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| Maybe looking at the following to replace my Magico S-5 MK 1 This would be much more effective if you'd let us know what aspects of sound reproduction are most important to you and what specifically you're looking to improve upon over the Magicos. | |
| Curious How These Nordost Speaker Cables Do What They Do Agree with Jmc that what initially can sound exciting and more detailed can become too much over time. Not saying it will, and it all comes down to system synergy and individual tastes in the end, but something to keep in mind while auditioning. ... | |
| Stereo Guy - Need advice on HT integration Since you need a stereo preamp too, maybe a higher-end integrated amp might be a simple and elegant solution? There's a Plinius Hiato available here now that would probably sound great with your speakers, and it has a HT bypass for convenience. ... | |
| DAC Suggestions Please Ok, I'm a little confused. Do you use the Classe SSP for processing only and feed that into the P7? Why two preamps in the first place? I must be missing something here. | |
| DAC Suggestions Please What's the rest of your system? Maybe money better spent elsewhere?I'd think $2k could get you a good improvement in a DAC. Two possible options, there's a used Metrum Hex DAC on eBay for $1700, or an Oppo Sonica DAC and have it modified by Ric ... | |
| Help with next upgrade What aspects of sound reproduction are most important to you, and/or what would you like to improve upon in your current system? | |
| Stereo Guy - Need advice on HT integration +1 jmc and bdgreg. A stereo pre configured the way they said with a decent AVR is absolutely the way to go if 2-channel music is the priority. You can use any stereo pre, and if it doesn't have a HT bypass you can use any open input and just set ... | |
| Efficient Speakers with SS Powered Subwoofers for SET amps? Personally, if you're looking at a new amp in the near future -- especially if it's a tube amp -- I'd decide on that first before buying any speakers. The amp you choose could change everything and you may regret your speaker choice later. But g... | |
| Should I upgrade my towers? $4k used speakers will put you in another world sonically. Absolutely upgrade! Since you're relatively new to this, if you buy used I'd try to go with something that's not extreme one way or the other and that tends to shoot straight down the au... | |
| to bi-wire or not? Ghosthouse is correct. Chris was the one who got me to try this using his jumpers, and in my system it was all positive. Just shows how this cable stuff is really so system dependent. I too thought biwiring required removing jumpers, but that's... | |
| Bi Wire Cables vs Jumpers? Another vote for AZ jumpers. If you choose to try biwire later on you can continue to use the banana jumpers at the same time (not many people seem to do this for some reason -- I know not why). Adding wire jumpers to my existing AZ Satori shotg... | |
| How important is amplifier choice for surround speakers? Just my experience and opinion, but given the relatively low power requirements and volume levels of surround speakers I'd save money there and put more toward a better prepro and/or another sub. I think those would make much bigger relative cont... | |
| to bi-wire or not? My speakers, like yours, are relatively high efficiency designs, and my uneducated guess is that as a result we may hear less benefit from doubling the cable size than might be heard when connected to lower efficiency speakers (and/or amps with hi... | |
| Upgrading from andras Agree. Great speakers. I had the Fontaine Signatures on extended audition a while back -- basically the upper portion of the Andras -- and they were fantastic. Assuming they have similar sonic signatures with the Andras obviously having much gr... | |
| Home audio system recommendations Budget? How big is your room? |