caphill
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| Suggestion for best stereo amp ? @buellrider97 Nicely put. This hobby is all about assessing or evaluating the performances of equipments and one’s setup and system by listening and trying to optimize the performance synergy between equipments in order to achieve best performance... | |
| Suggestion for best stereo amp ? +1 on the Naim 500 series power amp, analog preamp, digital front end (streamer/DAC) with Naim 500 DR power supply unit.Or highly consider T&A gears they are excellent. The CH Precision, MBL, Tidal, Gamut, Audionet & Soulution are excellen... | |
| Suggestion for best stereo amp ? @kalali@mzkmxcv Totally agreed with kalali. You nailed it real good. mzkmxcv always thinks that measurements (numbers) define sound quality or is an absolute gauge to define sound quality. If that's the case we all would have had the same gears in... | |
| Older 802s or newer 804s Which 802 are you referring to? 802 D2 or 802 D1 or older? | |
| New Krell K-300i Class A iBias Integrated Changes! I would avoid getting a newer Krell stuff especially after Dan D'Agostino left in 2009. Today Krell isn't the same anymore. Besides one of their chief main designer recently left Krell. Krell is going down the rabbit hole. | |
| Parasound vs Rotel Amps @angelgz2 Yes you should keep your Parasound Halo A51 amp. The Marantz, Anthem, Arcam, Audio Control, McIntosh, Yamaha, Onkyo / Integra HT processors are early adaptors and especially the Denon Marantz Onkyo/Integra are usually the first that adap... | |
| Modern AV Receiver vs Amp / Pre-Amp separates? Genuine question @ethanhallbeyer big_greg nailed it. He gave you very good basic explanations. | |
| Modern AV Receiver vs Amp / Pre-Amp separates? Genuine question @mzkmxcv I’m currently using the Lyngdorf MP-50 ht processor that supports Dolby Atmos DTS-X 4k HDR etc etc. The new Marantz AV8805 processor street prices are less than $4k new. But if you purchase it from a dealer it retails for $4500 new. The A... | |
| WHICH HT PROCESSOR HT bypass input circuitry is analog and it will bypass everything in the stereo preamp including the volume control, DAC if your preamp has one, so the analog signal from your Marantz HT processor will be directed straight out to the power amp. | |
| Modern AV Receiver vs Amp / Pre-Amp separates? Genuine question AV preamp processors receive regular software update supports as AVRs do. I've always been using AV pre pro in my dedicated HT room and I received software update support regularly. I don't know where you got the info from and what made you think ... | |
| Suggestion for best stereo amp ? @mzkmxcv Sorry man, I won’t buy your BS. None of us agree that numbers (measurements) do not mean anything. I have spoken with couple chief designers / engineers at Naim Audio, Linn, Audio Research among others and they once told me that measureme... | |
| WHICH HT PROCESSOR @rwrightcpa The new flagship Marantz AV8805 will sound better than your AV7704. It will be a nice upgrade in audio performance for your HT needs. I would get the AV8805 if I were you. You said earlier that your budget for a new HT processor is $10... | |
| Modern AV Receiver vs Amp / Pre-Amp separates? Genuine question Good quality AV separates (AV pre pro + power amps) will way outperform AV receivers. No question asked. | |
| Need help with system connection I think any sort of switcher will degrade signal purity and sound quality since it has to go through another circuitry. @ghulamr You will need to get an analog stereo preamp that has HT bypass input. And you can run your Benchmark DAC1 directly to... | |
| Parasound vs Rotel Amps @donjr 7 years ago the Rotel 15xx series amps are not the same as the current newer 15xx series amps. Which Rotel 15xx series amp did you have? |