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| Looking into speaker upgrade/change? Great amp! Clayton doesn’t get near enough attention IMHO. Anyway, my tastes agree with yours on all the speakers you mentioned. If that means anything, there’s a nice pair of Usher CL- 8571 lls for sale here now with the upgraded diamond tweet... | |
| New System for a greenhorn audiophile Having built a very similar system for my brother, I can tell you this system will sound very good for both music and movies. - Aperion Audio 5B monitors and 5C center speaker - under $500- SVS SB2000 Pro - $800- Yamaha RXA1080 A/V Receiver - $689... | |
| Suggestions regarding preamplifier choice Reading between the lines, it sounds like you really love the VSs and are making excuses to keep the MLs. You know what to do. In terms of a preamp, what are you looking to improve upon and what aspects of sound reproduction are most important to... | |
| High Quality XLR IC's For My System There’s a pair of AZ Silver Ref ll and Silver Ref l 1m XLR interconnects available here now, and you could get both for $1050. These are very neutral yet organic and holographic interconnects and tough to see you being disappointed. AZ market is... | |
| Thinking of buying a pair of Splendor D7.2... I am after a warmer more captivating sound image, and if need to spend a bit more within reason that is possible if the rewards to the sound are considerable.I’d just order Don Sach’s tube pre and KT88 amp and call it a day. I think you can retur... | |
| Thinking of buying a pair of Splendor D7.2... What are you’re tastes and preferences in terms of sound reproduction characteristics? What’s most important to you? | |
| Preamp and power amp 2ch for my legacy focus se speakers? Please share what’s important to you and your preferences in terms of sound reproduction characteristics. | |
| Preamp n amp 2ch for my legacy focus se ? You need to share what your sound preferences are. | |
| I wouod like a power cord recomendation that's in the budget category I’d go with Cullen too, although I recently heard about Audio Envy that also sounds very intriguing. Most of these guys offer a return period so you can give one a shot with very little risk. Given the quality of your preamp I’d recommend you at... | |
| 2 Channels v. More Channels & Ceiling Speaker Recommendations I’m mainly a 2-channel guy too, but I’d definitely do at least 5.1 as I find that’s really the minimum to get the immersive movie experience and is far, far more involving and enjoyable than something like 2.1. The sub is not optional IMO, and th... | |
| New digital source recommendation Maybe take this as an opportunity to enter the wonderful world of music streaming rather than reinvesting in more “old tech.” You could buy a used Innuos Zen Mini 2 for $500. This would allow you to load all your CDs directly into its internal mem... | |
| More Dynamic Speakers Than Vienna Acoustic The Spatial Audio M3 Triode Masters are very efficient and likely much more dynamic that your VAs, and they can be had used for around $2k. The M3 Turbo S is still very efficient with deeper bass and is available used for around $1500. Best of l... | |
| Preamp and Amp how much influence each contributes? I don’t think it makes much sense to discuss which component has more or less importance or impact. As others have said, it’s a system and every component is critical. That said, in my system I hear bigger differences between preamps than amps, ... | |
| looking to upgrade amp. Best choice of Belles Aria vs Rogue CM v Parasound HINT? There’s a Pathos Twin Tower amp available here now under $3k with tube input stage and Class-A amp that should match well with your system and tastes. Beautiful and originally almost $8k amp. Best of luck. | |
| Reasonable integrated amp for Magico A3 I’ve heard Alon Wolf really likes Hegel amps and that they are one of the amps he uses to voice his speakers, so maybe an H300 or H360 would be worth adding to the list. At this level it’s all about sonic preferences, so maybe calling Magico and ... |