audiosaurusrex
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| Best Integrated/Control Amp for less than $5000 Yes Van Alstine makes great gear as does AR, I wound up with an integrated after wanting to downsize and get into tubes, couldn’t be happier, Went with an Octave V70 Class A, twice your budget but their V40se is a stunning amp and given your power... | |
| Best Integrated/Control Amp for less than $5000 @wlp3 Very nice gear! Separates I’m assuming. Tubes or SS? Good Luck! Lots to choose from in this price range. | |
| Aerial Acoustics 10T vs Talon Khorus @grey9hound I owned the 10T's and they are stunning in sound and looks but they need good clean power to sound great and definitely need the stands. Miss them! | |
| Looking for a tube phono pre @jmphotography You should check out the Modwright PH9.0X stunning phono pre. I use it with my Acoustic Signature Triple X and Umami Red. It's a little more than your budget but totally worth it | |
| Primaluna or Octave to drive Dynaudio X34s @uncrocco I have the Octave V70 Class A. After hearing the Octave line at a dealer paired with the Dynaudio Confidence 20 and Contour 20 I can say the amp is really a wonderful match for any Dyn speaker. Based on your 86db speakers and depending o... | |
| 12v linear power supply Little more but Teddy Pardo is an excellent LPS. I have one with my RME-ADIFS and there is a noticeable difference. | |
| I need help regarding tube phono preamplifiers +1 bigslacker beat me to it. The Modwright PH9.0x is stellar! | |
| Seeking Feedback Re: Ansuz vs. Shunyata or Synergistic Research Power Conditioning @firstcut I’m using Synergistic Research Powercell 8 UEF SE with their loom of Atmosphere X level 1 cables and there actually is a “synergy” sounds phenomenal. IMO the use of a loom of speaker cables, pcs, ics, makes the biggest difference. | |
| Which Integrated with Magico A3 Octave and Magico’s get paired quite a bit. Just stellar performance! | |
| which turntable for the future? Acoustic Signature is worth looking at. | |
| SPL Audio @navyachts thanks yes while the Directors internal DAC is no slouch the RME is certainly more resolving and open sounding IMO. I wound up trying the RME into the balanced inputs of the Director and that’s how I used it. I wound up selling the treo... | |
| SPL Audio @navyachts Yes the Director has the DAC which is quite good. I loved the small form factor of the SPL line. | |
| Zephyr MIMC vs Hana ML @thetakeout I believe it is half the value. I wound up just selling my SL and purchased the Umami from a great dealer who sold me my turntable in Alabama engulfaudio. Robert Meeks is wonderful to work with and will not overcharge you. He just love... | |
| T+A Made in Germany Very cool looking gear and quite pricey as is most gear from Germany. My Acoustic Signature and Octave Amp is expensive but worth every cent. My RME-ADI-FS is probably the best value out there from Germany IMO | |
| Elac? @secretguy Good System! I was checking to see if I still had them but i sold them. Was going to send them off to you to try. I think they were fine but it is really about synergy IMO. What are you using for interconnects and what are you using now... |