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| Preamp:...Add A Pass-Through For Home Theater This is what happens when Troy gets access to the internet. He’s an absolute mess. | |
| Best Tube PreAmp - McIntosh vs. Audio Research vs. VAC vs. Atma-Sphere I will eventually be integrating it into a HT setup. If this is the case, I think you’d be well served to pursue a tubed pre that can deactivate the tubes when using the HT bypass. I’m not 100% sure, but I think Backert, Rogue, and maybe VAC o... | |
| Speaker styles / sound but with each properly matched to an amp, what is the difference in their sound profiles? Good question. The Monitor Audio speakers will likely sound more “neutral” and revealing while the DeVores will sound a little richer, fuller, and a littl... | |
| Audience 1+1 with subwoofer After having the excellent Gallo tweeter in your head I think you’ll be supremely disappointed by the Audience speakers. I had them in my system on demo and was VERY disappointed, then brought them to a friend’s house and he thought they sounded ... | |
| RCA interconnect recommendation It's a curious problem of "you don't know until you know" sort of thing. Yeah, except you haven’t shared what improvements/sound characteristics are most important to you. This is exactly how we can help you achieve your goals, but if you don’... | |
| Any thoughts on the Woo WA11? Are you looking for just an amp or an amp/DAC combo? | |
| Different R2R DACs If I were you I’d look into the Musician Pegasus that offers R2R with both NOS and oversampling options depending on your tastes. Also there’s the iFi iDSD Pro that seems like another potentially great option... https://forum.audiogon.com/discus... | |
| Does Time alignment and Phase coherency make for a better loudspeaker? One of dozens of variables that can be used to build good speaker... undoubtedly doing this has a negative effect on something else. Audio design is all about trade offs. Well said. I think with the improvement in driver technology and material... | |
| How come no one talks about the BEST REMOTES?? The best remotes are capable of activating a thread even after twenty years. Ha! I’ve found Universal remotes to be bulletproof and just work (my 30 year-old model still functions flawlessly), and I just like having the ability to “drive by fe... | |
| Streaming 101 Dude — you’re the one who said you were looking for an “end game” setup and threw out the $5k number, so don’t blame us! We’re just here to spend as much $$$ as you give us. Nature of the beast. Streaming is for you — it’s for everybody whether ... | |
| Tube integrated amp recommendations Given your tastes I think the Audio Hungary should be near the top of your list, and if you’re serious at all about headphones you should spring for a separate headphone amp as those in most integrateds are an afterthought at best. | |
| Streaming 101 You’d probably be better off looking at a Bluesound Vault as it’ll allow you to load your CDs into it, but at your budget I think you’re better served by something from Innuos, FWIW. | |
| Streaming 101 If I go streamer and DAC will I need a server? As I say, I’m clueless here. No. If I’m you I’m looking hard at an Innuos Zen Mk3 (or Zenith) as it’s an excellent streamer and you can easily load your CDs into its server’s onboard memory through... | |
| Tube integrated amp recommendations Well, to this point nowhere have you disclosed what sound characteristics you’re looking for, and as a result you’re getting recommendations that span a wide swath of sound from warm to cooler. That said, if you want just warm of neutral I’d look... | |
| Portable Player Recommendation Another option might be something like an Audioquest Dragonfly Red or Cobalt. I use the Red in my headphone setup and it dramatically improves the sound out of my iPhone and iPad, so if this might work for you it’d also help you avoid carrying ar... |