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| Looking for the best Preamp with a phono circuit built in I've never understood this penchant for designers for treating phono as a separate and distinct entity.. Somehow we got on this train and still, in 2019, can't get off (with rare exceptions). Besides the added cost there is the insult of adding... | |
| Need DAC/Streaming Advice I'm taking a hard look at the Lumin U1 mini. No internal DAC (which is what I want) but I'm not sure I have the infrastructure to run it. I just wish I could find something under $1500. MSRP for the Lumin is $2000. | |
| Best audio companies and dealers I have quite a bit of concern with Cary AudioAlexgla: I agree with you. Cary does not belong on the list of great companies. They're not a bad company but I certainly would not put them on a great company to deal with list. at least from my exp... | |
| What preamp creates the largest soundstage? roger, what are you mating the Rhumba to? | |
| T+A elektroakustik HV Series Components Please share more details. Also, did you have the chance to compare 3100HV with other top integrated like Gryphon, Vitus?Or Absolare, Ypsilon, and AudioNet. I would love to hear the AudioNet Watt. | |
| Ayre V5-Xe or Jeff Rowland 201 Mono Blocks? F1wheels: I have the combo you aspire to own (v-5xe /K5-xeMP and am looking to upgrade, which tells you something. I find the combo to be a little lean IMO. I can't comment on the Thiel synergy but if you really desire to stick with Ayre why no... | |
| Best Class A / Class AB SS Power Amplifiers between $5000-$10,000 Kink56: methinks you,re living in the past. Things have come a loooong way since1990. Trust me. My s300 series two has been in my basement covered with cobwebs for 20 years. Every time I have an urgent feeling to send it to Jon sonderbergfor u... | |
| Mixing balanced and unbalanced inputs/outputs on Ayre preamp - amateur question! I have a lot of gear (Phone, CD, Tuner, tape deck, Stax phones) so I have to use ALL the inputs (balanced and unbalanced) on my K-5xeMP. Ultimately though the outputs tie-in to a (balanced) V-5Xe. | |
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| How do you know what a good speaker is? Great question. The short answer is I don't. One thing I can say is that after attending jazz concerts in a small venue, I was left shaking my head when reflecting on my present system. It has to be incredibly difficult to capture and render in... | |
| Cary Audio, Customer Service And now for a different point of view.....The problem for any hi-end company I suppose is at what point do you cut-off service for an older product? Inclusive of that is how long do you keep an inventory of common maintenance parts? I know it's a... | |
| Curious what people think is the best "value" high end speaker (~5K to 15K) A lot of interesting responses but one speaker that I would really like to hear would be the Volti Alura. | |
| BEST FEMALE VOCAL EVER Can't believe no-one mentioned Edif Piaf. | |
| Streamer Advice: Bluesound Node 2 vs Aries Mini vs Oppo Back to the Ethernet connection on the 2i: Do I have to use this to make it work? I don't have a LAN line in the room I plan on installing the 2i and introducing an adapter doesn't seem like a good idea. Can't I just use this via wifi? I'm str... | |
| best interconnect at decent price I guess it comes down to what is considered a "decent price". Some of these mfr. recommendations seem to be on the high side of "decent" (Darwin for instance). I'm certainly interested in Grannyring's cables due to the fact that if I like the c... |