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| Peachtree Nova 300: good reviews. Any members own Peachtree? YEA or NAY? I owned the NOVA 150 for about 2-3 years and was my main gear. Just before I sold it I did some testing with other preamps connected to the amp section of the NOVA. I realized that the amp section of the NOVA was not bad. The preamp section was no... | |
| Magico A3 price increases 50%+ At $15K the Yamaha NS5000 and the TAD ME-1 were greatly preferred by me over the Magico A3. The Vivid Kaya 45 at $18K was also preferred by me. I was demoing all of the speakers before COVID. | |
| Class A Power in A/B amplifiers? My Krell K-300i has Class A for the first 90 of 150 at 8 Ohm.My CODA #8 Version 1 is the first 18 | |
| Recommendation for Dac for streamer If your streamer has USB output then the Luxman CD player will work. That disk player seems pretty good, especially of you plan on still playing disks (like me).Before you spend too much $$ on a DAC try out the Gustard X26 Pro for $1500 with 30 - ... | |
| Thiel Owners @jafant Enjoy. I liked the release a lot though I am reading posts by sceptics. I only discovered ATMP this year. I thought that album was only My SWEET LORD. However, I luckily discovered it was exceptional throughout. | |
| Which makes the biggest difference? @artemus_5 Here is a link to how I got going with Fibre optical streaming. I ended up with 2 Sonore OpticalRendu’s. I bought the second 1 immediately after listening to the fist one. I have 2 DACs. I am also a big ROON user so ROON READY was a mus... | |
| replace Mcintosh with Luxman The m900u mono was exceptional when I demoed it and way better than the 509x which I had demoed first that same day in the same store (TAD ME-1 speakers). Though, I am not sure if the Luxman in stereo has enough power for the Magico S5 V1 for a bi... | |
| New Preamplifier Testing (Poor sound) I have the Gustard X26 Pro and it has some issues running into an amp direct. I actually got a replacement under warranty for it. The second unit has been mostly good so far but there are still some minor gremlins DAC direct to amp. Luckily for m... | |
| Integrated Amps - another thread... I was going to sell my KRELL K-300i this week after it returned from KRELL with some cosmetic work. However, after putting it back with my Thiel CS3.7 I cannot sell it. It is just too good.If you have neutral to bright speakers the warm KRELL with... | |
| Which makes the biggest difference? On my difficult to drive speakers the 4 amps I have had on them made a difference. It was not huge but on certain music the more powerful amps at 2 Ohms made a difference. I could also tell the sonic signature of the amps but that difference was n... | |
| To Stream or Not to Stream I believe the Aurrender is not compatible with ROON. So I was never interested in that brand. I have heard it and used it on a tablet when I was demoing Luxman gear. I like ROON better for streaming (maybe old dog learning something new). I also u... | |
| Kef Blade two mixed use Your Blades will be incredible in your room for both TV and music. The Blades image like crazy so you won’t need a center.I have auditioned Blades with e Hegel 360 and their top of the line separates. In both cases, they had enough power for the B... | |
| Bryston, McIntosh, Krell or Mark Levinson @w-j The 7B-SST is not the same as the 7B-SST2. In your earlier post I was under the impression that you wanted to get the 7B-SST not the Squared. The SST line is a bit harsh on top compared to the SST2 and SST3. I find the Bryston gear, even the ... | |
| In general, how does price relate to quality? I did recently replace a $3K preamp with one for $599. They sounded the same as the $3K preamp with the same mono amp I was using. So I was happy, and I sold the $3K preamp for almost what I bought it for. Even happier.However, I have 2 other amps... | |
| Bryston, McIntosh, Krell or Mark Levinson @thosb The Benchmark AHB2 is what Tom Thiel uses with his Thiel, not sure which model. I used the AHB2 in stereo and mono with the Thiel CS3.7. The AHB2 is my all-time fav amp. I still have them. However, on my CS3.7 and the 2 Ohm dips the AHB2 wa... |