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| Best Speakers for a small Nearfield room, budget at most $10000 (used is also ok) Used Merlin TSM monitors. | |
| purchasing US made speakers Legacy Audio manufactured in Springfield, IL. The Focus SE or Focus XD fall into your budget. | |
| What isolation feet under your amp with great result? Another vote for AV Room Service EVPs. | |
| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? Buying gear based on reviews. | |
| Opinions on Rega Apheta 3 or 2? I have tried the ZYX Bloom III with a Planar 8. Although the sound quality is very good, there is an unacceptable hum (doesn't matter whether the motor is on or off) that I can not resolve. Also (very dry in AZ), on some records, there is an occas... | |
| The Best Isolation/ Vibration Footers per component - what's your experience? I agree. You've done a great job with your system. I also agree that the 4" EVPs aren't as good a value as the 2" ones. I'm guessing with everything you've already done with your subs, there may be an improvement but it probably would be minimal, ... | |
| The Best Isolation/ Vibration Footers per component - what's your experience? You're welcome Mitch. I heard of them initially from Jim Smith of Get Better Sound, one of the best ears and setup guy on the planet. He uses them under all his components (at least, last time I visited with him) but was particularly impressed wit... | |
| The Best Isolation/ Vibration Footers per component - what's your experience? A/V RoomService EVP (equipment vibration protectors) are very effective and less costly than most of the commercial products listed in this thread.I haven't tried many of the products listed above but I've found the EVP to work well in all the app... | |
| Minimonitors Find a pair of Merlin TSM monitors (almost always well below $2k, original retail was $3530). The last two revisions before the company closed were the MMM followed by the Black Magic.They would match up very well with your VAC. | |
| What's the best non-DAC streamer? I realize the OP is asking for something under $3k but, in general, the best streamer cost no object is the Sonore Signature Rendu SE optical. The Innuous and SoTM are cheaper and still sound very good.But more on topic, I think the best value is ... | |
| What's the best non-DAC streamer? Roon lifetime is $699.The sonicTransporter i5 is a "small, fanless, NUC with a decent processor including wifi, a small amount of RAM, and a small internal HD for the software."For the non-DIY hobbyist, it's put together, configured, optimized and... | |
| What's the best non-DAC streamer? I enjoy and recommend Roon. With that said, the best bang for the buck would be a Small Green Computer sonicTransporter i5, Sonore's optialRendu Lite for Roon only along with SGC's linear power supplies. A Roon lifetime subscription and the above ... | |
| Is it really worth it to get a phono stage over $10k I would audition a Herron Audio VTPH-2A before spending more. | |
| Looking at Focal Sorry, my mistake, I thought the Kanta 3 was $7/pair, not each. | |
| Looking at Focal At that price, consider the ATC SCM40 passive.I would never recommend buying a speaker without listening to it first. |