will3
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| Budget preamp recommendation...besides Schiit. Schiit Kara?? 😉 | |
| If the DAC is the same, how different do CD transports sound? Different players/transports can sound VERY DIFFERENT on the same DAC! Â | |
| Weak Link in Vinyl Playback Glad it worked out. | |
| Building a 100 album vinyl collection 3 must have albums are? Winelight-Grover Washington Jr Sotho Blue-Abdullah Ibrahim and Ekaya Walking in Space-Quincy Jones Journey-Fourplay Thriller-Michael Jackson Soft Space-Jeff Lorber Fusion Takin’ Off-Herbie Hancock Healing the Wounds-The Jazz Crusaders Tend... | |
| Cable elevators I tried using some unused, inexpensive 3 layer sound insulating blocks from Ama-Bay in my primary system and could hear a small difference in clarity as well. My floor is thin carpet over plywood in an apartment. Who’d have thought? | |
| Weak Link in Vinyl Playback I also have a Parks PUFFIN (corrected earlier missprint) on the same system with Sony PS-X75 table. I really like the synergy of those two as well as the Mani2/Thorens; both into the Freya+ preamplifier. The MANI2 has the definition and attack I ... | |
| Best Receiver? Pioneer SX-1080. Neutral but Nice. | |
| jazz/blues piano players Early     Jeff Lorber The late   George Duke Early/later Bob James Gotta be the winner here for thread rescue; @ 14 years! | |
| Budget preamp with quality volume control Late to the party; Schiit Freya+ here as well. Initial money saved on a comparable pre will get you into upgraded dac, (if wanted) ect. Season with NOS tubes of your choice whenever upgraditis hits; as opposed to spending 4K on a newer,"better" pre. | |
| Weak Link in Vinyl Playback Please try a Schiit Mani 2 for a week or so. If you don’t like the synergy with your (SAGA), just return it. I run one with my TD-125 mkii, using Shure V-15 and M97 cartridges Shure styli, and am VERY happy (for now) with the performance.  TD-1... | |
| Sweet Sounding DAC A Schiit Gungnir Multibit (A2 + Unison USB) should keep you happy for a while. | |
| Why are speaker stands so expensive?! rocray 1,373 posts 06-17-2023 at 03:45pm https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=24794&AID=11051853&PID=9042331&ref=cj&utm_source=cj&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_term=Sovrn+Inc-2470763&... | |
| Do my ears deceive me?? Monitor Audio Silver 500 7G's Polk L600's Try both sets; choose one set. Enough said. Your welcome. | |
| BEST CD TRANSPORT The two players I currently use as CD Transports are REALLY not bad as CD Players either... (1) Sony BDP-S2000ES A true ES unit, no SACD, coax opt. digital outputs Great transport AND standalone CD player, Slow loading gen 1.5 Blu Ray player, bu... | |
| Bang For Your Buck Best Value CD Transport An old Sony BDP-S2000ES Blu Ray player.The internal dac is excellent as well. Seriously. |