I didn’t like the sound of the M33 with Magenpan 1.7s. How about a Musical Fidelity M6.
Is There A Better Solution?
After settling some amplification challenges with my main rig, I am facing the reality that my beloved Raven Osprey 3.1 needs to go - in favor of an all in one, maybe, solution. Our home where the Raven lived was too large - open floor plan to deliver all the dynamics needed on occasion so I got a more powerful amp that works well - Audio Hungary X200.
So then the ask from the crowd is for the second rig, in a condo, used for both stereo music and video (TV+) 2.0 listening in a decent quality set up - Audio GE Rautilio 80 speakers; HiFi Rose 250A DAC/streamer; Nuprime CDT-8 Pro Transport; Rega P3, Exact/MoFi pre; SR Foundation (mostly) Cabling...Will the NAD M33 be a reasonable compromise of convenience as a sub of the HiFi Rose and Raven? Is there a better solution - just replace the Raven?
WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS !! ...well, I'm married, and want to stay that way. The wife will not tun on a tube amp ...and I loathe burning through rare NOS tubes to watch BRAVO ...ratio of music to TV is 60/40.
There is a used NAD M33 on TMR and having had good ie. easy results in the past with them, I would flip the Raven and Rose for the NAD for little added scratch.
I don't want to sell in the wild so I am limited to what TMR sells new or on their marketplace. I would be willing to spend $1K more than the trade would be worth - I'm guessing ~ $4K, so $5K of in market value. Used obviously is fine.
Thanks for all your thoughts ... and prayers.
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Thanks for your thoughts and suggestions. I am ideally looking to consolidate the streaming as well. I'm also looking at the AVM CS2.3 and Cambridge EVO 150 on the TMR site. From what I can tell, the NAD is a step above - I am also curious to see how well Dirac works for my set-up. TMR also has Naim Uniti but they look to suffer from reliability issues. This is so hard ... |
Thanks @hgeifman - I do plan on calling TMR for their suggestions. I am hoping to gather other expert opinions from this crowd before I do so. |
I believe the M33 would be a good all in one option. The BluOs is excellent as well. There are a couple other options I would give serious consideration to as well. The Cambridge EXA integrated and the Yamaha R-N1000A. Like the Cambridge both have excellent operating systems and are very well reviewed for sound quality. Good luck with your search. https://tmraudio.com/brand-partner/yamaha-r-n1000a-stereo-network-receiver/ Cheers, Scott |
I am not sure I fully understand your question but I have a system that is for music and TV. The music path is streamer, dac, pre-amp, amps, R & L speakers. The TV path is cable box, AVR, center channel speakers and back channels and pre-out for L&R channels from AVR to pre-amp. For TV watching I leave the pre-amp and amps off and use the center channel and back channels. Good for sports and shitty TV. For movies or anything that I want the full sound system, I just turn on the preamp and the amps. That powers up the R&L channels. This allows for a pure 2 channel system. Having the AVR allows me to switch between a cable box, Roku, DVD player, and computer. |
Thanks all for your perspective - it's what I was hoping for. I am space constrained and clutter discouraged, so simplicity is the order of the day here. Thankfully, the main rig in our home is dedicated, with a den set up for video and occasional streaming via a Primare i25 Prisma. I just hooked up the Primare in the condo set up and was disappointed in what it gives up relative to the albeit 3x more expensive Rave/Rose. I have therefore decided to keep the Hifi Rose DAC/streamer and go for a high quality SS Integrated, thereby opening up my options. More homework to do. |