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| Ugh. Another amp opinion thread....$4500-ish. Looks like a nice deal for the Luxman, new.For budget-minded, any love for Monarchy? SM70 pros? Either individually or as monoblocks? Pretty sure I heard a bigger Monarchy, but it's been a long time and can't recall any associated speakers or g... | |
| Making the audiophile experience more available Other than just having a set of phones for the heck of it over the years, halfway serious headphoning is relatively new for me...within the past year or so. It was somewhat eye(ear)-opening. Reading through some of the headphone threads on those... | |
| Ugh. Another amp opinion thread....$4500-ish. Interesting variety of suggestions, at a wide price range! I'd love to buy them all and try them all, but I'm not whitecamaro. :)@soix. Have you tried Clayton gear? Not very common, but the folks who've reported hearing them on the webs seem t... | |
| Former Tekton owners: What have you moved on to? It seems a prevailing sentiment is, oddly, that one can say upon setting up a new speaker (like the Tektons) "It was immediately obvious how much better these were from my previous speakers!"@prof. Sometimes, I think, that's "new toy" syndrome. | |
| Former Tekton owners: What have you moved on to? I'm breaking in Impact Monitors, now. They absolutely have a distinctive sound and very much react to different amplification. I'm really enjoying them, so far, but I can certainly see (hear) how they may not be everyone's cup o' tea. 45-50 hou... | |
| Since Dennis Had left Cary has the company built any new tube equipment? @linnlingo. generally agreed on unexciting new gear from Cary. The DMS500 looks pretty interesting in its capabilities, although more and more similar items are coming out fairly briskly. While unexciting, I think some of the products are good ... | |
| Store auditioning and then buying on-line from others. How do you feel about it ? Right. If they're jerks, no problem at all. Or, if they're idea of level-matching is giving the one that's in stock or has a higher margin a couple db cushion. Same guy who trashes everything you and competitors have and even his own product if... | |
| Since Dennis Had left Cary has the company built any new tube equipment? I think all of the tube-tube gear is at least based on Dennis Had designs...maybe tweaked after he left? I don't know the timeline, but maybe the mkii of the CAD120s was after?The DAC200ts and DMS600[se], I think, were after Mr. Had left, and the... | |
| Upgrading digital source device is not easy No doubt that the other recommendations (Meitnor, PS, T&A, etc.) are excellent. I think your budget improvement from what you’ve mentioned in your original post is to look at a separate DAC for your digital files, possibly use the 306 as a tra... | |
| Upgrading digital source device is not easy I think just the opposite. The 306 SACD PV is an excellent SACD player but just a decent DAC for CD/redbook, IMO. What are your digital file formats? | |
| Upgrading digital source device is not easy I think it will be easier to upgrade the DAC than that SACD, especially if your 2tb are pcm.It is a great SACD player, IMO. | |
| Store auditioning and then buying on-line from others. How do you feel about it ? @zavato. I think, if one has taken the LAS's time to audition its item and it was cool about it, one should then give the LAS to opportunity to match that online 1/2 price before clicking "buy-it." If it's close, probably better to go with the L... | |
| Leather couch, leather love seat or single wooden chair If your wife actually likes to listen, my advice would be to find a way to use the two-seater.I use an Eames lounge chair in one room, and two "home theater" recliners in another. The recliners are offset so one is in the sweet spot, and the othe... | |
| Ugh. Another amp opinion thread....$4500-ish. @markwatkiss ha. as an owner of a Schiit product, Sugden seems ok. | |
| Store auditioning and then buying on-line from others. How do you feel about it ? "In fact I bought all my equipment used- a lot of it from Johnny's customers."In the right circumstances, that's almost as good as buying from him! I assume at least some of them use the funds to buy more stuff. I don't know if it works this way... |