sonicdead
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| Which integrated amp for better musicality - Parasound Hint vs Primaluna vs ??? For SS look into Musical Fidelity M6si. Dual mono build 200wpc with phono section, Home theater ByPass and built in DAC (starting point - recommend stand alone DAC). Also has one set of Balanced input. Musical and can drive almost any speakers ev... | |
| Which integrated amp? Like some others, I recommend the Musical Fidelity M6si. I have the M6i (no built-in phono) and its great at low volume and higher volume thru my Revel F32s. Dual mono design with balanced inputs and Home Theater by-pass. At your budget, you can b... | |
| Silly prices for Nordost cables Let the rich buy the super high end of cable lines so that R&D is funded and the mfg can use same technology with the entry/ low mid level products. | |
| Cable elevators I found ceramic electric isolators at a garage sale (4 for $5). Look exactly like the cable elevators: https://www.reddragonaudio.com/collections/cable-elevators/products/cable-elevators | |
| Looking for a Speaker Recommnedation with your preference of music and wanting to play loud, definitely look into the Revel F208. I have similar taste in music and listening volume. I have Revel F32s with MF6i, Ayre QB9 DAC DSD and VPI MK III table with updates. For me best speakers ... | |
| You were right about adding a sub. REL T series subs are great at a very reasonable cost. I have REL T7 for both 2 ch and HT. Helps my Revel F32s with MF6i as power source. | |
| Recommend a Cable/Interconnect Set High quality with moderate price, some used Transparent Cables would be good with starting either with Music Wave Plus MM2 or Super MM2 series. Audioquest Colorado IC and Gibraltar Speaker Cables would be good neutral cables as well. | |
| Why should i be a fan of Revel speakers? Have listened to both Revel F32 and Sonus Luito. F32 are more revealing compared to Luitos with solid state however it depends on quality. F32 tends to be clean with good low end and sound stage. Luitos are more musical but a bad recording will be... | |
| Organizing your music collection I am a mac user. I use either Max or XLD to convert flac to aiff (mac wav). Max is good when all songs are individual flac files. XLD is better then only 1 flac file with cue file. I use Tag to enter metadata for flac files that are not done or co... | |
| Computer Audio..Stream or download? I recommend (and own) the Ayre QB-9 DSD. Best I have heard except for Wavelength gear for DACs. Only drawback is USB input only. Streaming sound quality is suspect (imo) but have not tried Tidal. Easier to build a digital music library with extern... | |
| Lampizator Big 7 USB Connection Question Go to website and d/l drivers for PC. Might need an updated driver. | |
| Best Amp for $300 to Power Paradigm Monitor 9s rotel rb-980bx is amazing for under $300 ($200). | |
| Integrated advice Love my MF M6i and have Ayre QB9 DSD as digital source. For an office I would go with Ayre A-7. Less power however perfect for smaller spaces and can program for home theater bypass like MF M6i. I heard the Ayre A-7 with Ayre QB9 DSD and Sonus Fab... | |
| SDS or phono stage Add SDS. As others will agree, the SDS is a major upgrade for HW-19 or Scout tables. There is a reason VPI sells the SDS with the high end tables from the get go. | |
| Best DAC ? Ayre QB-9 DSD if in the budget. Amazing with DSD upgrade. |