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| Why has focal raised their prices so much on Sopra line See if you can find a clean pair of used JM Lab/Focal Mezzo Utopia's. You'll save a ton of dough and they sound just as good if not better than the Sopra 2's. | |
| Speaker Cables? why all the hype for expensive speaker wire? I think better speaker cables matter. Maybe not as much as your power cables do. I just bought Townshend F-1 Fractal speaker cables. Should get here in 2 weeks. Big upgrade from my Straight Wire Crescendo’s. I was thinking about upgrading my speak... | |
| Looking for a cable maker moneoone | |
| any suggestions on what to replace Bluesound Node 2i with @elsfan I did the same with Pawel. Great guy and very helpful. He steered me to the SBooster 5V/3A LPS to use with his PSU interface upgrade(which was a snap to install). I am using a modestly upgraded power cable as well. With my Classe SSP-800 D... | |
| any suggestions on what to replace Bluesound Node 2i with Has anyone tried what I have? I replaced the Node 2i's PSU board with a PD Creative PSU board interface upgrade and it is powered by an SBooster 5A/3V LPS. I'm using an upgraded power cable with it...Must say, it sounds pert darn good with my Clas... | |
| Will line conditioner do anything for the other receptacle in a duplex? I'm going to recommend what I just bought: Dave Elledge's P.I. Audio UberBuss. Best conditioner around. And fair price as well. | |
| My Apologies to Miller Carbon I've had solid state Rowland Model 12 monoblocks since 2009 and I've never left them "on". They've always been in standby mode. I thought that was how it was supposed to be. I never read it addressed in the owners manual that it is ok, or recommen... | |
| My Apologies to Miller Carbon I think millercarbon knows his stuff and his recommendations are solid. You might not want to "go the distance" like he does but his path to the best sound is true.I’m going all in on Townshend vibration isolation and F-1 cables as I’ve been wanti... | |
| Distributed Bass Array configuration My Mezzo Utopia's go down to 35Hz. Sometimes I turn my sub off the Mezzo's are so good at bass. However, is the consensus to set a single Subwoofer's(Sub Utopia)crossover to 80Hz? | |
| Can a Classe SSP replace a dedicated stereo pre? YES.I have a Classe SSP-800 and it is fantastic in 2 channel. Read Robert Harley's 2008 review of the Classe SSP-800 and this review:hometheaterreview dot com/classe-ssp-800-av-preamp-reviewed/However, my peripheral equipment is top of the charts ... | |
| What is the #1 equipment want currently on your HiFi horizon??? Dr. Emmett Brown has a flux capacitor. You can put some mat tape on it and likely go further back than usual! | |
| Need a DAC Recommendation. No love for the Benchmark DAC3 B? | |
| New Bluesound Node – First Impressions @mapman I agree with that. Gots to have a great external DAC. A streamer is just a computer. The Node 2i was $500. The PD Creative PSU board interface was $100. The SBooster LPS was $350. The Canare coax cable was $20. $1000. But having a great DA... | |
| New Bluesound Node – First Impressions I have the Node 2i and made a crucial upgrade.I replaced the Node 2i's PSU borad with a PD Creative PSU upgrade board(sold on EBay) and bought a 5V/3A SBooster Linear Power Supply(Upscale Audio). I was then able to use a Vertere Acoustics Redline ... | |
| Need help selecting a streamer for a beginner. Well sir. I’d get a Node 2i, replace the PSU interface with a PD Creative PSU upgraded board and get an SBooster 5V/3A linear power supply. Let it all break in for 40+ hours and it sounds extremely good. Use an outside DAC. MQA phooeey. |