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| Best cheap integrated amp Lot of choices, each have strengths, will have to decide to live with or accommodate weaknesses. Atoll does peek my interest, wish it were more accessible. | |
| Best DAC for around $2,500 or less How more on you getting for 2500 that you can't get for half that say an RME ADI2 and then how much better is that over a Denefrips Ares or Topping D90? Is it worth going to higher priced units? | |
| Youngsters these days. I’m a CD guy so I shouldn’t have any problem with digital...and I don’t. Havn’t streamed yet but my kid does and its fine...except for the music itself. I’m not much for pop music unless in the car. At home, it’s classical and other period music, ... | |
| How do you share the sweet spot? My test for wide sweet spot is moving from center to outside the speaker assessing how much it changes tonally as well as moving around the room and into another room. Maybe moving the speakers a bit further apart and pointed straight into the r... | |
| Best small, desktop speakers, $500 or under (new or used) My two cents and ears, for budget choices:First choices:Triangle Zetas for 200 on Amazon...detailed, a bit forward, musical...I have these. Someone once stated they sounded similar too his Spendors.Cambridge SX50 (200) or Minx XL (300) more laid b... | |
| Is there such a thing as too much power? Doesn't SPL also depend on listening distance and room acoustics? So, if a speaker is 90 dB/1 watt at 1 meter and you sit 2-3 meters away from the speakers, then what you are hearing is 87 or 84 dB. So, if you want to listen at 90 dB, you would n... | |
| My Demo results: I feel like I'm at a frustrating block in my speaker journey I went through this for awhile. I think most of us do. Depending on price point and whether you have size/aesthetic constraints, there are a few things you could do. 1) Buy what most approximates what you want and wait until the more desirable spe... | |
| bmr philharmonic Philharmonicaudio has a very solid reputation, albeit a small company. One of the few speaker companies whose products are destined to become classics after the Company is gone. That means they have a following. Just like Ascend Acoustics. IMO. | |
| Emotiva BasX TA-100 integrated or BasX PT-100 preamp sound quality Fair enough, thanks. | |
| Emotiva BasX TA-100 integrated or BasX PT-100 preamp sound quality Thanks for the info. Given just the preamp section only, would it perform well if connected to a decent amp are does the same apply to the preamp section as the Emotiva amps, "closed in sound", etc. ?Right now I am using a Hegel integrated as mai... | |
| Belles Greatest Integrated ever! The Virtuoso My wish list keeps getting thicker and thicker. | |
| Integrated or Receiver? Another unit which coul;d fit your budget is the Emotiva BasX TA-100 stereo preamp/DAC/tuner with integrated amplifier. It goes for 399. For a hundred less, they have a preamp set up the same sans an amplifier. So, if the pre section is as good... |