zlone
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| Options to improve digital sound Nice system! I think your best bet is to add a Roon endpoint between the Mac and the May. This isolates a lot of the noisy processing required by Roon. You will get a lot of recommendations for endpoints, I have had good luck with Innuos. Check ou... | |
| When using a power conditioner, why is it advised to run amps directly to the wall? I bought a PS Audio P15 last year, after using Furman Elite and a Puritan PSM156, and plugged everything into it. It has improved my system and I am happy with it. I purposely plugged my amp into it for a couple months, and then switched it to th... | |
| Tripp Lite? I had good luck with these economical units, well built and they offer some noise reduction as well. https://emotiva.com/products/cmx6 | |
| New vs uses in your current setup 100% used or demo for me. I am a very patient shopper and I buy carefully. | |
| Which amp with Wilson watt puppy 8 Lots of good advice here. You definitely should replace the integrated amp, soon if it is blowing speakers, and consider separates. Five kids, stick with solid state for now. Having separates will allow you to tune your sound a bit going forward b... | |
| FYI - QoBuz Hi Fi partner playlists Chesky has some good playlists on Qobuz that will showcase your system. | |
| Monos Sim Moon M400 versus Pass 260.8 I have no input on the amps themselves, but it being summer my thoughts go to heat. The Pass idles at close to 400 watts, something to consider. | |
| What to upgrade from a Kef ls50 meta? love the idea of reference ones, I just don’t have the cheddar to make that happen. Understood, they are a bit pricey. The non-meta's can be found used in the $4K range, but still a chunk of change. | |
| What to upgrade from a Kef ls50 meta? If you like the LS50’s, move up to a pair of the Reference 1’s. I have had both, the Ref’s are phenomenal. They will blow the doors off if so desired. | |
| Do I need upgraded power cables? There are times though (especially in dense musical passages) that the sound is stage is a blur - as if of all the instruments are coming from the same place. Coming into this a bit late, and forgive me if I missed any comments to this effect, ... | |
| Streamer recommendation You will not be happy with the Node in that system. It is a fine piece of mid-fi gear, and while your guests won’t notice, you will and eventually buy another Aurender. If you really want something smaller, Innuos is a good choice. All that said,... | |
| Mono blocks for Revel Salon 1’s recommendation? Looking at the specs on those, it is important to note if you are using balanced connections that the input impedance is quite low for XLR. As long as the output impedance of your preamp is below 300 ohms, you will be okay. If you go unbalanced th... | |
| Mono blocks for Revel Salon 1’s recommendation? I don’t have the mono blocks, but I second @fastfreight’s Audionet recommendation. Not the Max, but these are available right here on Audiogon: https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisbed8c-audionet-amp-solid-state | |
| Battle of the affordables You have good amplification, that helps. And this list is fine, you will always get other suggestions in an open forum. What are your listening habits? Genre preference? Typical volume levels? Are you a hard core rocker or jazz and acoustic? And ... | |
| 🤯 Legacy Audio Calibre XD humming + no low ends & boxy sounding The graph does not seem to match their specs, but it still should not sound as poorly as you describe. Any chance they are wired out of phase so the bass is cancelling? Have you tried a different set of XLR’s? |