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| New rigg. B&W N804 Hegel is a very nice integrated! The H300 is the older generation and has a more smoother and laid back sound (for Hegel). The second gen (i.e. H160 / H360) revised the preamp section and were higher resolution and more forward with more attack ... | |
| Is dedicated PreAmp with Oppo 105 needed? If you are a looking for a pure analog only preamp, the P7 is the best. The C1/C2 are older and appear to have switching power supplies and power supply banks are not good enough. The P7 has superior linear power supply and architecture. It wil... | |
| Pre and Amp Suggestions The newer Krell stuff (after Dan left) is more high resolution and brighter. It may cause your Revel speakers to be too bright. Although, the newest "Duo" type amps might be smoother because they are the Krell variable-Class A circuit (which adju... | |
| Finally took the Bryston 4B Cubed plunge So you still have the Parasound A21? Interesting. One of the things I have recently found is that Parasound fuses the crap out of their amps. The A21 has a main 15A on the outside and four 8A fuses internally (after the transformer). They are ... | |
| Pre and Amp Suggestions Oh, are you sure about that X60.5 monos? I think you are seeing the XA60.5 monoblocks. The "XA" series is full Class A amp which does get hotter and sucks electricity. Nice if you want a very smooth softer sound - would sound nice on your Revel ... | |
| Pre and Amp Suggestions The Revel speakers are not that hard to drive. They dip just under 4 ohms at the 300hz to 400hz area, but mostly they are 5 ohms or above. However, I feel these speakers can be touchy because of the metal domes tweeters and can easily sound too ... | |
| Need cable to soften brightness just a little? Once you have it broken in, if you are still looking for interconnects, then yes Cardas has been known to be warm. Another great option is to look for a lower cost Audioquest cable, but make sure it uses gold-plated RCA connectors (avoid the silv... | |
| Need cable to soften brightness just a little? The Oppo has been known to take a very long time to break in. Some people say 200 hours, but many others have indicated as much as 300-400 hours of continuous play. Just put a CD in and set it on repeat. Then turn your preamp down and you can t... | |
| Oppo 103 and stand alone DAC That's correct. The 103 will only output pure SACD (DSD) digital signals over an HDMI cable. Only certain HT processors and receivers will be able to receive and decode DSD over HDMI.If you want to play SACD and have your PS Audio DAC play them,... | |
| Integrating an Oppo 205 into system and need pre-amp and connection advice Yes, that's true if you want 4K and latest HDMI support. Yes, the Foundation has the automatic room correction system and some other things, but I actually think the S1200 is easier to configure and a bit more flexible with what you can configure... | |
| Integrating an Oppo 205 into system and need pre-amp and connection advice I've looked at and tested several different HT Processors. In my own opinion, the Krell S1200 is the "ideal" preamp/processor, but only if you do modifications to it (adding in capacitors). I detail this process towards the end of this thread:ht... | |
| krell foundation 4k vs. classe sigma ssp mkii @wisciman99 - "Sigma SSP is focused on providing the best 2 chnnel experience it can". That's true if you state the remaining outputs are only RCA. Looking at pics, it seems the Sigma SSP uses the same type of op amp analog circuit with WIMA MKP... | |
| New Adcom 👀585 SE. anybody heard this monster thanks, Al. | |
| Integrating an Oppo 205 into system and need pre-amp and connection advice - Q: Does anyone know of a good HDMI splitter Don’t you mean an HDMI switcher here? Avoid anything from monoprice, HDMI switchers and splitters are complete junk. Gefen is probably one of the most reliable and stable HDMI switchers, such as t... | |
| New Adcom 👀585 SE. anybody heard this monster @blueskiespbd - The Aragon sound is a very warm sound with slightly rolledoff / smooshed highs. The highs are there, but they definitely rich sounding and slower than other amps. The Aragon doesn't have a huge amount of attach / resolution / deta... |