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| Preamp recommendations for my system please I find it incomprehensible that someone at your level is unable or unwilling to share what sound characteristics you’re looking for. Whatever. Learn away. | |
| Preamp recommendations for my system please You’re going to ask me what I’m looking for in a preamp. Beyond what I’ve mentioned, I honestly don’t know. So, you’ve got a fairly expensive system and about to drop up to another $10k on a preamp, and you can’t communicate THE most important ... | |
| My new VTV Audio Class D amp arrived today @jerryg123 please share your thoughts on the two new amps! | |
| Ayre ex-8 2.0 vs Bel Canto e1x @jerryg123 — I’d be very interested in your impressions of the BC and Mini GaN amps. | |
| Headphones vs full range speakers Question is who has gone from listening to speakers for your main listening pleasure to headphones or vice versa. Having both a good home and HeadFi rig, I agree with others that they’re really two different animals each with their own strength... | |
| Desk top speakers at low cost What, in your world, is “low cost?” | |
| RCA interconnect recommendation I think you’re going in the exact right direction with Acoustic Zen and was just about to recommend their Silver Reference. I have both the Silver and Matrix Ref ll, and the SR is a better and more refined-sounding interconnect. I’d highly sugge... | |
| Interesting observations Cables matter, period. Putting a $ limit on them is like hiding your head in the sand. Best to try more expensive cables and see if they’re worth paying up for rather than just ruling them out. I’d suggest you try the same strategy with interco... | |
| Bryston Preamps - What do they sound like? My BP-6 was the closest thing to “straight wire with gain” I’ve heard — it simply passes through whatever it’s fed with no editorializing. | |
| Streamer/DAC Not sure the iFi Stream is something I’d wanna “live with forever.” Another option would an Innuos Zen Mk3 and a Musician Pegasus DAC that’d come in at $4k and allow you to load all your CDs so all your music is available from one source. Just a... | |
| Joseph vs Legacy in 7K range? Read reviews and pick the one that provides the sound qualities you’re most looking for. The Legacy is obviously the choice if you want a more full-range speaker and don’t want to add subwoofers, but the Pulsar is no slouch in the bass department... | |
| Best Tube PreAmp - McIntosh vs. Audio Research vs. VAC vs. Atma-Sphere Yup. Totally makes sense. But, unless you’re an extreme videophile who demands every last detail of sound I think the prospect of not burning through tubes while watching TV/movies outweighs whatever you might lose in sound quality for watching... | |
| Hearing loss As with everything in life, moderation is key. IMHO and IME, if you have good quality headphones and upstream components you don’t need to crank the sound as much to hear what’s going on in the music. FWIW. | |
| What Component Am I Missing? You must be kidding. If you’re inserting a Bose equalizer in your system and it in any way sounds better, you’re WAY OFF in your system and you need to explore other components. Go listen to some better gear. This is just offensive from an audi... | |
| Help, which preamp to buy from my shortlist? Why? Why??? Sure you can buy vintage, but WHY??? when there are SO MANY exceptional preamps on the market today that take advantage of more modern and better technologies? Dude, dump your money into the past or maybe look to the future. |