soix
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| Aegir upgrade to Pass...maybe I’d recommend giving Valvet amps a good look as well. | |
| $5k or less speakers (used or new)? LSA Statement 20s available here new for $3999 on sale and come with nice speaker cables as a bonus, and they offer a 30-day, in-home trial. Part Time Audiophile did a nice review of them where they compared favorably with the reviewer’s $25k refe... | |
| $5k or less speakers (used or new)? Need to know what sound/performance characteristics you’re looking for and value most. Also, how big is your room and what amp will you be using? | |
| Best Location for Best Cable Another vote for closest to source. I found biggest difference in DAC to pre vs. pre to amp, but as always every system is different. | |
| Moon 340iX or Naim Supernait 2/3 for Sonus Faber Venere 3.0 Definitely the Moon over the Naim given what you’re looking for. Frankly, it sounds like you’d appreciate some tube magic in your system. I’d recommend checking out the Unison Unico Due integrated that has a tube preamp section with a pseudo Cla... | |
| need more power There’s a setting in your AVR somewhere that should allow you to decrease dynamic range or might be called “night” setting or something. I’d try that first as it might immediately solve the problem for free. Best of luck. | |
| Speaker Choices For My System Given what you value — and I say this as a huge JA and Vandy fan — I’d point you toward the ATC SCM40 v2 or SCM50. Their beefy dome midrange will blow you away with vocals and everything midrange like no other, and your amp has plenty of juice to... | |
| Recommendations for next headphone I’m gonna be sick. | |
| Speaker Choices For My System What sound qualities or performance aspects do you care about most? | |
| More money toward better speakers or a better DAC? There aren’t too many universal truths in this hobby as everyone hears differently and values different things, but two things I’ve found to be pretty universal are 1) everything matters and 2) the audio chain is only as strong as the weakest link... | |
| yet another tube preamp recommendation thread Don Sachs Custom Line Stage also worth a look. Best of luck. | |
| Upgrade to floor standing. Klipsch is probably a good bet. | |
| Walk me thru this please... Instead of the Zenith get a Zen and a good DAC, keep the Oppo for movie night and it’s all big upside. | |
| Confused as to where to go next...looking for warmth Yeah, that AVR needs to be extricated from the loop for good 2-channel performance. I’m familiar with your Totems and have had the Liberty amp in my system (excellent amp BTW) so pretty sure I know what you’re talking about. The technical term is... | |
| Amp for B&W 805 D3 I mainly like the warm and detailed sound.This makes me wonder why you’re considering the 805 D3? There are many other excellent options that would seem to better cater to your tastes. |