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| Marantz SA 14 upgrade or add DAC? It depends on your needs. The Oppo 205 is a 4K universal player with a VERY good DAC for a bluray player - you are paying for a jack-of-all-trades swiss army knife. However, there are much better stand-alone DACs out there if you can use your Ma... | |
| Looking for ideas - new mono blocks for stereo music Yes, you are absolutely correct when saying the NEW Duo/Solo Krell amps are not the king of treble. The previous generation EVO amps (such as 400, 402e, 403e, etc) were not pure Class A and had extreme amount of resolution. We were talking about t... | |
| Looking for ideas - new mono blocks for stereo music Sorry, correction. The Krell Solo appears to be a full Class A amp, but with cooling fans. Up to you, but it is definitely a very clean and smooth sound. | |
| Looking for ideas - new mono blocks for stereo music It’s not that the JBL 1400 is a "horn loaded speaker" that is causing you to think you may need something warmer to tame it. It is because the 1400 has a titanium dome tweeter as well as an aluminum dome midrange driver. The breakup of metal dome ... | |
| Poor bass and treble. This kind of diagnosis is extremely hard to do, unless we are there with you listening and configuration.Can you tell us what your previous receiver was? Is the Yamaha brand new? It may need to be broken in. Could be a speaker/crossover configu... | |
| Replacing fuse Huh, when I asked VH audio about returning a fuse I didn't like, he stated the only manufacturers that allows him to do that was Synergistic, and only with the BLACK and BLUE fuses. | |
| Looking for ideas - new mono blocks for stereo music Having direct experience with Parasound JC1s and A21, I will say that it is a very engaging amplifier for music. Very thick midrange, especially the horns. However, it is not a resolution beast. The Parasound voicing is definitely on the warm s... | |
| What is best as wall plug : HMS Furutech Oyaide please I beg to differ (as many other) that plugs/outlets cannot be used for tone controls.As far as plating, gold is not really neutral. It's more warm sounding with rolled off highs. Rhodium is definitely more revealing, but probably more neutral. S... | |
| Looking for ideas - new mono blocks for stereo music That Marantz 8802 is nice, but it definitely masks detail and resolution. It's great that you are planning to upgrade to the Esoteric pre. The Bryston SST2 will likely be too dry and forward at this point (bordering on possibly too harsh, depend... | |
| Anthem or Emotiva Between the Marantz and the Anthem, it is a matter of taste and desired sonic signature. The Anthem is going to have much more resolution, attack and detail. The Marantz 8802a is an excellently designed platform with a massive main power supply ... | |
| Suggestions for an amp The Cambridge Audio Azur 840a V2 will likely do better than your Yamaha receiver.There's a Krell S-300i integrated amp I would look at on usaudiomart for $899 (NOT the KAV-300i one -- that's older). The Krell makes nice stuff. The S-300i is 15... | |
| Suggestions for an amp The suggestions for integrated are really if you have separate sources (such as a dedicated DAC and/or turntable). In that situation, an integrated would do better because of the superior preamp in the integrated.If you are going to use the Yamah... | |
| bi amping Mcintosh XCS 200 center with Mcintosh 302, Mcintsosh 456 or 601s for Magico S5s It can also be that you have not calibrated the volume output level for each speaker in your AVR or HT Processor. These speakers (and possibly amps) will have different efficiency ratings, which can indicate that the McIntosh speakers are quieter... | |
| NEEDED!!! Bi Amp Pros out there that can give me some advice What are you after? That Aleph 5 is a pure Class A with output of 60 watts per channel (8 ohms). The Aragon 8008 BB has a bias of 26 watts into Class A (which is pretty high for a typical Class A/AB amp). However, the Aragon is going to be able... | |
| AV Pre/Processor vs 2 Channel Pre-Amp - Sound Quality Not to get into an argument, but I have heard Classe's Class D solutions. It is very clean/clear. However, it is so clean that it's too clean. There is no "life" to the music and it actually leaves me wanting more.I suppose it's true that the S... |