zlone
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| Help me spend $100,000 on a new system Find the house with the right room first and get the electrical done right. Set up your existing gear and hire an expert to treat and design the room. Now look at incremental improvements on a system that is already quite good. But in the meanti... | |
| Is my amp good enough? I had the NAD 375BEE, and really liked it, but decided to see if I could improve. I introduced a Schiit Freya + preamp and this was a significant improvement. You might start with a preamp, the new Schiit Kara would be a low cost experiment. I als... | |
| What was the first power cable that you noticed a difference in the sound? Reading with interest as I have yet to experience an improvement with any power cable, and I am in the under $500 market as well. I did however get a significant improvement by running a dedicated line, very noticeable. However, I have had some c... | |
| Kef R11 meta good pairing with Rotel RB-1552mk2? @tgstaples Yep, I noticed the 4 ohm spec was missing too. Kinda odd. Yep. While I do not rate amplifiers solely on their weight, 27 lbs is a tad light for high performing 130 watt amplifier. Parasound is well liked, there are a couple A21's ou... | |
| Kef R11 meta good pairing with Rotel RB-1552mk2? It will work, but you might not get everything from those speakers with that amp. The KEF’s are 4 ohm speakers and typically crave power. While the Rotel states it is 4 ohm stable, it is conspicuously missing a wattage spec for 4 ohms which tells ... | |
| Zafvino Silver Dart Graphene vs. ? +1 for Acoustic Zen. I recently installed their Satori model and it was an amazing upgrade. | |
| What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'? @tunefuldude You should do some reading about Lyngdorf’s approach. Thanks, I will take a look. Sort of set on keeping my Coda power amp though, I am quite taken by it. | |
| CODA amp No.8, Bryston 4B3, or Ayre VX-5 Twenty Good to hear the Coda is working out for you. I had the same experience with break in with my Coda #8, it took at least a week of 24 hour play to start sounding right. | |
| What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'? I feel that this is what is lacking in my system right now, and I am cycling through preamps in search of the right sound. I am trying to stay with solid state as it fits my lifestyle, but I may have venture into the tube world. I will know it whe... | |
| Higher-End Class A/B vs. Class A Integrateds Rather than focus on pure class A, you might want to look at A/B amps that are are biased to deliver more class A wattage before switching to A/B operation. Some vendors publish these numbers, others do not. Coda is one example. If you don’t play ... | |
| I’m getting a hum in my integrated tube amp and it’s bugging me alot Not an expert, but you may have some DC on your line. You might try one of these: https://avahifi.com/products/humdinger-dc-line-blocker There are other options, this one is fairly inexpensive. | |
| A reasonably priced DAC upgrade from Schiit Gumby +1 on the multibit upgrade, it was a significant improvement for my system. | |
| A reasonably priced DAC upgrade from Schiit Gumby I have the Gungnir with the multibit upgrade, are you saying yours does not have that upgrade? | |
| Best RCA interconnect up to ~$100? +1 for Blue Jeans, it is a great place to start. | |
| Nad M33 or something better That is a nice set of speakers! I have the LS50's and love the sound of them, I am guessing the Ref 3's are spectacular. Having gone through some upgrades in amplification with my KEF's, I would say that you could find some significant improvement... |