adg101
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| Which Preamp Audio Research LS3B or Sonic Frontiers SFL-1 Kitch29 I think is referring to the LS2 rather than the LS3. The LS3 was a solid state unit as the LS2 was a hybrid design. I'd for sure pick a LS2 over the LS3 but expect to spend a bit more? Both the standard LS2 and LS3 where singled ended; th... | |
| Which Preamp Audio Research LS3B or Sonic Frontiers SFL-1 SF SFL-1 $500 +/- SF SFL-1 Signature $700ARC LS3 $700 +/-Herron VTSP-1 $1400 +/-Never listened to the Herron pieces but have read many great things about them. Won't argue its likely the better prramp but it's going to be maybe twice the money I t... | |
| Which Preamp Audio Research LS3B or Sonic Frontiers SFL-1 If you can trade you Nak CA5 for a ARC LS3B straight across I'd do it. If he'll let you take it home to see how it sounds on your system do that first. I had a friend who had a CA5 and I'm pretty sure the LS3 will outperform the CA5. The LS3 was a... | |
| Marantz PM 15S2 limited opinions Not sure this is a close comparison but some time back I took home a PM-14S1 and compared it to a Cambridge 840A; I might have the Marantz model wrong but it was a Reference unit. I really wanted to like the Marantz but to my ears on my former sys... | |
| Which Preamp Audio Research LS3B or Sonic Frontiers SFL-1 I once owned the SF SFL-1 and it was a nice piece for the money. Funny you post this because when I had the SFL-1 I dragged it over to my dads system to compare it to his ARC LS3. Guess what? He ended up selling the LS3 and bought a SF Line 1. Now... | |
| Preamp recommendation please.. Pass Labs XP10. Reno HiFi often has used units around $3K. Mark offers a 30 day money back trial. Doubt you return it. | |
| Preamp recommendation please.. ModWright LS 36.5. Guarantee it has more PRAT than the LS27. I've heard many newer ARC and they are very nice preamps; not referring to the Reference models here. Latest ARC I dragged home was a LS25 MKII. It was a very nice pre; very clean, not s... | |
| Building a system from scratch (other than speakers) There's many SS amps and integrated amps that will sound great on your ML's. I've heard the Parasound Halo Integrated on Magnepan 1.7i - 3.7i and it's a really nice amp; not harsh or thin and drives the Pans with plenty of power for most. If you c... | |
| Building a system from scratch (other than speakers) Is your $5k budget for preamp and a amp or also for the Pro-Ject and Oppo you mentioned? If $5k needs to include everything look at the Parasound Halo integrated. Great unit for the money which I believe has phono and a DAC under the hood, but su... | |
| Building a system from scratch (other than speakers) ModWright KWI 200 w/ optional phono board. The Pro-Ject is a nice deck and I bought one, "Purple" for my teenage daughter. I'd buy used on the table and step up in the Pro-Ject line. Clear Day balanced cable to the Oppo 105d. Call Dan at ModWright... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Recently replaced my former ModWright SWL 9.0 SE with the LS 36.5. The difference between the two units is night and day. The LS 36.5 is far better. Per Dans suggestion added a WyWyres Silver Juice II PC and a set of Daedalus DiDs. Both remarkable... | |
| Parasound P 5 DAC vs. CD players arafiq. That's a tuff decision as if your source isn't up to the level of your other gear and cables you're not going to know if your purchase was a good one or not and will likely fault a speaker cable upgrade.I've not heard the AQ Rocket 88 but ... | |
| Parasound P 5 DAC vs. CD players Agree the P5 is a great unit in its price range; not sure anything close for the money. Give the Cambridge time. I think 100 hours is minimum and felt my 851C took a lot more time than that... more like 300.When you get ready for cables try out Cl... | |
| Parasound P 5 DAC vs. CD players Not sure how the Cambridge 851D sounds but I have a 851C and it's a great player. I'm curious how much time you have on it and what is the rest of your system? My local hi if shop which carries both Parasound and Cambridge gear has both the P5 and... | |
| Please recommend preamp Looking back at your original post I totally agree with elevick on the QSC. I don't know the JBL 150a but I do know the L100 very well and can only guess they have a similar sound. Not sure with newer more revealing gear you're going to really hea... |