vdotman
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| Would Appreciate Advice Before I Buy Suggest the following along with a pair of speakers that keeps you within budget -Rogue Audio Sphinx V3 - $1695Mofi Studiodeck Foundation - $1099 | |
| Recommendation for a highly resolving amp Listen to the Bel Canto E1x | |
| Integrated amp recommendation for Focal 1038 Naim Uniti Atom? | |
| DAC That Punches Above Its Price Point Schiit Modi 3+ for around $100 can't be beat. | |
| Songs Faber Olympica I vs Dynaudio Contour 20 - My Review I know this is an old thread but I wanted to comment in case anyone else comes across it. I kind of agree with the comments that the Contour 20 can be a bit too neutral, but that all changed for me with the addition of a pair of SVS subs. Simply p... | |
| If I could afford, I’d purchase 100% Oswald Mills Audio gear Thanks to chakster for a relevant post. | |
| Stock Voyager GaN amp (350/600) Contrasted with my EVS1200 (600/1200) This entire thread makes me wonder. | |
| CD Player Recommendations… The venerable Yamaha CD-S1000 is a well built and good sounding CD/SACD player. Not the most immediate sounding player but it’s presentation will always serve the music. Think sum of the parts rather than individual parts. | |
| Vintage vs New Vintage has inherent issues with things wearing out. Electrolytic Filter caps for example do not last forever and need to be replaced. Contacts, relays, potentiometers, Lpads all oxidize over time and can cause problems. Some woofer surrounds dete... | |
| Best Integrated Amp (for me) I also recommend the Rogue Audio Sphinx V3 (definitely the V3) with a pair NOS Mullards. Shockingly good sound with the better vintage tubes, and an excellent phono stage to boot. I own one and can attest to just how good it sounds. It’s a no-brai... | |
| Harbeth 30.1, 30.2, XD I previously owned the SP 2/3R2 Spendors and found them quite special. Their tonality is more presence centric than the new Classic, which tends to favor clarity and detail over a warmer midrange. It’s not that the newer version is bright. Quite t... | |
| Considering an integrated LUXMAN. | |
| Harbeth 30.1, 30.2, XD Piggybacking on Twoleftears’ remark, Harbeth recently hired Terry Miles who had worked at Spendor for decades and was responsible for all their designs over that period of time. I have owned over a dozen Spendor loudspeakers over the years, includ... | |
| Benchmark / Anthem / Rogue Following up on Stereo5's comment, definitely replace the stock JJ tubes which are okay, with NOS if you can. I did the same thing with my Sphinx V3 (NOS Mullards from Andy at Vintage Tubes), and the improvements were not subtle. It makes a real d... | |
| “Black background” — What really contributes to this phenomenon? In the digital domain it’s all about inherent noise contaminating the signal. The best designs today take great pains in power supply design to address this, and it not only makes the contrast between quiet and music more distinct, it allows one t... |