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| Bryston preamps @blueranger -- my apologies. I've never heard a bad word about Ohm speakers and unfortunately haven't heard them myself. I'm sure they punch way above their price from everything I've read. Shame on me. No way to move up in the Ohm line?Having... | |
| First impression: Herron VTPH-2A phono preamp @dweller -- a while back there was a thread on the Chinook, and I distinctly remember more than one responder saying the Allnic H1201 and Herron VTPH (sorry, can't remember version) were significantly preferred in comparison. Not surprisingly, th... | |
| Need power amp recommendations for system What amp are you using currently? What would you like to improve upon and/or what's most important to you from a sound reproduction standpoint? Image/soundstage, detail, tonality, PRaT, etc.? | |
| Upgrade from Classe SSP 800 processor Wow. Great HT system! I have to say that after reading Doug Blackburn's review of the MP-50 in Widescreen Review it's hard to imagine the others offering anything better. I know Doug and he is a straight shooter who is very meticulous, detail o... | |
| Bryston preamps Wow. Frankly, you've now got $11,000 amps powering $7000 (or less) speakers. It's absolutely worth seeing how your system sounds with the new amps after they've had 100+ hours to break in, but at the very least at this point you've got to explor... | |
| Bryston preamps So, what are your source components, speakers, and cables, and are you using any power conditioning? | |
| Bryston preamps The primary question would be, what are you trying to improve upon in your system? If you can elaborate on that along with the rest of your system I think you'll get much better and more helpful recommendations. | |
| Bel Canto Dac 3 FWIW, I found the DAC 3.0VB to be a big step up in sound quality over the non-VB version -- I got to demo both in my system a while back. While I'd be happy to have the VB in my system, with all the developments over the past few years I'd probab... | |
| Integrated amp + DAC + room correction all-in-one for Nola Boxer 1 + REL R328 sub I'm interested! Congrats. I'm sure it's gonna sound great. | |
| System Rebuild Agree with Nola KO given what you're looking for. Upscale Audio selling off version 1 for $6900, which seems like a great deal. I'd have Don Sachs build me one of his SP14 preamps with upgrades for around $3000, and add a non-upsampling DAC like... | |
| Recommendations for HT processor with HT bypass Yeah @caphill has it right. You have it backwards. Even if your stereo pre doesn’t have a HT bypass, just hooking up the front L/R outputs from your prepro to an unused line input on your stereo pre is all that’s required. Set the balance for mult... | |
| I need cables for my 2 channel system Ah, I get it now. So, you want an "improvement" in your cables. What exact aspects of sound reproduction are you looking to improve upon versus your current cables? If you can't answer this specifically, I think you may be putting the cart befo... | |
| I need cables for my 2 channel system When it comes to interconnects, cables, and PCs, there's really very little reason to not just buy used and flip as necessary. You'll save a ton over buying new, so I just don't see the value of something like the Cable Co. because used wires are... | |
| Does anyone have any experience of hybrid valve and solid state power amps? I had the Rogue Medusa in my system on demo and it was a really good piece. Outstanding dynamics, imaging, and soundstaging. The fact that you can tune it with the input tube to cater to your system and tastes is such a nice bonus. | |
| Legacy Focus SE or Magico A3 +1 Joseph Audio. Some of the best imaging speakers available and well worth seeking out to audition. In addition to the Profiles you should also audition the Pulsars just for reference if nothing else. ProAc and Vandersteen also image superbly ... |