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| Good headphone amplifier It really depends on what sound characteristics are most important to you and what improvements you’re looking for over what you have now. | |
| streamer to DAC connection +1 @jjss49 | |
| Streamer Advice / Recommendation for Denafrips R2R DAC So I’m thinking Auralic Aries G1 feeding Denafrips Pontus is worth the money over budget. Not if you’re feeding it into the Denon. Feeding that nice, high-end signal into an AVR is like putting crappy tires on a Porsche — it largely defeats/underm... | |
| Better than Usher Dancer Mini-X DMD? Well, given what you’ve said, the music you listen to, and your amp, without question I’d be taking a very hard look at the ATC SCM40 v2 speakers. I say this despite being a huge Usher and Joseph Audio fan, I think the SCM40s could be your ticket... | |
| Streamer Advice / Recommendation for Denafrips R2R DAC +1 @jjss49 — IMHO you’re wasting your $ on the Pontus if you’re feeding it into the Denon. Its highly inadequate preamp section will suck most of the goodness out of any good DAC. If you’re serious about better 2-channel you need a good stereo p... | |
| Better than Usher Dancer Mini-X DMD? I’d definitely put the speakers on the 9’ wall and pull them out at least a couple feet — that alone will do wonders opening up and improving your sound. You still haven’t mentioned what type of improvements you’re looking for over your Ushers. To... | |
| Considering a POSSIBLE replacement for speakers. Opinions? I’m not one to make recommendations blindly, but I’d highly recommend you do an in-home trial of the LSA-20 Signatures available here from the manufacturer for $2299/pr. You have pretty darn good speakers already IMHO so won’t be easy to signific... | |
| Can a Classe SSP replace a dedicated stereo pre? But not just any AVP, I’m trying to ask about a Classe product that was designed with 2 channel in priority and not surround?Yeah, but you’re still replacing a well-regarded tube pre with the preamp section of a solid state AVP. All I’ll say is b... | |
| Streaming Transport without DAC- few choices The Innuos Zen Mini has a DAC, so I’d recommend its big brother the Zen Mk3 that’ll stream but also has onboard CD drive and storage so you can easily load all your CDs directly into it and have access to all your music through one device. Anyway... | |
| Can a Classe SSP replace a dedicated stereo pre? maybe ab switch is better as switching between stereo and ht is easier. But ab switches dont get much attention? Why not?Because most audiophiles are loathe to insert more — and especially cheaper/inferior — electronics in the signal path than nec... | |
| Can a Classe SSP replace a dedicated stereo pre? Can an AVP replace a Modwright SWL 9.0se? No. Just no. | |
| Digital audio connection..... Rookie misunderstanding. Hoping for work around. Well, the good news is you bought a great DAC. The bad news is that if you’re looking for better 2-channel performance while continuing to use your AVR, which I assume is the case since you apparently have mono block amps, you’ll need a decent ste... | |
| Pass 350.5 vs Bryston 14-BSS2 vs Mark Levinson 33(n) I honestly think you’re overshooting a bit and something like a 4BSST or so would be fine given your speakers. But, there’s a McCormack DNA500 at US AudioMart for $3600 that’d be a great end-game amp. Best of luck. | |
| Better than Usher Dancer Mini-X DMD? there's always room for improvementNo argument, but you’ve already got some good speakers so what specific improvements are you looking for? | |
| Looks for Headphone Tube Amp Yeah, don’t thank me til you’ve heard everything hooked up and run in a bit. Realized I forgot to include interconnects — I think 0.5m Cullen Cable Copper Series RCA for $85 should work very well and hopefully not break the bank. Look forward to... |