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| What Component Am I Missing? You have a great system. The weak links IMO are the Furman and NDX v1. Furman is good, not elite. The DAC streamer is a little old so that will eventually need to be replaced. For Power, I would look at the Inakustik AC 3500P. It is very air... | |
| Suggestions for high efficiency speakers? @fosolitude yep. I am sure we met at CAF 2019. Avantgardes are a pain to setup. With the powered bass, you have a ton of flexibility in terms of DSP to get the bass just right and timed perfectly but by extension it is not speedy and super ... | |
| Speakers for a Large Room (20’x37’) @yyzsantabarbara that is consistent with my experience. Usually, you only run into an issue if the cieling is low (like 7' in a basement) with a bigger speaker like the K90 or a G2. Front and side walls surprisingly have minimal impact. Even th... | |
| Speakers for a Large Room (20’x37’) Audiotroy's point has come up before. Years ago over in Stereophile forum, I had made a comment on the LS50s and he argued they had an issue at high volumes due to the tweeter limiting excursion. This would extend to any speaker using the UniQ d... | |
| Best light weight full range speaker recommendation. Vivid Kaya 90s are 87 lbs, the Kaya 45s are only about 57lbs. "Full Range" is tough but they both extend well below 40hz and will give very satisfying bass and are easy to place. Even lighter is the Spendor D line. The D7.2 is 48lbs while the... | |
| Speakers for a Large Room (20’x37’) I would look at the Vivid Kaya line. I have recently heard them in a large listening space and was very pleasantly surpirsed despite the relatively diminutive size of the Kaya 45. There are similarities between the Kef Blades and the Vivids in t... | |
| Suggestions for high efficiency speakers? So...I am the importer for Art Audio. I would encourage you to look at Zu. They work extremely well with Art Audio Amps. Tom, the owner of Art Audio runs Tannoys and they are an outstanding match. I have multiple customers running Klipsch. Cube ... | |
| "warm" solid state integrated amplifier Check out Herb Reichert's review of the AVM Ovation A 6.2 ME in stereophile from a few months ago. It would be a stellar option and is well suited to driving most speakers. | |
| Tube Line Stage around $5k Rogue RP7 if restricted to US made would be a good choice. You should probably also look at the PS Audio BHK as it is a pretty good unit. As an aside, the C22 is wonderful and has one of the best sounding internal phonos stages I have ever hear... | |
| Streamer/DAC Depending on what you need, an interesting solution could be the Chord Hugo 2 and 2Go combination. These are separate devices that literally screw together. The 2Go is a very nice streamer and I use the 2Go/2Yu separately with another system. ... | |
| Belles Aria Signature and other Int Amp recommendation AVM uses MOSFETs in teir output stage and I would agree, it imparts a warm, sweet sound. It is part of the reason I am such a huge fan of AVM. They have the A30.3 integrated amp available which $4495 list and has an aburd feature SET. The onl... | |
| To DAC or not to DAC ? Would agree with the above. I had a Freya + here and found it...limiting in terms of sound quality. The preamp stage of my Chord Hugo2 DAC (not TT2, Hugo 2) significantly outperformed the Schiit. It just sounded more open and less compressed to... | |
| Help Please:Upgrade Coax cable between Node 2i and Chord Qutest..? The best thing to do is try a few. I have had very good luck with Clarus. The Crimson lists for $540 for .5M and is tremendous besting the Kimber and AQ cables I have here and is my new reference but only you can tell if you swap it into your sy... | |
| How are most audiophiles going from streamers to DACS This really depends on the equipment you are using. Since the node currently doesn't have a USB output, you are likely goin to have to settle on digital coax which will likely be your best performer. That being said, it really depends on the... | |
| Balanced XLR cables I would agree with Ralph and would like to build on his point. One of the major benefits of XLRs is "common mode noise rejection." In a fully balanced system, you get this when using balanced interconnects. The signal is sent twice. The second ... |