stereo5
Responses from stereo5
| For a second system I have been thinking of the Marantz Arch. Looks like a giant clock radio/cd player. | |
| Please Recommend Transport + DAC for $5K total The Sim Audio cd player is built in Canada, not America. | |
| Dedicated Red Book CD player vs. "Universal" type players.... I have an Esoteric UX-3 CD,SACD and DVD audio player which is my LAST player. It is built to very high standards, includes an r to r ladder dac and sounds incredible. | |
| Any ideas on the Emotiva Xpa 1 Gen 2 vs other Mono or 2 channel amps? If I had 3K to spend on an amp, it certainly wouldn't be an Emotiva. That's mid fi equipment pretending to be hi fi. It is nothing more than a modern day Adcom. | |
| Cardas Clear Beyond versus MasterBuilt Ultra If you buy the Masterbuilt, you may need to take out a second mortgage on the home. Those cables are uber expensive! | |
| A Tech Question Thank you gentleman, very informative. | |
| New Yggdrasil - First (and second) Impressions @gdhal ..................I have an Esoteric SACD player which uses the PCM1704 r to r ladder dac, and my Sony music server in the same system uses some kind of delta sigma dac. I have found from extended listening that as much as I love the sound ... | |
| Mid grade Integrated amp choices Parasound Halo Integrated. | |
| Speaker cable length with monoblock amps? I have been running my system in different incarnations for 20 years and the one constant was my 22 foot long pair of speaker cables. Both the speaker manufacturer and amp manufacturer told me there was "no problem" with the lengths of wire. | |
| Integrated Amplifier For PSB Synchrony 1B There is a brand new Parasound Halo integrated for sale here for around 2100.00 I think. | |
| Tube Rolling for Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum 2 When I had a Cronus Magnum integrated, I used a NOS Mullard CV4003 for the preamp tube and Mullard reissued 12au7 and 12ax7 for the driver and splitter tubes. I tried a RCA Cleartop for the preamp stage but liked the CV4003 better. | |
| Low output gain amplifier for ZU 101db Efficient speakers Sorry to hear that about your preamp. Mine is dead quiet and although my speakers are only 93.5DB efficient, with the gain cranked up to max on my RP-5 and connected to a Conrad-Johnson 250wpc amp, it is dead quiet. I can't hear anything from th... | |
| Choices narrowed Rogue RP-1 and Primaluna Prologue Premium Preamps @aberyclark I am a proud owner of an RP-5. I wasn't too thrilled with the stock JJ tubes and on Rogues recommendation, I purchased 4 NOS Mullard 12au7 tubes from Upscale for 60.00 each. The sound is now to die for. My only complaint is the plas... | |
| Is anyone going to the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest? @soundsrealaudio i honestly can’t remember but I know it wasn’t Opera (thank God). My wife remarked the sound was “real nice” and believe me for someone who has no interest in Audio it means something. | |
| Bybee Active Room Neutralizers +1 for erik_squires |