yyzsantabarbara
Responses from yyzsantabarbara
| Recommend me a Class A Integrated Amp (or sound like Class A amp) +1 on CODA and Krell integrateds I have had the CODA 07x premap with the KRELL 175XD and put them in my small room with my ancient KEF LS50;s and the new KEF KC62 sub. This is a killer combo. The 07x preamp’s XLR out into my sub (using a Cardas... | |
| Thiel Owners I moved my Thiel's to a larger room (from my smaller office)and I finally heard them stretch their wings. However, my Benchmark gear, which I want to use in this room, is better suited to 2 other speakers that I am now more interested in, the K... | |
| Best speakers for a small room I put Thiel CS3.7 floor stander into a 12 x 11 x 9 room. I needed to spend $700 to get acoustic treatments from GIK to make this work. I also needed to move reflective surfaces as far away from the speakers. I also do not have anything large in-be... | |
| STREAMING - QOBUZ VS TIDAL AND ROON'S PREFERENCES I listen to mostly TIDAL even though I have Qobuz. The TIDAL MY MIX feature is killer and for me both services sound good enough. BTW - Maybe this was figured out in the posts above. When I want to filter TIDAL or Qobuz in ROON I go to MY ALBUMS ... | |
| Need some help/guidance with Krell 700cx You can try TMRaudio.com to buy your gear. The Music Room | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC @daci The Gustard X26 Pro is warmer and not as detailed as the 005. I really like the Gustard and only sold it to fund the 005 purchase. If you have some bright speakers, then the Gustard could be a better choice over the 005. | |
| Recommend me a Class A Integrated Amp (or sound like Class A amp) The KRELL K-300i is excellent. The internal DAC in the unit is worth the $1K because of the HDMI input alone. However, a few dedicated DACs under $1700 were preferred by me over the KRELL's internal DAC. Since the KRELL is a warm and very smooth ... | |
| Seeking Amp / Preamp Upgrades @tjag The LA4 and HPA4 will not enhance the sound in anyway, nor does the Topping pre90. If specs are something you look at it is hard to find another preamp that is quieter. The $10K DAC is known to be good DAC direct to amp. However, I would AL... | |
| Seeking Amp / Preamp Upgrades @hifi63nc The Topping pre90 that one can get for about $350 is used as the reference preamp for one of the Stereophile reviewers. He is the one that wrote the review on Stereophile. Soundnews.net has a better review of the pre90. I sold my unit b... | |
| Luxman vs Hegal Honestly never heard or seen Hegel or Accuphase in real life but for looks and nostalgia factor I really would love to see and hear a new Yamaha integrated. I heard the new top of the line Yamaha 5000 series gear, so separates. It was interesti... | |
| Seeking Amp / Preamp Upgrades If you do not want your preamp to add anything to the sound, then a Benchmark LA4 preamp at $2500 is what I use. I want to get a second LA4 to replace a CODA 07x that I am selling which adds some warmth to the sound. The CODA 07x is highly regarde... | |
| Should I add a DDC? Looking for experienced advise please. If you are not a ROON user then what I suggested is pointless. However, for the readers that are ROON users then what I use is rather cheap and maybe hard to surpass. | |
| Should I add a DDC? Looking for experienced advise please. For anyone that is interested I will explain how I implemented the recommendation from John Swenson. My baseline requirements are ROON Core software and a USB capable DAC. My streaming chain is actually very simple. It is just 2 pieces. I used to... | |
| Luxman vs Hegal @michobr59 with the release of the Luxman M10X amp I would expect some m900u units to come up for sale. If I were to get the m900u (I won’t) I would use it with the $2500 Benchmark LA4 preamp, and this has nothing to do with cost. All about sound... | |
| Should I add a DDC? Looking for experienced advise please. @johnfritter He is the guy that created the EtherRegen and also the OpticalRendu I use both with a cheap computer as my ROON Core server. He has a white paper or a very long post somewhere that gave me a reason to setup my streaming this way. Ama... |