@jasonbourne52 A change of speakers will always have a greater positive effect than any electronics. Check out Devore!
Garbage-in = Garbage-out. Everything matters, not just speakers,
if you care about how it sounds.
Which component to upgrade 1st ?
Hey folks here is my dilemma I have a budget of about 6K for a new component. I currently have Martin Logan Vantage speakers, Audio Research Ref75 amp, Audio Research LS17SE preamp, Rega P6 turntable, and a bluesound node (makes my ears hurt but you have to start somewhere) and a Chord Qutest dac. My wishlist includes Lumin T2, (sell Qutest and node), Audio Research Ref 5 used ( sell LS17SE), used Phono tube dac (currently have Mofi), or used Weiss 502 dac with either a Lumin U2 mini or Bricasti M5. I know start with source first but I can’t wrap my head around which toy first. Thoughts and be kind.
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I have not. I'd like to. From what I have heard, especially from very experienced people like @jjss49 and others in my area is that the incremental change of a streamer with a good, quiet power supply and a good DAC (I love my Orchid) is very minor. I am holding off on spending thousands more on my streamer but I would love to compare. @decooney +100. Yes, speakers just amplify unresolved problems up the chain. |
I can’t speak for anyone else but in my system, the audible difference between a BS Vault and Aurender N100 were far from subtle. I won’t pity BS Node or Vault against Aurender N20 or W20SE cause that wouldn’t be a fair comparison. One important distinction during these comparisons, I always used a very high quality DAC. So I can only recommend an audition in your system to find out :-) |
Yes, this is my rationale for suggesting getting the front end of the signal path improved as the initial move/action. I get the popular heavy focus on the speakers. However, the better the quality of speakers , the more they simply faithfully amplify the signal (Quality) fed to them. Charles
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“the better the quality of speakers , the more they simply faithfully amplify the signal (Quality) fed to them.” @charles1dad …..Exactly, I rebuild my current system around my Canterbury’s:-) |
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