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| New Dac Budget? | |
| Question(S) about Avalon speakers.. Another admirer of Avalon. I think in character they remind me a lot of Audio Physic. I’m partial to Joseph Audio speakers that would also be worthy of auditioning. Also Usher, ProAc, YG, and Boenicke would be on my list of viable Avalon altern... | |
| Best high-end headphones with noice cancellation ... I’m not a huge Sony fan, but I have to say at around the $300 price level I’d go with the Sony WH-1000XM4 for it’s all-around solid performance. That said, I just bought my wife a pair of Sennheiser PXC 550-ll for $200 for Christmas that seem pret... | |
| Streaming newbie looking for guidance Just upgrading to Qobuz will make a big improvement and free to try. Skip the more expensive Tidal with their poor interface and ridiculous MQA crap. If all the futzing with separate drives, computers, etc. drives you mad just get an Innuos Zen ... | |
| AB testing - high end vs low end tube preamp vs avr Isn’t this poor horse dead enough yet? Groundhog Day alert! Post at your own risk. | |
| Speaker Audition +1 Usher. Boenicke and Spatial Audio may also be worth a look. Best of luck. | |
| Upgrade power cable on video game console Cullen cables are very reasonable and very good, and you can demo one and return it if it doesn’t do anything for you. | |
| A/V Processor and Amp for B&W speakers? There’s an Anthem MRX 720 being sold here as demo from dealer with full warranty for $1799. Unless you’re looking for a warmer sound like Marantz this is a very nice option. Best of luck. | |
| Best Streamer for Qobuz/Ripper/Storage Device under $3k. Thanks. Advantage would be no power supply upgrade required as well as some better components?Bingo. | |
| Best Streamer for Qobuz/Ripper/Storage Device under $3k. Since you apparently don’t need a DAC and with your budget you should step up to the Innuos Zen Mk3. | |
| Don Sachs DS2 vs Wells Audio Commander It misses some the tube magic – for sure – but it is slightly more articulate without being fatiguing. And since it's solid state, I can leave it on during the day without concern of burning out tubes.Yeah, therein lies the rub, eh? Probably why ... | |
| Honest Amp Reviews: Impossible? If you said all amps (ditto cables, CD players, DAC's etc) under controlled conditions sound alike, just how popular would you be amongst those who are trying to earn a living selling them?Not very, but you also wouldn’t be a good reviewer if you ... | |
| Speaker cables Mid High end Think I'll possibly take The Cable Company or Audience & Tara Labs up on a couple loaners to hear.I wouldn’t recommend that. Used cables are so common, easy, and cheap to buy (and sell) it’s almost silly to pay double for new cables unless yo... | |
| how to set up good home theater sound (and picture) If you’re running the HDMI out from your Fios box to the Marantz and then HDMI from the Marantz to your TV it should be fine. I suspect you need to change some settings in both the Marantz and TV to get things looking and sounding better. Also c... | |
| Honest Amp Reviews: Impossible? Class “D”. Says it allCase in point. |