soix
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| Advice please. What aspects of stereo performance are most important to you, and what would you like to improve upon over your current speakers? | |
| Looking for closed back headphone advice What are the most important sound characteristics you’re looking for in a headphone, and why only closed back? | |
| Upgrading Aerial Acoustics Model 7T What aspects would you most like to improve upon over the 7Ts? | |
| Bookshelf/ Monitors for bedroom setup - Revel/ Dynaudio/ Spendor Ah crap. I swear I’m losin’ it here. You could probably do very nicely with the Wharfedale Diamond 11.2 at half the price or the Evo 4.1. Since the thumping libido music is off the table, the Silverline Minuet Supreme Plus at $699/pr new would ... | |
| Bookshelf/ Monitors for bedroom setup - Revel/ Dynaudio/ Spendor Given the music you listen to the Wharfedale Evo 4.2 would be worth considering. It’s a 3-way bookshelf speaker with dedicated woofer and midrange drivers to enhance clarity and dynamics (good for hip hop, dance, pop music), and with its refined ... | |
| Small Brands vs. Larger Brands A lot of the smaller cable manufacturers offer generous in-home trial periods, which is very valuable as cables can be so system dependent. And selling direct, as many do, obviously keeps their prices very competitive by subverting dealer markups... | |
| Really need some help finding a full range speaker LSA-20 Statements are available here new discounted to $4500/pr (normally $7k) and, very importantly, offer a 30-day, in-home trial. They’re only 39.5” tall and 9.5” wide but will go down to 25Hz and will likely be a considerable improvement over ... | |
| speaker recommendation for 35watt tube mono blocks Spatial Audio M5 Sapphire is worth a look. | |
| Newbie considering 3 streaming DAC/Servers In that price range I’d add the Innuos Zen Mk3, which can be had used around $2500. | |
| Itching to upgrade preamp... +1 Sachs SP14 preamp May well provide those tube attributes you mentioned. He offers a two-week trial period, which is obviously a big plus. Downside I there’s probably a wait until you can get one. Best of luck in your search. | |
| Seeking advice on purchasing a new streamer Sounds like another very good recommendation from @arafiq. I neglected to mention that, in addition to streaming, the Innuos Zen is also a server with onboard memory so you can easily rip all your CDs into it and have access to all your music in ... | |
| Seeking advice on purchasing a new streamer Forget the upsampler, keep the Qutest as it’s a good DAC (until you can afford a meaningful upgrade), and save for a better streamer like the Lumin or Innuos Zen Mk3. | |
| Lively, fast & open sounding integrated under 3k? no2forward soundstage (begins at the listening position and extends beyond the speakers)I have no idea what this means, and I’ve never experienced a soundstage that begins at the listening position — except with headphones. | |
| Tweaking preamp and amp combination Your problem is not your amp, and I find it very curious that when you say you’re having issues with vinyl playback you don’t bother to mention what analog gear you’re using. Why??? Sheesh. | |
| Switch from AB to D Budget? |