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| Preamps better than Parasound JC-2 ? If I'm you I'd buy a used BP26 and save a couple grand over the BP17. If you read the Stereophile review I think you'll see there doesn't seem to be a night and day difference between the newer and older models. If you don't love it you can sell... | |
| Upgrade? What specifically are you looking to improve upon? | |
| TV ROOM Get this book. It's the best resource for not only keeping sound from getting out of a room, but also for optimizing the sound in it. Given your constraints it sounds like resilient channels in your ceilings and walls may be your best option. A... | |
| Upgrade from Classe SSP 800 processor I heard the TaCT preamp in a private system about 18 years ago and what that relatively prehistoric room correction did for that $80k high-end stereo system was flat out amazing. I also got to hear his system work on a system at a NYC show versus... | |
| 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... |