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| Totally overwhelmed (speakers under $5k) I am a big fan of Dennis Murphy and Philharmonic Audio. Over 20 years, rotated through tons of speakers, including my own DIY. Settled on the BMRs for stand-mount with Salk cabinets. In a larger room, the discontinued Phil 3 also in Salk cabinets.... | |
| Aren't you sorry you missed out on this one? It's already sold out! LOL Love the Fender sunburst finish. I own one. Would have gone for it, but will not buy a cheap belt drive just for looks. Now if Technics did an SL-1200 rendition, I would grab one:) | |
| High end Class D amps? Just looked at the Starkrimson GaN mono. Looks very good and great specs. GaN can switch faster. I am surprised that there are no Silicon Carbide based power amps. I am power hungry though and 100W is too low for my setup. | |
| High end Class D amps? I replaced Marantz MA-500 monoblocks with Nord Hypex NC500 monoblocks. The Hypex amps are awesome. The Marantz are terrific, and I was happy, but the Hypex took it to another level. Had friends come over and listen to both. Speakers are Philharmon... | |
| What's your favorite boutique speaker maker Have cycled through tons of speakers. Now I swear by Dennis Murphy’s Phil-3. Mine are in beautiful red maple veneer. My cousing got a pair in curly maple blue. Cabinets were done by the great Jim Salk of Salksound. Dennis and Jim work together on ... | |
| Add an external DAC. Make my Oppo UDP-205 a true top player Hello,I am not sure if this is helpful but here is what I am doing. I have an Oppo 203 (not a 205) and use it for movies only. For two channel audio, I use a Rega Apollo with an external DAC. I have tried a bunch of DACs and my NAD M51 DAC is supe... | |
| High value, giant killer speakers? PS - worked through Golden Ear Triton 7s, Triangle Celius 202, My own custom built (by me) 4-way towers, my own custom built 3-way towers, Klipsch RPFs. Was going for B&W 802s but fell in love with the Philharmonic-3. Cabinets by Jim Salk, fla... | |
| High value, giant killer speakers? My reference and last speaker is Philharmonic-3 fro Philharmonic Audio. Just my ears :) | |
| Best bookshelf speakers Hello folks,I was an EE in my previous life. Built amps and my own speakers a few times. Less hassle to purchase one as I got older.Needed small form factor speakers in our kitchen / eating / family area and I got Ascent Acoustics Sierra-2 (RAAL).... | |
| High resolution digital is dead. The best DAC's killed it. Great discussion!Any opinions on the NAD M51 DAC?I sold my Benchmark and got this three years ago. Dunno if it is better as I sold the Benchmark first and did not do an A/B comparison |