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| Best song for immediate impact when presenting or testing? "Almost Like the Blues" Leonard Cohen"Forget Her" Jeff Buckley"Milestones" Bill Evans Trio"Alabama" John Coltrane"Those Shoes" Eagles"Cousin John" Marcus Miller"Edith and the Kingpin" live Joni Mitchell | |
| Why do I need Roon? The main reason I enjoy Roon is the ability to merge my music library with Tidal (and Qobuz). In Audirvana I can play from Tidal (and Qobuz) OR from my music library, but playlist can only be from one or the other, not combined. It is also nice to... | |
| KEF LS50 or Wharfedale Reva 2 -- which would you buy? "I know you loved these but any opinion on the R300s? Did you end up getting a chance to check those out?"Sorry to say I only heard them once in a showroom. Not ideal but if you find them somewhere like Amazon you may be able to try them out. | |
| KEF LS50 or Wharfedale Reva 2 -- which would you buy? My experience with the LS50s were in a small loft a few years ago and loved them for near-field listening. After moving to a large house I needed to add a sub but was never happy and have since moved up to floor-standing speakers.Now a little back... | |
| Some components too old now? I agree that the analog equipment may be fine but you might want to consider a new DAC. Although I hope to move up a few steps in the next year I've been very happy with the Project Pre Box S2 DAC at $400. If not sure about the CD player might con... | |
| Connecting confusion Your Blu-ray player should have either a coax output (looks like single RCA cable) or optical output. Either of these should connect to your TDAC, which then connects to your Hegel. If your CD player is hooked to the TDAC and you need that input y... | |
| How much would I lose going to a Bluesound Node 2i Have you considered a NAD C-658 or is that even a fair comparison? | |
| To buy grounded or not to buy grounded. That is the question. OK, I'll chime in, although it will most likely be lengthy...Let's establish a few electrical facts first;If a piece of equipment comes with a two-prong (hot and neutral) plug then the chases is bonded and passes any short to the neutral. If it co... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report "Russian Soul"Moscow Chamber Orchestra"Piano Concerto No. 2"Rachmaninov/ Cécile Ousset | |
| Just getting started on a budget and need bookshelf speakers/receiver now If I were looking for big sound with a small budget might check out the Yamaha R-N303 ($300) and Tekton Mini-Lores (on sale $575). If you need a USB DAC you could add a Shiit Modi for $99 but if you want MQA might go with a Meridian Explorer II or... | |
| Is there a better DAC than the Schiit Bifrost for $300? I've not used any Schiit DACs but to second Pappan I have been very happy with my Project Pre Box S2. Much better than the DAC in either my original Peachtree Audio Nova or Outlaw Audio RR2160. $399.00 | |
| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD "Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD" ok that sounds like an unusually heavy CD. Try storing it somewhere else..... | |
| Setting up 2 power amplifiers to setup at once help? "So using the sub-out signal to drive the low frequency amplifier would cause frequencies between approximately 80 Hz and 125 Hz to be under-emphasized or even almost absent"Good point, which is what I was trying to emphasize here-"I can see a sit... | |
| Setting up 2 power amplifiers to setup at once help? "Imo, it's not a good idea, you don't want to use a active crossover in the receiver and the passive crossover in the speakers at the same time. "I am curious why you think this. You are simply sending a signal that has passed a low-pass filter to... | |
| Setting up 2 power amplifiers to setup at once help? Might consider using the 2801 to power the highs for your speakers and the 'sub' out from the 2801 into the Yamaha to power the lows. Make sure there is no bridge between the speaker inputs. If you can dial in the crossover freq. start at lowest a... |