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| what amp, streamer, preamp to buy $2500 If you are going with the warm A23 this DAC/streamer (lots of streaming options) is a good first step to get your feet wet. I owned v3 a few years ago for a headphone system. A very convenient DAC that is OK sonically. Matrix AUDIO Mini-i Pro 4 M... | |
| Magnepan LRS+ resistors on the tweeters… which? The LRS+ was slightly bright. A bit more than the KEF LS50 Meta that it replaced. Nothing that really bothered me, but I used a warm DAC with it. The Schitt Yggi+ Less Is More DAC goes extremely well with the LRS+. | |
| sansui 5500 My Sansui TU-9900 tuner was cleaned up by these guys. They did a great job. http://www.qrxrestore.com/ | |
| Magnepan LRS+ resistors on the tweeters… which? @audiofilo123 I get your point on the treble of the LRS+. It is a little hot. I tamed that with 2 approaches. I used the Schitt Yggi+ Less is More DAC, which is a bit rolled off on top but a very enjoyable DAC. I am converting the LIM to the Yggi+... | |
| Magnepan LRS+ resistors on the tweeters… which? @markmuse I had some issues with the clarity of the LRS+. I loved the speaker, but I found it lacked the utmost in clarity. Not a deal breaker since it did so many other things well. I recently sold the LRS+ since I lost the room that was able to ... | |
| Magnepan LRS+ resistors on the tweeters… which? The Magna Risors were a tremendous upgrade to the LRS+. raising the speaker off the ground was a big benefit and also the jumper that Magna Risors provided as a bonus also made a very nice improvement. I used a Sanders Magtech with the LRS+ and A... | |
| Pass labs krell parasound amps The KRELL DUO amps are ugly as sin, but I would love to have one again since they sound so good. | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? @devinplombier I actually have a PC from a company called SilentPC. I have a liquid cooled fanless PC that I use in my office. I cost about $6k but my client bought it for me. That machine is very solid with 6 monitors running off it. It also only... | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? Can you post the link for the PC? I have a fanless PC for my office work, but it only has RJ45. | |
| Open baffle speakers I am getting an open baffle speaker in Dec. Do not know the name of it yet, but I heard half of it as a prototype in June (bass was missing). I have a lot of faith in the designer. I will be getting the smallest version which is made for recording... | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? There is a lot of confusion about streamers on this thread. The post by @mitch2 is one of the best at clearing the confusion. He is doing the same streaming thing as me except he has a DDC in the chain. I was considering adding one myself solely t... | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? @soix I believe it depends on the DAC and some designers say their DACs do not need a clock, such as PlayBack Designs. Now this is not a cheap DAC, $6k -$24k. I use the low-cost, Schitt Yggi+ OG and LIM (soon converted to MIB) DACs. I consider th... | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? @devinplombier Fibre optical cables are made of glass and can be very long; cheap too.Fibre is used to transmit data across large distances reliably, Glass cannot carry analog noise that is in the network, a network is likely ethernet cable base... | |
| KEF Meta speakers vs non meta I only had the LS50 and LS50 Meta. The Meta sounded better. Better clarity for sure. Maybe that was it, I do not remember all the particulars now. I do remember thinking that this was a nice upgrade. My system was very revealing at that time so m... | |
| SimAudio Moon North Collection Simaudio Moon 891 Streaming Preamplifier (soundstageultra.com) |