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| Honest opinions on my two picks of loudspeakers I heard the McIntosh speakers last year at RMAF. They were being driven by the big 1.2kw monoblocks, but I was just not impressed at all. Dull and boring. However, I heard the McIntosh integrated paired with Sonus Fabre bookshelves and that was... | |
| Honest opinions on my two picks of loudspeakers McIntosh amps are voiced laid back and mild in the midrange and upper mids. I have heard them sound very good with good speakers, such as Sonus Fabre and the like. However, McIntosh amps paired with McIntosh speakers sound very dull, boring and l... | |
| Looking to improve CD playback i2s over HDMI is not an industry standard. There are several vendors that use HDMI cable to transfer i2s, but that doesn't mean that any transport can be connected to any DAC using HDMI/i2s. For example, both Wyred4Sound and PS Audio have soluti... | |
| Preamp recommendation If you are wandering around in the budget area of a Parasound A51, there is a Chord SPM-2400 five channel amp on audiogon for $2999 from a dealer. This would be the next step up which would give you excellent resolution without being bright/harsh... | |
| Preamp recommendation The Anthem MRX receivers are very good and have very high resolution speed and attack. The downside is that in some systems, the Anthem could sound too bright/harsh on the high frequencies. This could definitely be the case with your Focal. If y... | |
| B&W 802D3 The D3 which use synthetic diamond tweeters are not "bright" per say because the tweeters do not have any of the breakup distortion problems that metal tweeters do. However, they are very high resolution and very revealing. The people who state ... | |
| Preamp recommendation Wow, did your budget go up? lol.The sound between the A51 and A52+ is going to be very similar (if not the same). The main difference is power / power supply. Your Focal Dome speakers are not going to be too terribly hard to drive, so the differ... | |
| Preamp recommendation As far as the amps, it's difficult.The Monoprice Monolith is currently going to be the most transparent, cleanest and highest resolution of the three. It has excellent and very full midrange tones. However, it could be a little hard edged in the... | |
| Preamp recommendation Yes, the Parasound P7 is definitely better than the Outlaw 976. I googled for it. Rather than trying to buy a b-stock from ebay, why not just buy a new one from Audio Advisor for the same price ($999). They are currently having a 56% off sale o... | |
| Preamp recommendation Ah, anyways, you're budget is very constrained. Here's what you could probably realistically do:Outlaw Audio 976 processor: $929Monoprice Monolith 5x200 amp: $1299It's above you're budget, but it's worth stretching it. It would be very hard to ... | |
| Preamp recommendation Are you looking for a 5 channel analog preamp? (this means that you have a 5 channel source that is producing analog signals, such as the analog output from an Oppo 105/205).Or are you looking for a preamp/processor, that is taking digital input ... | |
| Preamp recommendation If you like the Bryston sound, the SP3 processor is likely going to be an excellent candidate. It has fully discrete Class A audio stages for BOTH the 7.1 RCA analog input stage as well as the fully balanced XLR analog output stages. It is likel... | |
| Dreaming of a DIY 8W Class A amp designed by Nelson Pass? Even without break-in they improve on the stock Meanwell SMPS. Increased dynamics. Weighty and extended LF. I have found that going from switching power supply to a linear with a very large capacitor bank will yield significant improvements in b... | |
| Recommend a Pre/Pro for $250? I figure I'll get more bang for the buck if I focus on buying good DSP + D/A hardware which will excel with the two sources I use most, Roku and music discs. This would allow me to eliminate the analog bass management I use now. Oh, I missed... | |
| Recommend a Pre/Pro for $250? DSD is almost never found in HT Processors. However, most of all 2-channel DACs will support DSD nowadays (through USB connection). In your budget, you should look at an Oppo BDP-93 player. They are typically priced in the $150-400 range on ebay... |