david_ten
Responses from david_ten
| Temporary Down Sizing - Integrated Amp Recommendations T+A PA 3100 HV and T+A SDV 3100 HV owner. Feel your pain regarding storing your current system. The memories and value from your sacrifice and from taking care of your parents, though it will be difficult, will be with you for the rest of your li... | |
| unpluggin entire system Typical advice is to go backwards in the chain for powering off. Amps then pre then...and so on. | |
| Acoustic Curtain for listening area @tommypenngotti Thanks. Looking forward to your report. | |
| Acoustic Curtain for listening area Great. Can you share which of their product(s) you went with? | |
| Acoustic Curtain for listening area I'm confused. I assume you have a 'wall' (read reflective) on the right side of your audio room and yet want a "heavy non reflective" curtain on the left. Seems like a mismatch? | |
| Integrated amp for Sonus Faber olympica nova 1 Sharing your wife's aesthetic preferences in more detail will help. Her appreciation for Sonus Faber is a start. Riviera Audio Labs is well reviewed. It has a softer aesthetic and color palette. An Italian amplifier - speaker pairing. : ) Rivi... | |
| Amp straight into the wall @bikeboy52 Thanks for the update and congratulations. If you have a short run from the panel, 12 gauge is fine. If long, then 10 gauge. As for aftermarket power cables...I would not lock in on one. Try a few out. There can be notable differences. | |
| Personality Type? Simplifying to Left/Right brain approaches to music preferences may be helpful. A shout out to @charles1dad for bringing this up during our conversations about two different power cable looms I’m evaluating. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? In Common III --- Walter Smith III / Matthew Stevens / Kris Davis / Dave Holland (Modern Creative Jazz) | |
| Amp straight into the wall @bikeboy52 As with most things audio, it depends. IF panel, ground, wiring to the wall and the wall outlets, etc. have all been addressed properly AND your amplifiers are a quality design and build THEN, yes wall direct is typically best/better. | |
| You want a DAC that sounds *different.* What factor helps you find it? @blisshifi Agree!!! : ) | |
| You want a DAC that sounds *different.* What factor helps you find it? @blisshifi You forgot 'dollars.' 😊 | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Julian Lage --- View With A Room (Guitar Jazz) | |
| Whats playing on your system today? @curiousjim 👍 | |
| streamer need........... Have you considered staying with Aavik for an in-house pairing? The Aavik S-280 is within your stated budget. Review of the S-280 streamer and U-280 integrated by Tom Lyle / Enjoy The Music (September '22) Aavik S-280 and U-280 review |