soix
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| Low Cost DACs I like the prospect of "analog sounding." Always preferable to Digital Sound in my opion.You sound like a great candidate for a multibit DAC, so paying up for the Modi Multibit may very well make sense. Also, Qobuz was offering their hi-res subsc... | |
| Moving up from a Node 2i There’s an Innuos Zen available here now for $1490 that should trounce the Node as a streamer. | |
| Advice for a choice Personally I’d choose a used Hegel H160 over either, but not knowing anything about your tastes and priorities are for sound reproduction and system performance it’s not possible to make an informed or even useful recommendation. | |
| Night and day speaker connection All I was saying is that instead of hooking up both cables on each speaker to the bass terminal with jumpers, hook one cable to bass and one to mid/treble terminal with jumpers in place. I don’t know if it’ll be better or worse than doubling the ... | |
| Asking suggestion for $15,000 audio system for classical music As others have mentioned, knowing your room size would be helpful along with what characteristics are most important to you in the performance of a stereo system? | |
| Night and day speaker connection @audiosens — here’s something else you can try. Leave your cables hooked up in a traditional bi-wire configuration, then put your jumpers in as well. Chris Sommovigo (Black Cat) recommended this to me, and now I will not listen without his jumpers... | |
| Streamers Nice system. Sorry to maybe complicate things, but in your price range I think you should add the Innuos Zenith Mk3 to units to explore. Best of luck in your search. | |
| Incoming ... Joseph Audio Pulsars @moto_man — what was your experience comparing the Pulsars to the Focals? Inquiring minds want to know! | |
| Itching for better sound Short answer, yes you should hear a significant improvement by swapping the AVR for an integrated stereo amp. But I have to ask, why do you need two sets of speaker output terminals?Anyway, with the Denon you’re not only using a compromised amp bu... | |
| Itching for better sound Yeah, the AVR has to go. There’s a nice Rogue Audio Sphinx V2 at US Audio Mart for $850 that would really help your PSBs sing and is good enough to not be out of place even with a significant future speaker upgrade if/when that happens. Best of ... | |
| CD Player vs. music streaming I think you are spot on with your assessment and inherent limitations of the CD situation. Another HUGE benefit of subscribing to a streaming service (I use Qobuz at $15/month that includes their hi-res recordings and am thrilled — best 15 bucks ... | |
| Upgrade to Oppo? Going with an external DAC is the smart move IMO. That’s where most of the innovation and improvements are taking place, and if you ever decide to get into streaming — which I finally did recently, and with unlimited access to the huge Qobuz libra... | |
| I Thought I Had My Speaker Choice Narrowed Down. Maybe Not? IME these are some very good yet forgiving speakers. You can look them up on Hifi Shark site...Verity Audio Parsifal EncoreSonus Faber Olympica lllGershman GAP 520-XGershman Avant GardeNola Viper llBest of luck in your search. | |
| When is the Apple Camera Adapter necessary? I took a quick look and I think @kalali is correct in that the usb charging cable will transmit data with the main difference seeming to be that the charging cable has a male usb connector and the camera adapter has a female usb connector. There i... | |
| I Thought I Had My Speaker Choice Narrowed Down. Maybe Not? Budget? What aspects of sound reproduction and speaker performance are most important to you? What speakers do you have now, and what are you looking to improve upon? I wouldn’t consider buying anything until you know what your new room looks l... |