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| Best Amp With Some Warmth and Midrange Magic To Pair With The RAAL Requsite SR1a's? For the RAAL SR1a I have or had in the house by either buying or demoing (2 weeks or longer) the following gear:- Benchmark AHB2 + DAC3B + HPA4 = awful with SR1a - Benchmark AHB2 x 2 + DAC3B + HPA4 = not so awful but not great (my 2 channel ref... | |
| Streamer wanted I have the Matrix Mini-I-3 Pro and it has very good streaming options. I am about to pack it up today and send to my buddy so he does not annoy me with he crappy music listening options. The unit has Apple AirPlay2, ROON READY, WiFi, Ethernet, Blu... | |
| Do Mono Block amps provide better sound ?? In my case it was a huge improvement. My Thiel CS3.7 require a lot of power. I had a single Benchmark AHB2 in stereo and it provided around 250+ at 2 Ohm. It sounded under-powered. So I got a second AHB2 and switched to mono mode on both AHB2's to... | |
| Anyone interested in nearly perfection on a headphone a a great price?? @larrman Do the LSA HP-1 sound good with a very neutral amp and DAC. I am sending off my Topping A90 and Matrix Mini-i-3 Pro to a friend but do not know what affordable headphones to recommend to him. My Meze Empy sounds great with this gear but i... | |
| Best Amp With Some Warmth and Midrange Magic To Pair With The RAAL Requsite SR1a's? @nightfall What did you end up with? I have spent the last 3 months playing with different amp combos with the SR1a. My previous post about the HSA-1b maybe not correct since I have found some amp combos that are great with the SR1a.. | |
| Benchmark LA4 vs. Anthem STR Preamps I should have added that the secret sauce that makes my ROON setup sound incredible is the fibre streaming. All that noise I have in my network is tamed (maybe all eliminated) by the fibre (at least in the office DACs).Now that is not the case for... | |
| Benchmark LA4 vs. Anthem STR Preamps As an FYI to anyone interested in ROON Core | Convolution | PowerLine Network | ROON READY Zones. My current setup is running a ROON Core with DSP Convolution filters on a cheap but powerful PC. It could have been the ROON appliance that ROONLabs ... | |
| Benchmark LA4 vs. Anthem STR Preamps @mike_in_nc A little background on how I got to my current software setup.I got into the Convolution stuff because I wanted to figure out how to use DSP for my small office with big floorstanders. At first I looked at the hardware based options th... | |
| Best stands so baby doesn't knock speaker over I put some BluTack on my KEF LS50's and stuck them on IKEA toy storage shelves. The LS50 is in my living room which is my sons play room. He listens to music all day like the old man upstairs in the home office. I did train him for about 2 years (... | |
| Benchmark LA4 vs. Anthem STR Preamps @mapman I agree that what I have done is not the easy way. There is no way I would attempt to create the files myself. I am computer literate and that makes me realize my limitations in using this complex audio software. Using a audio hardware app... | |
| Benchmark LA4 vs. Anthem STR Preamps @audiotroy When you say you have experience with ROON I have a feeling you are saying that you have made adjustments via the ParametricEQ settings.What I am taking about is this.https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/bits-and-bytes/what-is-accurate-sound-... | |
| Pass XP-32 vs. Luxman C-900u? @joeinid if you are using a DAC direct to amp the LA4 is something to try out. That volume control can justify the cost and may make your DAC sound even better. For example, I think the Benchmark DAC3B + HPA4 is better sounding to me over the Benc... | |
| Benchmark LA4 vs. Anthem STR Preamps @jhajeski If he is using the Parasound and likes it (I owned the A23 once) the Anthem STR will like be preferred by him. I own the HPA4 (same as the LA4) and I think it is the best component in my system. The Anthem will have a nice warm sound. T... | |
| Pass XP-32 vs. Luxman C-900u? @joeinid I have heard the c900u and was seriously considering it. I decided to go another way and got the Benchmark HPA4 preamp to "eliminate" the preamp from my system. It is so quiet that it really is like having no preamp. You may want to consi... | |
| To Roon or not to Roon? Love ROON and I hardly use the organization features or even search. The things I use most are Convolution files, Parametric EQ, zones, and recommendations. I have 4 zones that are used throughout the house. I do not use WiFi and have relied on Po... |