There is a mint, low hour Simaudio Moon 340i for sale on USAM. This is a really well made, great sounding integrated (100W doubles to 200W into 4ohms). I would pair this with the Bluesound Node 2i that @soix suggested.
If I want a bookshelf system this good, what should I buy?
Hello
This might not impress you much, but....
Here is a link to the video which made me to fall in love with the Monitor Audio Gold 100 5G speakers.
Compared to the speaker I have owned for a very short time, the SVS ultra bookshelf, this speaker sound much sweater, less harsh, smoother texture, better soundstage, and has sound of air in the voice.
I dont think I need a better sound from my next first stereo for now.
The question I have is that they are using a $10K Luxman integrated amp with a fancy CD player in the clip. Which is not even close to my budget range.
Given that you have about 3K to 3.5K to invest on audio gears (that is assuming you already have the speaker), what components would you buy to make the sound quality as close to the sound quality from the video? I am talking gears like a network bridge, DAC, and amp. Or maybe add a pre-amp on top of that.
Going integrated amps instead of separate DAC and Amp is an option, too, but I would stick with the streaming for music source.
What I have so far in my mind are MiniDSP SHD Studio for streamer, the MHDT Orchid for DAC, and maybe a Schiit Aegir for amp. But, I do not know these will work in harmony to make good sound quality as in the video. And, need some advise on picking components.
Gears of your choice do not have to be in New condition btw.
Thanks
K
This might not impress you much, but....
Here is a link to the video which made me to fall in love with the Monitor Audio Gold 100 5G speakers.
Compared to the speaker I have owned for a very short time, the SVS ultra bookshelf, this speaker sound much sweater, less harsh, smoother texture, better soundstage, and has sound of air in the voice.
I dont think I need a better sound from my next first stereo for now.
The question I have is that they are using a $10K Luxman integrated amp with a fancy CD player in the clip. Which is not even close to my budget range.
Given that you have about 3K to 3.5K to invest on audio gears (that is assuming you already have the speaker), what components would you buy to make the sound quality as close to the sound quality from the video? I am talking gears like a network bridge, DAC, and amp. Or maybe add a pre-amp on top of that.
Going integrated amps instead of separate DAC and Amp is an option, too, but I would stick with the streaming for music source.
What I have so far in my mind are MiniDSP SHD Studio for streamer, the MHDT Orchid for DAC, and maybe a Schiit Aegir for amp. But, I do not know these will work in harmony to make good sound quality as in the video. And, need some advise on picking components.
Gears of your choice do not have to be in New condition btw.
Thanks
K
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If you like the Luxman sound you could look for a more modestly priced used Luxman L-507u. Another good choice would be the Vincent SV-237 - nicely made, solid piece with plenty of power (150 at 8 ohm) for your speaker choice. The Vincent is $2500 New. It is tough to accurately gauge sound through videos, but here is one comparing Luxman to Vincent: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YAElqLa6k_4 |
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