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| All Benchmark System Question @pedroeb, I don’t think of music as sounding “warm” or “harsh”, just different. I used to have a CJ amp with a Sumo Athena pre and when I switched to Benchmark it was night and Day. The Benchmark system retrieves more detail and the CJ system was ... | |
| All Benchmark System Question @ivanj ,I agree with you completely, the Benchmark equipment only shows what’s on the recording and that is amazing most of the time. I guess the question I have been pondering is what is the best way to make the Benchmark system more forgiving in... | |
| All Benchmark System Question I ordered the Gustard x26 pro so we will see how that works with the AHB2 and the HPA-4. My finger is on the trigger of the Coda 07x and it’s twitching. If I could only run both the 07x and the HPA-4 into the AHB2 at the same time so I don’t have ... | |
| All Benchmark System Question @mrpsync, I think @yyzsantabarbara has said it all regarding the Gustard but I will certainly add my two cents when mine arrives. @yyzsantabarbara, you have really got me thinking about getting the 07x- it just sounds like the perfect complement t... | |
| All Benchmark System Question I previously had the Benchmark cables, then I tried Analysis Plus midrange cables which I liked slightly better than the Benchmark cables. When I swapped in the FrontRow they were better with the P3SER’s than the Analysis Plus but it wasn’t dramat... | |
| All Benchmark System Question @yyzsantabarbara, I received the cables from a friend of mine who needed a longer run for his set up. The run in my apartment is much shorter. I paid a fraction of retail to him-he was going to give them to me for free! A big win for me but he fel... | |
| All Benchmark System Question @yyzsantabarbara , i have the same preference as you with respect to the speaker wire and am using the Audience FrontRow with SpeakOn as well. I also think it bested the Benchmark cables, not by an enormous amount but by enough. The rest is Benchm... | |
| All Benchmark System Question Exactly! DAC will probably be swapped first. I read the review YYsantabarbara provided on the Gustard and it sounds like a fantastic option. The reviewer actually liked it better than the Benchmark DAC3 (he liked it better than almost every other ... | |
| All Benchmark System Question So much disagreement over whether a different streamer makes a difference. I guess the point will be moot if there is a great DAC that has a streamer. I once heard an Ayre Codex that sounded surprisingly good (not a Benchmark system though). I am ... | |
| All Benchmark System Question So it sounds like as long as the streamer/ streamer DAC is connected by ethernet cable to the network, it’s fine if I am communicating with the streamer through my iphone over wi-fi, that is, the phone doesn’t have to have a wired connection to th... | |
| All Benchmark System Question So what I am hearing is that I can make an immediate improvement by switching out the Node 2i for another streamer (Aurender, Lumin). I think I can get ahold of some of them from Music Direct, Audio Advisor, etc for a trial. Here is a question tho... | |
| All Benchmark System Question So many great ideas, thanks! I am streaming from my iphone over wi-fi to a Node 2i so maybe that could be improved. I am so itching to hear Coda amp and preamp but I would have to sell the Benchmark stuff. If you haven’t heard Benchmark yet and ar... | |
| All Benchmark System Question That is an idea I have considered Mapman but I am a little concerned about losing the magic of the P3SERs’s by adding a sub. I would love to try it out though to see how it sounds.In the interim I may very well play with the DACs to see where that... | |
| All Benchmark System Question Audiosaurus rex, I have heard great things about the RME dac as well. YY Santabarbara you are absolutely right about the Benchmark Stack. When it’s right it’s transcendent and that is 80 percent of the time. It’s funny, I can pick up a Krell K300i... | |
| All Benchmark System Question I may take you up on that. Would you sell the Benchmark system for the all Coda System? Tough choices! |