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| Beginner Audiophile. How to chose a right amp? Recommendation for my setup? What I focused on during the research was to pick gears that can produce wide sound stage, great 3d imaging, airy voices, and great details with smooth yet realistic sounds.To me, what you’re looking for is right in line with what McCormack amps d... | |
| Audiophile speakers that get loud Well, ATC speakers thrive on playing loud and also sound fantastic. Music Direct sells the SCM40 v.2 for $7k I believe with a 60-day trial period. They are floorstanders, but they’re a sealed design and only go down to 48Hz so should work fine i... | |
| Speaker for my system around 10K$, used. It would be very helpful if you could expand upon what your particular “taste” is as you’ll get much more useful and targeted recommendations. | |
| Time to move UP, speaker-wise... There’s a pair of 1st gen Joseph Audio Pulsars at US Audiomart for $3650 (list $7700). Some of the best imaging/soundstage you’ll find anywhere and deep bass for a speaker of its size. Read the reviews if you haven’t already. Paired with your s... | |
| Looking for Suggestions for IC's I find the Acoustic Zen Silver Reference to be transparent and detailed while still sounding very neutral and natural with good tonality, tight and tuneful bass, and excellent imaging/soundstage. If this sounds like what you’re looking for they’d... | |
| Qobuz Hi-Res via Iphone/Ipad cable? Just looked it up and it appears that Apple limits output to 24/44.1. Argh! Doesn’t bother me too much because my ‘phones still sound great, but if you really want true hi Rez it looks like you’ll need a separate streamer, like a Bluesound Node 2... | |
| Qobuz Hi-Res via Iphone/Ipad cable? I just started with Qobuz as well. I’m using my iPad and iPhone and the lightening to USB camera adapter with my Hifiman HE400S headphones and it works well. I was gonna do some sort of streaming but as it’s headphones it’s not really necessary an... | |
| Upgrade Speaker Cables or Interconnects Lots of good points made above that you should keep in mind going forward. But just to stick to your original question, my experience is that speaker cables become more important as speaker efficiency drops. My speakers have almost the same sens... | |
| Considering an upgrade Take a look at the Innuos Zen and Zenith. | |
| Are "streamers" the new "transports"? This thread has confirmed to me that, yes, there are more expensive solutions out there yet not many can even articulate in 2 sentaces. WHY they would be superior to Bluesound assuming both solutions use the same DAC.I believe I recommended in my ... | |
| Want a streaming device without DAC in $1K range Despite having an onboard DAC I’d add the Innuos Zen mini Mk. 3 to your list as it still falls within your price range. The mini benefits from trickle-down technology from its highly-regarded bigger brothers (Zen and Zenith), and the ability to a... | |
| Are "streamers" the new "transports"? I’d add the Innuos Zen Mk.3 ($2600) to your list of candidates. I like that it has a CD drive that let’s you rip your CDs right into its onboard memory — very easy and convenient. Watch Darko’s video review of the unit where he compares to other... | |
| Great Qobuz streamer. Upgrade from Bluesound Node 2 +3 Innuos Zen Mk3. Darko has an informative video review that I found to be pretty interesting and fairly impressive. As good as the Node is, this seems like a significant step up in every way if you’re looking for an upgrade. That said and as g... | |
| Help me put together a $1000 (give or take) headphone rig -- new or used OK, here’s where I’m at. I just bought open box Hifiman HE 400S phones for $170. I had originally targeted the Sundara, but the 400S seems to check all my boxes for considerably less $. But this was not an easy decision, and I’m not sure I shouldn... | |
| Low profile CC speaker that is good sounding I went through all the “good sounding” center speakers I’m aware of (and that I think are on the level of your Studio Refs) and they’re all 7.5” or above. The center channel is too important. My advice — get out a saw or ditch the cabinet. Cabi... |