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| Upgrade my CD player or futile effort? If I rate my analog sound a 9, I would rate my digital CD a 7. My question is, would I benefit from a better CD player, even so CD6005 is no slouch, or am I gonna end up in a goose chase?I’d rate your CD sound a generous 4 by today’s standards. My... | |
| Recommendations—2.0 Setup For Music|Film|TV (~$3K-$8K) Here’s a pair of Joseph Audio Pulsars in your budget that are excellent speakers...https://tmraudio.com/speakers/bookshelf-speakers-monitors/joseph-audio-pulsar-bookshelf-speakers-pommele-sapele-pair/ You could pair them with something like a Hege... | |
| What process do you use to purchase cables? As with any audio component, I start by identifying what sound characteristics I’m looking for and read reviews and owner’s accounts of products that have those characteristics. For cables in particular it’s relatively easy to buy them used, try ... | |
| How true is the statement that I'm most likely ending up with a tube amp for my HD600s? how far could I push my HD600 to subjective perfection?This depends wholly on what “perfection” means to you, so what areas would you like to improve upon over what you’re hearing now? This will largely influence what amp to recommend — and DAC a... | |
| Yamaha RX-V4..any experience? I worked for Magnolia for a bit and got to compare the top Marantz, Denon, Arcam, and Yamaha (previous generation) AVRs directly using B&W 804D3s and my best stereo demo recordings. I was surprised, but the Yamaha was the best of the bunch — ... | |
| Need Advise On Upgrading My System Yeah the subs throw a wrinkle in the setup using a stereo integrated if you need to use subs both for HT and critical 2-channel listening. You could use one sub for HT and one for stereo, which might be a worthwhile compromise to consider. Alway... | |
| High End Headphones And HP Amp. Most people ask first, then purchase. Interesting approach. Ha!!! | |
| Budget System Advice still partying like it's 1999 By all accounts (including a direct comparison test in The Absolute Sound) Qobuz sounds better than Amazon HD, which seems a bit spotty in terms of sound quality. Not familiar with Airport Express, but toslink is not optimal so I’d look to at lea... | |
| Recommendations and thoughts for end game speakers and amps I know Andy Payor is fond of Gryphon amps so hard to see going wrong there. Another one that’d probably sound great is Vitus — here’s a nice one at a good price...https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649766445-vitus-sia-025-mki-integrated-amp/ Bes... | |
| Integrated / speaker pairings in the $6-7K range Really depends on what sound characteristics are most important to you. | |
| Need Advise On Upgrading My System if I add a 2 channel amp to the ARCAM will I still be able to hear my TV when needed through my towers, center channel and 2 REL’s?Absolutely yes. When you select the input on the stereo integrated (optimally the HT Bypass input if it has one) th... | |
| High End Headphones And HP Amp. No, but really depends on what sound characteristics you’re looking for. Nice ‘phones, but you really want to pair them with an amp/DAC that compliment them for your tastes. What are you looking for? You might be able to get what you’re looking... | |
| Need Advise On Upgrading My System My question is to find out if I could achieve better sound quality by upgrading to an ARCAM 30 receiver.NO!!! Frankly, I got to compare this AVR directly to a comparable Yamaha AVR, and the Yammy Aventage was better. That said, NO!!! Do the right ... | |
| DAC Upgrade Advice, budget $5k Definitely look at the DACs higher up the Denafrips line as you seem to like a lot about the Ares, and their more expensive models may well fill in the gaps you found in the Ares while expanding further on its strengths. Along the same lines the ... | |
| Perfect match for ATC speakers I asked two questions and you answered neither, so I’m out. I used to sell ATC speakers a while back and the advice from @jjss49 is spot on. Best of luck. |