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| Krell iBias or Mark Levinson 533/535H series amplifiers with Aerial Acoustics Speakers? Parasound JC1's are a perfect match for my 10T's. They replaced a ML336 and I preferred them to many others I tried including Pass X-series, newer Levinson, and a whole host of others.Good luck with your shopping. | |
| Upgrade from Pass Labs XA30.8 to X250.8. Worth it? The X250.8 may have better bass, but bass is easy - the liquidity and smoothness of the XA in the mids and highs is what's difficult. If you want bass, keep the the XA and buy a quality powered sub. Completely serious here. | |
| Upgrade from Pass Labs XA30.8 to X250.8. Worth it? A move from an XA to an X is a downgrade IMO. | |
| Want to try separates, what to expect. Separates allow you to mix and match components to find a sound closer to your liking. It may be that your integrated is already exactly what you want, but you won't know until you start plugging different components in and seeing for yourself.It... | |
| Accuphase or Esoteric? I have a DV-50 and it goes toe-to-toe with my Ayre QB-9 DSD fed from a Mac Mini/Tidal combo. I would agree that it is one of the best kept secrets in digital playback.I recently had Esoteric replace the drive since I was getting some tracking erro... | |
| Schiit not that Good? Why would anyone expect a $1,000 system sound better than a $50,000 (or more) system?Everyone is looking for the proverbial giant killer... I've yet to find one.If you pay attention you will see lots of new internet darlings come and go, only to b... | |
| Is the OPPO-205 worth $3600? Absolutely not. People are crazy if they are paying that much for an Oppo. | |
| The big DAC decision I've compared my Ayre QB-9 DSD DAC to many, many newer and more expensive DAC's and have yet to be blown away by anything until you get into the 5 digit range (Esoteric K-01X comes to mind).Give the Ayre a listen and more than likely save yourself... | |
| Worst Rock Band Ever !!!! Not sure if this falls into the right category, but Elton John is unlistenable to me. Crocodile Rock - Really? Puke. | |
| My experience after lost of 20k$ I stream from my Mac mini to an Ayre QB-9 DSD and am extremely happy with the performance. I listen to ripped hi-res music as well as Tidal streaming and haven’t turned on my Esoteric DV-50 in almost a year which tells me all I need to know.PC au... | |
| Pass Labs vs Mark Levinson vs Parasound - best 2 channel amp used under $2,500? I have had many amps pass through my system including ML 336, ML 436 mono’s, Pass X350.5, Pass X250.5, and have had my Parasound JC1’s for several years. They are all fantastic and I could have happily lived with any of them.So... I'd check out an... | |
| High quality portable server/player/dac for car Astell & Kern for sure. | |
| Aerial 10T's in the house... I've had mine for many years and they still make me smile. If you are considering amplification I can highly recommend Parasound JC1's.Enjoy! | |
| Finally took the Bryston 4B Cubed plunge Congrats on the new amp. Glad to hear you’re on the other side of your health issues too! Enjoy. | |
| New D'Agostino Monoblocks...$250,000 It's comical to read how outraged people get when a product like this is released. I'm quite sure those who gnash their teeth the loudest, would get looks of insanity if they were to discuss the cost of their current "stereo" with their friends, ... |