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| Help regarding SACD/CD players Since you’re intent on spinning discs I’d invest in a good re-clocker like the Empirical Audio Synchro Mesh and just keep using the NAD as a transport. If you’ve got the Modi DAC I’d upgrade that first as that’d make the biggest improvement — som... | |
| Innuos Zen Mk3 - Ultra Rendu and MAC mini Did you get the LPS with the Zen Mini? It’s supposed to be a significant sonic upgrade. | |
| What integrated would you recommend for summer amp? NuPrime IDA-8 runs Class D cool with some Class A properties and in your budget range new. Great reviews. Best of luck. | |
| Best phone/personal listening device under $500 I use my iPhone with the Apple Camera Adapter and an Audioquest Dragonfly Red Amp/DAC into my HIFIMAN HE400S. Sounds MUCH better than direct out of the iPhone, and it’s extremely portable and perfectly comfortable to walk around with to the point ... | |
| Speakers that are a great value! This is why cable manufacturers laugh all the way to the bank. | |
| Hand me down audio equip- upgrade advice +1 @millercarbon — We really don’t have much to go on here to make any meaningful recommendations. What aspects of system and speaker performance are most important to you, and what would you most like to improve upon? If you’re not sure what th... | |
| Upgrade to Maggi 3.7i or Tekton Moab? I am expecting to hear (fairly so) that if i want to feel music hit me in that chest, a planar speaker is not for me and I need to go with dynamic driver. I’d agree with that. There’s a nice pair of Nola KOs for sale here that’d give you nice sca... | |
| want a CD player upgrade Since you’ve got the Synchro Mesh I’d go DAC all the way, and as you love analog sound I’d point you toward NOS R2R DACs that tend to have a very natural and analog-like sound. I also think a tubed DAC may play well to your tastes, and DACs from ... | |
| From one experiment to the next... Budget? | |
| Time to upgrade DACs Sounds like you’re after larger scale and more impactful dynamics while maintaining excellent imaging. If that’s the case I think upgrading speakers makes the most sense as the GPs are on the small side and physics matter. Underwood HiFi is sellin... | |
| headphone amp senn 6XX From a performance/price perspective the Cavalli CTH is tough to beat especially because it seems to synergize extremely well with the 6xx. Plus you have the ability to goose the sound a bit with different and relatively inexpensive tubes if you ... | |
| Time to upgrade DACs First, what type of improvements are you looking for over what you have now, and what sound characteristics of system performance overall are most important to you? Without that info this is all just a crapshoot. Also, the Sonus GPs are good spea... | |
| How Do You Live The Audiophile Life I don't have audiophile ambitions. I'm thrilled where I am.Not sure why you’re here then, but if this is true then just stop — stop right now and enjoy what you have because if you actually care about good sound, once you hear what better systems ... | |
| What to buy? What are most important things to you sound wise? What aspects of speaker performance are most important to you? What don’t you like? If you’re not really sure about these things I’d highly recommend going out and listening to anything you can ... | |
| WAF -- Howard Stern was interviewing Chuck Norris years ago when Norris was going through a nasty and very expensive divorce and said: “You know why divorce is so expensive? Because it’s worth it.” This crossed my mind as I read your conversation, but ... |