that’d be an obvious choice. I’d highly recommend AZ Silver Ref but they’re outta your price range even used. Best of luck. | |
| Anyone have a Luxman headphone amp? Chances are any decent headphone amp will significantly outperform the head amp included in almost any integrated. I’m using a Singxer SA-1 Class-A headphone amp, and at $599 I think you’ll find it to be a significant upgrade that your excellent h... | |
| What are you using as a streamer? Constructive feedback please. On my main system a Node 2 with the linear power supply upgrade from Poland, separate power supply, and Cullen AC cable feeding my McIntosh D150 thru an analysis plus digital cable. In my other two vintage systems Node N100s with Nordost power ca... | |
| Streaming Spotify First, if you’re not willing to upgrade your music subscription to Qobuz don’t bother as Spotify is a lossy, crap source and nothing can save it. And yes, if you upgrade your streaming service you’ll need a separate DAC to get decent sound. Next... |