Best Speakers with a DNA-1?

Bob, no a decent preamp will be better for volume control than the Codex will give you.  They spent a ton more money on the QX5/20 headphone amp and volume control.  

bob, send me your email again please. I can't find it.  Sam is the BEST. He's a good guy who cares.  Teh software and other updates he offers really make a huge difference.  That mini is a great unit too.  

The Synchro Mesh is an amazing piece.  What it would do it give me flexibility to use a sp/diff instead of the optical.  The TV only has an optical out, so I would need to use it if I want a different input into TMP.  Sam said he will turn on the optical input if I want but if it will degrade the sound at all, I won't do that.

hi cheeg...any closer to finding speakers ?

Whoops, sorry for hijacking the thread..
I, too, would like to know if you have auditioned any speakers.
B

@offnon57 — thanks for asking, but no — I did pick up a cheap TT, though!  If you or anyone listening know where I can listen to Vandys and Maggie’s anywhere near Pasadena, please let me know.

Getting back to the early thread for a minute, there is one thing I wanted to follow up on. I’m sure it’s true that Vandersteen keeps improving their line, but have they changed them enough to make them better than the Vandys in the used market?  For the price of a new pair of 2Cs, I can probably pick up a pair of Treos in very good shape; where is the price break point?  If earlier comments are true, the old 2Cs are ‘magical’ — how much more magical can they get?

@cheeg "I’m sure it’s true that Vandersteen keeps improving their line, but have they changed them enough to make them better than the Vandys in the used market?" The answer to your question above depends upon when the used speaker was manufactured. The older the speakers, the fewer design improvements they will have.

"For the price of a new pair of 2Cs, I can probably pick up a pair of Treos in very good shape; where is the price break point?" The Treos have not been in the Vandy line for a long time so if you can get a pair of used Treos in good shape at anywhere near the price of new model 2CE Signatures ($2700) go for it.