Blue OS Node +1
looking to upgrade - identify the weakest link?
I’m a tube and Klipsch guy looking to upgrade. I’m tempted by Cornwall IV, but their size is probably prohibitive (I’m married 😊). To increase soundstage and/or instrument resolution, maybe a tube preamp, or a tube DAC, or roll tubes in integrated amplifier …? How to identify the weakest link? Thanks in advance!
Equipment: Qobuz to ethernet PC Notebook with Audirvana or ethernet Blusound Node (2021) network streamer to Cambridge DacMagic 100 to Schiit Loki Mini+ EQ to Line Magnetic 210-IA 300B SET integrated amplifier to Klipsch Heresy III + Klipsch R-10SW.
Music: 1920-1980 Jazz: Armstrong, be-bop, 1960-80 avant garde jazz. 1950-1980 rock: Classic rock, Zappa, Beefheart, punk, post-punk. Opera: Wagner, Puccini, R. Strauss, Janacek, Bartok. Symphonic: Stravinsky, Bartok, Schoenberg, Mahler, Dvorak. 1950-1980 Afro-beat, Jamaican, Brazilian
- ...
- 13 posts total
Many thanks for the input - I appreciate it! @williewonka Excellent point: I've been meaning to build some nice cables - thanks for the reminder. @russ69 I'm not sure how to shorten digital path to amp save remove the Mini+ (which is very effective). I'm also curious about your thoughts re Forte IV? @danager Klipshorns are an interesting idea - they're kinda out of the way and thus a possibility (maybe). After decades, I left vinyl during the first Reagan administration and am not eager to return. I'll check out the DAC/streamer threads . I appreciate all the thoughtful responses and am eager to hear more! |
Dac weakest link, then server. I have extreme modded Klipschorns I run with 300B SET monoblocks and 845SET. They aren't really that intrusive sitting in room corners, in stock form look almost like furniture.
You have basis of nice system with LM amp, do the source, your amp and speakers deserve higher resolution source. Do speakers later. |
- 13 posts total