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| What would you buy Perhaps consider selling your speakers and pick up Vandy 3a sigs? | |
| Integrated advice for B&W 705's What made you buy the 705s? Did you hear them and like them at some point or was it just a blind purchase? | |
| Chord 2 Qute vs Metron Amethyst or Border Patrol S Ugh. Thanks @1markr — you are, of course, correct. Not sure about the Orchid, but the Tubadour has the benefit of being able to be upgraded to “SE” version, which is apparently a very significant improvement in performance. | |
| Looking for best streamer without DAC under $3500 I’d get a used Innuos Zen Mklll, which I’d think should provide some sonic upside. But if not, just turn around and sell it for little/no loss so very little risk involved and use those funds to buy a Pavane Level 3, which will certainly yield imp... | |
| Chord 2 Qute vs Metron Amethyst or Border Patrol S A lot of folks tout the R2R NOS DACs as having a natural or organic sound to them. If you’re not opposed to tubes the MHDT Orchid and MHDT Tubadour lll would be worth a look. Best of luck. | |
| Tidal Error Message Get Qobuz. | |
| Choosing between floorstanding speakers. You don’t mention a sub. If you don’t have one I’d get something like the CM5 monitors (or whichever monitors best match your center, which is key) and use the rest of your budget to buy something like an SVS PB2000 sub. Adding a good sub will b... | |
| Small Office - Wilson vs B&W vs Kef You’re basically parking the speakers against the wall, so I’d choose speakers designed to be placed that way. I’d do something like the Von Schweikert Vortex VR33 that is not too big of a floorstander and will sound great placed near the wall, a... | |
| Choosing between floorstanding speakers. What’s your budget, what do you like about your current speakers, and what aspects are you looking to improve upon? | |
| Best Amp With Some Warmth and Midrange Magic To Pair With The RAAL Requsite SR1a's? Sounds like a SS Class-A amp might be the ticket. If you can find a Plinius SA102 it should have ample power and warmth while being well within your budget. It also has a handy low-bias switch for less-critical listening or if you want to leave ... | |
| Add an external DAC. Make my Oppo UDP-205 a true top player What specifically are you looking to improve upon, are what overall sound and performance characteristics are most important to you? | |
| Upgrades for Thiel CS 3.6? Great speakers! I think Thiel made big improvements to their drivers over the years, so yeah I think there are probably some benefits brought by the newer drivers. Whether YOU think they are an improvement is another matter. I’ll just say I had... | |
| New high end processor Good prepros are obviously pricey, and if HT is super important to you there’s no getting around that. Me? 2-channel is far more important and HT is a fun treat I just want to be good enough for me to enjoy, which doesn’t really require uber-expen... | |
| Which headphone sound good using the Creek 5350 SE headphone jack What sound characteristics are most important to you in headphone listening? | |
| Need help ! Looking for a low cost integrated tube amp for my office If your NAD has “pre in” jacks, I’d get a Schiit Freya+ preamp and get my tube experience that way and upgrade amp later if you want. Or a used Freya and Vidar would be a nice pairing for not much $. For an integrated you’re probably best off wi... |