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| Please Help Me Build A System Under 6k!! Quad Z’s or Vandersteen.And then there's this alternative.Splurge a little on really *excellent* speakers:https://www.ebay.com/itm/FRITZ-SPEAKERS-CARBON-7SE-LOUDSPEAKERS-WITH-SCANSPEAK-DRIVERS-AND-SERIES-XOVERS/152521329951?hash=item2382facd1f:g:6... | |
| Preamplifier to replace Ayon CD-5S with GamuT D200i This is a hard one to call.Would a 2k DAC + 2K preamp sound better than a 4K DAC with variable volume?Depends.... | |
| Upgrading integrated amp for Vienna Acoustics Baby Grands The Belles does have a pre-amp bypass, but if you're really seriously thinking HT, probably look at Anthem. | |
| Magico Mini 2 As a point of comparison, you should try to audition the Vimberg Amea. | |
| Minimonitors I should add that Fritz speakers do remarkably well with low-powered tube amps. My recommendation is based on hearing them powered by a Modwright SET headphone amp. See also this thread:https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/how-to-accurately-ga... | |
| Please Help Me Build A System Under 6k!! Music Direct has some excellent deals on speakers in their closeout section. Then combine with Schiit. That would work. | |
| Help Match Cables To Gear Please I second the Audio Envy recommendation. The captain caters to pro audio as well as domestic, and offers at least a couple of price points in each category. I would assemble a wish-list and then have a good conversation with him. | |
| Need more heft Would the XA25 work with Vandersteen model 3? | |
| How does the input impedance of an amplifier effect it sonically? If the preamp is struggling, doesn't that affect the amp's output in the bass more than in other regions? I seem to remember this from John Atkinson comments. | |
| Are these Speakers the BEST on Planet Earth ?... Too busy perfecting the Kenjit Individually Tuned Speaker Systems (KITSS) that will soon make KII obsolete. | |
| Preamplifier to replace Ayon CD-5S with GamuT D200i Some DACs have variable output (aka volume control). Do you listen to more than one source? You might be able to two birds/one stone, and use the saved money to up the quality on the (one) component you buy, to go with that very nice Gamut. | |
| Upgrading integrated amp for Vienna Acoustics Baby Grands The Baby Grands are a great speaker. I've listened extensively to them and they are one of my favorites.How big a room are you operating in? A tube amp with some current will doubtless work, but the Vienna sound is already fairly forgiving, so S... | |
| Integration amp for Dali Rubicon 5 Belles Aria integrated. Definitely not bright or fatiguing. | |
| Best CD player under $2000 If you look for a while, you can probably find a used Bryston BCD-3 for close to that. Excellent buy, because you have the best after-market support from Bryston.Otherwise look for a Marantz SA-11S3. | |
| Magico Mini 2 Here's an alternative.https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649632169-for-sale-alta-audio-celesta-frm-2-speakers-as-new-in-original-boxes/ I don't know if you've even heard of the company, or unlikely as it is, had an audition of them, but my point ... |