jundaku
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| Conditioner vs. Surge protector I run a Furman elite 15 for my 2 channel and a Panamax 5400 for my home theater and a Panamax 4000 for my office. There's pros and cons to all of it. If you have a noisy line, they will pull out the noise. The 5400 and Furman elite pull out alm... | |
| speaker choice for new 20x30 audio room Most importantly, what sound are you going for? I was looking around at that price range 10 months ago and was trying to decide between Kef R11s, Focal 948s and Klipsch Cornwall 4s. I ended up getting a pair of Sonus Faber Sonetto VIIIs through ... | |
| New streamer or dac? Moon 280d is the perfect solution. It's both a high end DAC and a high end streamer. I was running a Blusound Node 2i as a transport feeding into my McIntosh DAC, and the Moon was a major upgrade. Well worth the money spent, and you actually sa... | |
| How much gear do you own? I buy, sell, and trade gear all of the time. Right now I'm trying to down size once I realized my guest room was just audio gear... Currently I have 3 systems: my reference sonus faber & macintosh system, my Frankenstein home theater (7.1) o... | |
| Bluesound Node2 with outboard DAC Simple answer, an expensive DAC will improve it but it will hold it back. The internal DAC is pretty good. Against my Emotiva XDA DAC and my Rotel RC-1572 preamp's DAC it was better. Not much, but slightly more open sounding. When I hooked up ... | |
| Best Preamp and Amp combination, interesting finding!!! Yes and no, assuming the amps output the same amount then I would agree the more expensive preamp matters more. I’ve done a similar thing with McIntosh gear, Rotel Preamps and Emotiva amps. On La Scalas the Mac c47 preamp + Emotiva XPA2 amp sounde... | |
| klipsh scala speakers I have a pair circa ‘86. They sound great on tube gear and are very efficient so they don’t take much to get loud. Bass is super fast but not deep at all. If he wants to shake the house, they are not the speaker for him. Cornwalls have much better... | |
| Where are the young audiophiles? The biggest issue is that it’s a rich mans hobby and not to many of us young people can afford it. Most of my friends are into headphones and have been for years since they is what budget allows. Do I buy a house and/or car or do I drop it on gear... | |
| Good 2 channel integrated amplifier for 702 s2 under 3k? B&W speakers are rather power hungry. I’ve ran them with a McIntosh mc275, 120 wpc Emotiva and Rotel amps as well as a 300wpc XPA2. The more power, the better the results producing a much fuller sound. A Rotel RC-1572 preamp with an Emotiva X... | |
| XLR or RCA for my new DAC Personally I never had good luck running XLRs with Rotel preamps. Every pair of cables I've tried made the sound super forward and messed with imaging. If you have some cables, it doesn't hurt to try them all and see what you like. Personally I... | |
| Wanting to try a tube amp. The PL Evo 400 is a wonderful amp. I’ve heard it a few times and it’s extremely impressive. It’s also a real bargain for the price. I wouldn’t think twice about getting one if I didn’t already have McIntosh gear. Speaking of which, I have the MC27... |