ethos123
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| Am I dreaming? Belles Virtuoso Integrated Amp should be released soon and checks all your boxes. Their Aria integrated gets great reviews but I think the phono stage only works for MM on that one. If you aren't in a hurry, I'd at least check with Belles &/or... | |
| Better "Noise Cancelling" Headphones for Air Travel? Glad I asked. In my naivity, I had presumed that bigger over-ear style headphones would have more material to block out the sound and do a better job for me. Clearly, thats not the case and the IEMs are also going to take up a lot less room in a c... | |
| Wireless 5.1 system I want to make sure you know that “wireless” is a bit of a misnomer since you’ll still need power cables at each location where you put a “wireless” speaker and at least one (usually the soundbar) will need a cable from the TV or HT receiver to ge... | |
| Best $500 System? Kef q100 bookshelf speakers for $250Yamaha R-S202 for $120Sony DVP-SR510H For $45—Total $415 and you get Bluetooth, radio, and DVD playback functionality as wellOr...trade out the Yahama for the Nuforce DDA-120 ($250 on Amazon) and you’re $45 over... | |
| Amp recommendation for KEF LS50 I paired LS50s with a Creek Evolution 100a for my bedroom system and love how they sound together. Standard it comes with analog inputs only, but Creek has tuner, DAC/Tuner, & phono modules available that can easily be added to keep everything... | |
| Total newbie question here about completing a system A Pro-Ject Phono Box would be a good place to start: ($100)https://www.amazon.com/Pro-Ject-Audio-Phono-preamp-output/dp/B007DB5I60/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1......or I have a friend with a cambridge cp-1 he's been happy with as a budget phono am... | |
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| Rega Brio or...? I don't think you can go wrong with the Brio. Just wanted to offer my experience with a product from the other manufacturer you were considering since I've had such a positive experience. I agree with smrex13 that you should post your impressions ... | |
| Rega Brio or...? I haven’t heard the Creek Evo 50, but it’s big brother, the 100a, powers my bedroom system and I love it. Totally different amp technology (the 100 uses class G), but as much as I enjoy my Creek, I think you should try to give one a listen if you’... | |
| Total newbie question here about completing a system You definitely need a phono amp to use the turntable. Just to get him up and running, you don’t have to spend much, but if you’re looking for the best possible sound quality, you should find out the model of turntable and the cartridge/needle (if ... | |
| Help a guy out? Renovating home theater system after 10 years and have a few questions. As for a good cutoff point in past models, it really depends what you want the new receiver to be able to do. Your planned new TV is 4K & has HDR so you definitely want something with 4K upscaling/passthru & HDR capabilities.You mentioned ... | |
| Whats in your second system? My bedroom system:Speakers:Kef LS50sAmplification:Creek Evolution 100a Integrated Amp w/ Ruby DAC moduleSources:Chromecast Audio (digital in to DAC)Old Pioneer CD/DVD player for CDsTV / DirecTVFM Tuner built into Ruby ModuleOccasionally move a... | |
| Schiit Vidar Outlaw RR2160 Your last comment has me second guessing my earlier recommendation...if you’ve already heard a system with the speakers you’re considering paired with the schiit pre/amp combo you’re considering and you loved it, then it seems reasonable to ignore... | |
| Schiit Vidar Outlaw RR2160 If you’re wanting to add streaming with Roon/TIDAL/MQA support as well, for your budget I’d get the Outlaw, skip the separate pre-amp, and add a Bluesound Node 2. That gets you everything you want in regards to functionality without breaking the b... | |
| Looking to get into tubes on the cheap You're going to have to swap out your receiver for the system to work how you're intending, and since those with multi-channel pre-outs tend to be better than the models without, you might improve your 2-channel listening a decent amount with that... |