soix
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| AV Pre/Processor vs 2 Channel Pre-Amp - Sound Quality Unless you really care a lot about higher quality surround processing and have very good/expensive surround and center speakers, I'd use a decent AVR for processing and driving those channels. Buying a prepro that significantly betters a decent A... | |
| Suggestions for an amp As the other guys are alluding to, you probably want something more than the Marantz. The Silver 8s drop to 3.5 Ohms in the midrange, which is not uncommon, but the P8006 puts out 70wpc and only rises to 100wpc into 4 Ohms indicating the power su... | |
| Wilson Audio Sabrina . . . I'm smitten. Should I consider others? That you preferred the B&Ws to the Perspectives or Quattros has me a little stunned. I was able to listen to several B&W and JA speakers in the same system, and there wasn't anything the B&Ws did better than the JAs, especially imagin... | |
| Suggestions for an amp I assume this setup is also a home theater rig? Your speakers demand more than a HT receiver, PERIOD. My recommendation would be to buy an integrated amplifier with a home theater bypass so you can continue to use your receiver for surround stuf... | |
| I need a new DAC or something else....? You gave us lots of information, but nothing about what aspects of sound reproduction are most important to you and/or what you might like to improve upon over what you've had (and what you like about the Vega). That's really the bottom line here... | |
| Thiel CS2.4 to what? Since you like a lot of what your speakers are doing and given what you're looking for, I also think subs are well worth exploring. Two subs is better than one, but two high-end subs new would cost about as much or more than your Thiels, which se... | |
| Best Speaker cable in the $400.00-$500.00 range for 2 meters Big +1 @mayoradamwest -- you really need to give us some idea of what you're looking to improve upon or at least what aspects of sound reproduction are most important to you or you're just going to get a mishmash of random recommendations that may... | |
| Cabling questions Those are some good speakers, and frankly they are good enough that they will reward you significantly more if you drive them with something better than a mass market AVR. If I were you, I'd focus the majority of my future audio dollars on a new ... | |
| Is there actually a difference? If he got better hearing aids he'd be able to hear the difference between amps. | |
| SS Preamp to go with Revel Salon 2s I'm probably gonna get flogged for recommending this for these excellent speakers, but here goes anyway. The Lyngdorf TDAI-3400 integrated (yeah, it's an integrated) puts out 200wpc into 8 Ohms and doubles down to 4 Ohms, so plenty of power. It ... | |
| Are subs worth the price for music? I used to be in the @williewonka camp, but I've since gained a much deeper appreciation for what subs bring to the table after hearing demos in a couple different systems. Both systems were high end with expensive full-range speakers, and in both... | |
| Hegel H360 or H590 or Constellation Inspiration Integrated 1.0 for Magico A3 @melbguyone -- Fair points, but the RI-101 is well over the OP's budget and is $7000 more than the PA3000HV demo available here. But the biggest factor is the OP actually heard the speakers with a PA3100HV (yes, not the same exact model, but they... | |
| Hegel H360 or H590 or Constellation Inspiration Integrated 1.0 for Magico A3 @audiotroy interesting re: Irv Gross. @iar if you can go hear a demo of the Lyngdorf gear with any speakers anywhere, I'd urge you to go do so. If you haven't already heard the benefits of well-executed room correction I promise you it will be a... | |
| Hegel H360 or H590 or Constellation Inspiration Integrated 1.0 for Magico A3 The one I was talking about is available on this site now. It's an internal company demo model, which is why it comes with full warranty although it's technically used. MSRP is listed at $18k. Doubt the differences between this model and the ne... | |
| Is there actually a difference? +1 @ejr on synergy. "SS amplification (pre and power) reached such a high level of development over the past three decades that competing units are functionally and sonically equivalent."Well that’s just plain silly. |