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| Speaker Recommendations - from Vandersteen 5As These Usher Be-10s are a bit over your price range, but they're in NYC so maybe worth an audition. https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis9a143-usher-b-10-speakers-newest-cardas-internal-wiring-with-di...Also some nice Acoustic Zen Crescendoshttps:... | |
| Looking for a good full range floor stander There's a rare pair of JA Pearls available for $13k. Dealer demo in great shape and full 5-year warranty. You know what to do. https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649537368-joseph-audio-pearl/ | |
| Most impressive small footprint speaker Boenicke. | |
| Help selecting a new preamp At your price level the Linear Tube Audio Micro ZOTL is definitely worth a serious look. Teajay (a member here) did a nice review of it on 6moons, and he preferred it to the Backert Rhumba (not sure which version) and every other preamp he’s heard... | |
| Speaker selector app. And you think you’d get better recommendations from an app than you would here why? Sorry I wasted my time here. | |
| Which cable They hear everything. | |
| Which cable I just rewired my doorbell with a double run of Acoustic Zen Satoris and getting much better tonality and soundstaging. There are some people who say they can’t hear a difference between doorbell cables, but with proper setup and assuming the door... | |
| Help selecting a new preamp What are you looking to improve upon over your current preamp, and what overall sound reproduction characteristics are most important to you? Are you looking for tubes or solid state, or either? | |
| Speaker selector app. These Acoustic Zen Crescendos will get you pretty close at a little over your price target...https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649526567-acoustic-zen-crescendos-mappa-burl/Or these Nola KOs if you can pick them up local...https://www.ebay.com/it... | |
| Which new amp to get? A Class-A amp that may sound truly special with your speakers is the Valvet A4 Mkll. They are monoblocks that are rated at 55Wpc and 90Wpc into 8 and 4 Ohms, respectively, but with large power supplies they punch well above their weight. And acc... | |
| Vimburg? I know Jeff Fritz owned the Magico Q7s for a while and certainly could've chosen a lower Magico model in his downsizing effort. That he chose the Tondas over the similarly-priced S5s tells me the Vimbergs are definitely worth a listen, although a... | |
| Center Channel Speaker Suggestion for HT Yeah, the HTM62 is from the 600 series (a step below your CM speakers) so not surprised you found it lacking. Technically the matching center for your speaker is the CM Centre 2 I mentioned above, but I'd go for the HTM 2 or even better the HTM 1... | |
| SS Amp suggestions This Clayton Audio S2000 would well be worth a look...https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649519076-clayton-audio-s2000-balanced-class-a-dual-mono-amplifi... | |
| Seeking Streaming Receiver Recommendations Integra is part of Onkyo, so if you go for the DTM-7 I'd spend the extra $50 for the 6-year extended warranty as reliability is an issue. Personally, I'd go for the Yamaha R-N803 and get a nice piece of butcher-block wood or marble that accommoda... | |
| Why a separate DAC? As you obviously enjoy tube and analog sound, I'd recommend the Mhdt Labs Orchid R2R NOS DAC. Cost $1100 sold through Linear Tube Audio. I'd contact them and ask about their return policy to see if you can do an in-home demo. I think your syste... |