soix
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| DAC suggestion Please You have a $300 pair of speakers that includes amplification. To my mind, your Zdac already outclasses your speakers. I think you'll get a much bigger improvement upgrading your speakers at this point. Best of luck. | |
| Purchase a receiver or what? need your advice. Agree with @auxinput. You're getting good, but still budget, speakers so I'd be a little concerned at their level of overall refinement, especially in the highs. If you share those concerns or prefer a richer and slightly less bright sound, the ... | |
| Advise on book shelf speakers less then $750 I am looking for used speakers with a price around $750 or less. That have open, detailed with very good imaging and that are small monitors.This sounds like a descriptor for Silverline Minuet Supreme Plus speakers at $699/pr new. I heard Alan Y... | |
| End game speakers for Yamaha as2100 under 5k new or used I'd heavily second the AZ Crescendoes given what you're looking for. But just to ake your life more complicated, I'll throw these in. All are awesome and hard to see being disappointed by any of them...IMHO seller asking too much and should be h... | |
| Subwoofer suggestions +1 rocray. I have an SVS SB2000. It's a sealed box design and not too big, and it reaches down to an honest 20Hz and feels every bit of it when called for. For $700 I think it's a bargain, but I haven't compared it to the others, which are also... | |
| Another New Member Looking for Advice (preamp and speaker setup) I'd recommend taking your time and starting completely from scratch. First and foremost I'd say make sure you get the speakers right, then find the electronics that drive them properly and mate well sonically. I can almost guarantee that won't b... | |
| wiring Contact @grannyring here and have him make you some interconnects and speaker cables out of Dueland wire. You'd probably have to spend multiples on brand name wires to match them much less better them. | |
| Opinions on these budget integrateds? "I hate to see people pay more than they have to and for stuff that's not as good as what can be had cheaper. But it's not my $."@secretguy -- What an arrogant and useless little statement. Must be great to be you! | |
| Home theater bypass Got it. If you unhook the RCAs from the tuner input and just run the Panasonic in stereo through the aux input does the CJ still trip its protection circuit? If not, unhook that from the CJ and hook the preouts from the Onkyo to the aux input an... | |
| Opinions on these budget integrateds? Not sure why the Hegel H160 hasn't been mentioned here yet, but I believe it ticks all your boxes and gets stellar reviews. Here's one in your price range...https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649455519-hegel-h160-integrated-amplifierdac/Since yo... | |
| Home theater bypass Ok, so the Tuner input is your HT input. Do you have a dedicated 2-channel source or is the DVD player used for both stereo and movies? | |
| Reference 3A MM De Capo vs Legacy Calibre I'd also recommend listening to the Joseph Audio Pulsars if they're at RMAF. Great all-around monitor that pulls off an incredible disappearing act with outstanding soundstage and overall coherence. | |
| Home theater bypass @audiomaze -- what input on the CJ are the audio outs from the DVD player connected to? | |
| Home theater setup recommendations? Following up from my prior post and adhering to those principles, here is a system I put together for my brother's friend who was in a similar situation and was also ready to check the dreaded "Bose" default option. He wasn't willing to deal with... | |
| Home theater setup recommendations? "Running two sets of Vandy 2's, L-R-LR-RR might be amazing and I don't think you'd miss a sub-woofer with a setup like that to keep things a bit simpler."I used to think like this too until I cobbled together my own HT by starting with my dedicate... |