soix
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| Bookshelf/Small Speakers Not enough info to go on here. | |
| Looks for Headphone Tube Amp Looking closer at your headphones I’m not sure the iFi would be the best match sonically nor would a tube amp given the 99’s low input impedance. Personally I’d be looking to a more neutrally-voiced amp/DAC like the AQ Dragonfly Red that I own so... | |
| Looks for Headphone Tube Amp should I use both a DAC and an amp?Absolutely — your headphones are plenty good enough to reward you significantly by feeding it a better signal, and the DACs in iPhones and iMacs suck and will greatly limit your sound quality. At your budget I’d ... | |
| SQ - AV processor preouts vs. stereo linestage preamp i have run the processor preouts into a preamp and found i need to turn up the preamp sound all the way to get sound to come thru from the processor.You can control that by increasing the level of the L/R channels in the prepro’s level balance tha... | |
| Ten year old digital source upgrade suggestions? Everything does matter, and that definitely includes streamers. That and you have lots of disparate pieces working to produce sound. If I’m you I’d get an Innuos Zen Mk3 streamer with onboard drive and storage, load all your CDs into it and plug... | |
| Best dac under $2500 - comparing build quality and technologies I did a lot of research and listening for a friend and chose the Yggdrasil as definitely the winner anywhere in that price range.@ghdprentice — What other DACs did you listen to? | |
| SQ - AV processor preouts vs. stereo linestage preamp wish i never learned about stereo pre’s - ignorance is bliss.But crappy sound isn’t. How do u use avr preouts.Just run a pair of interconnects from the front L/R preouts of the NAD to an unused input (or HT Bypass if there is one) on the stereo pr... | |
| Reasonable integrated amp for Magico A3 Depends on what sound characteristics you’re looking for. You should start a new thread BTW. | |
| Looks for Headphone Tube Amp What DAC are you using and what is your music source — ripped CDs, Qobuz, etc.? | |
| Looking for an amp that punches way about its weight and I can grow with What sound characteristics are most important to you? | |
| Speaker suggestions please - going to the BIG city I'd very much appreciate your thoughts on what would sound the best considering my music choices and Primaluna ampWhat would be infinitely more helpful and effective would be to know what speaker/system sound characteristics are most important to ... | |
| SQ - AV processor preouts vs. stereo linestage preamp Not if you connect the AVP’s preouts to a good stereo preamp. The only way to go IMO. | |
| New Joseph Audio Pulsar Graphene 2 They do have a bigger sound and go lower in the bass, but there’s no holographic feeling. Bingo! Totally different sound/experience and journey. I’d try something like a Raven or other tube amp with the Pulsars as a potential best of both worlds... | |
| New Speakers $10K -$20K However those speakers (any speakers) will need to be close 6-12” from the stone wallWhy??? That’s a killer for 2-channel. Woulda been nice to know that extremely important info before I/we spent time thinking/looking for recommendations. Thanks. | |
| New Speakers $10K -$20K Have your wife take a look at the Joseph Audio Perspectives in Sepele for size and appearance, then add a single Pulsar for a center. BTW, if you’re at all serious about 2-channel and want to do any of these speakers justice (it’s Sonus Faber btw... |