soix
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| Speaker Recommendation: 20K range Given what you're looking for and price, the first thing that came to mind was the Carver Amazing Line Source. Best of luck. | |
| what is the best option for one button controlled all HT? I’d buy a bunch of smart bulbs and a good programmable remote. Yeah it might take two button presses, but how much you willing to pay to eliminate just one push of a button? | |
| Musical Sound Quality of AV Surround receiver vs. pure Stereo The sub looks to be self powered so no concern there. The first question you need to answer is if you like the 685s enough to keep them. If yes, then almost any decent integrated stereo amp should yield a significant improvement over your AVR. ... | |
| What Characteristic Strikes You First About Un-amplified Music? I've actually thought a lot about this too. I play in a band so I've had some time to reconcile what I hear when we play live versus a good recording of a live performance. Obviously the quality of the recording will make a huge difference, so l... | |
| Paradigm Studio 100 V3 versus the Paradigm S8 V1 Yeah, that’s a ridiculous amount of speaker for that price. I got nuthin’ that can touch that. GO! RUN! BUY!!! NOW!!!!!Oh, forgot to mention I had an audiophile friend who had both the Studio 100s and S8s in his system, and his impression was that... | |
| Musical Sound Quality of AV Surround receiver vs. pure Stereo If 2-channel is important to you I think an integrated amp with a HT bypass is an optimal solution. Neither the preamp nor amp sections from your AVR are doing you any favors, so an integrated elegantly solves both issues in one box. I'd recomme... | |
| Preamp Input for Coincident system - Don Sachs, deHavilland, LTA, Joule Electra? I didn't know about the Truth but it's now high on my radar along with Sachs. The other two I was considering if you can find them used were the Backert Rhumba 1.2 or Atmasphere SP3 if you still want tubes and don't want to wait for the Sachs. Be... | |
| Paradigm Studio 100 V3 versus the Paradigm S8 V1 If I were you I'd take the opportunity to listen to some other speakers rather than jumping on another pair of Paradigms. Nothing against Paradigm at all, but there are tons of excellent competitors in this price range. Three I'd recommend audit... | |
| 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. |