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| McCormack DNA-1 Gold or DNA-225 A while back I spoke with Steve about this, and he said the DNA125/225 were roughly on par with what was the Rev B upgrade mods in older models. If that’s the case then a DNA1 Gold is likely to be significantly better than a stock 225. By far your... | |
| New Class A/B under $6K, your recommendation? I've had two amps in my system that do exactly what you're looking for although being very different in approach. They are the Rogue Medusa and the Liberty Audio B2B-100 (of PBN design). The Rogue is a class-D amp with a tubed input stage while ... | |
| Tube Preamp Recommendations please to partner with Parasound JC-1's.... Here's one worth a look. Fully decked out would be about half your price limit, and you could get their top phono pre for another $900 and still have $ left over. http://www.tubes4hifi.com/SP14.htmYou might email Don Sachs to see if he can add al... | |
| Don Sach's pre amp Here's a link with some customer reviews toward the bottom. The last one is from a guy who compared directly to ARC and Prima Luna preamps...http://www.tubes4hifi.com/SP14.htm | |
| Preamp for ATC SCM 19v2 and Merrill Thor mono's? I believe the SP14 can be ordered with balanced connections. | |
| Sonus Faber Venere 2.5 amplifier Recommendation I also had the 2.5s on a concrete slab in a good-sized room and couldn't get rid of bass hump. This bass issue has been noted by some good reviewers, and you can see it clearly in the Stereophile performance measurements...https://www.stereophile... | |
| What do I buy? You've got some good recommendations here already. I'll add Aperion Audio. Good quality, good value, good reviews, and great customer service. Plus, they have very good center channel speakers (at least from 5C up) that are so important to home... | |
| Preamp w/ a budget of $2000 If you can find one, a Bryston BP6 fits your description perfectly. I've had mine for six years. Straight wire with gain in spades. Deep holographic and transparent soundstage with pinpoint imaging. Best of luck. | |
| Help Me Choose (new) Bookshelf Speakers, and Integrated Amplifier for $1300 and under! There's a nice pair of Silverline Preludes available here now for $550 that would sound great with the Outlaw, if you're open to small floorstanders. Best of luck. | |
| Preamp for ATC SCM 19v2 and Merrill Thor mono's? FYI, here's a link to the Sachs SP14 preamp I mentioned earlier. Only reason I'm forwarding is that one of the customer reviewers (toward the bottom) compares it to both ARC and PrimaLuna preamps he owns that might be of interest. http://www.tube... | |
| Sonus Faber Venere 2.5 amplifier Recommendation I had the 2.5s in my system on demo, and I found them to have a pretty prominent mid/upper bass bump that was tough to deal with. Of the amps I've had in my system, Bryston was one of the better ones at controlling bass, but that would have a ver... | |
| Preamp for ATC SCM 19v2 and Merrill Thor mono's? Given what you're looking for I'd seriously consider a tubed preamp. ATCs are awesome speakers, but they seem to do more of an upfront presentation that doesn't do the 3D holographic imaging thing as well as some others, and a good tubed pre migh... | |
| Receiver help I'd look at an Outlaw receiver and Silverline Minuet speakers if they're in her budget. | |
| Best small used monitors under $1000 Used Joseph Audio RM7s would do it for me. | |
| Amp for Acoustic Zen Crescendo 2 ? The VAC Phi 200 would be worth a strong look given the attributes you're looking for, and it's available used in your price range. Also, call Acoustic Zen and see what they'd recommend. Best of luck. |