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| GaN Class D amps are already outdated, it's time for GaN on Diamond! @wolfie62 - so what is your preference when it comes to amplification? | |
| Best Used Speaker Under $4,000 w/ Respectable Lows I would look for a pair of first generation Joseph Audio Perspectives. May be a bit more than your budget but well worth it and resale is great. | |
| Tube preamp match with Solid Stare amp I might add a used Cary SLP 05. Cary offers upgrade is not current model. I use one with AGD Audions and really like the combination. | |
| GaN Class D amps are already outdated, it's time for GaN on Diamond! Guys it’s been around for years. Checkout WolfSpeed / Cree. | |
| Do I Need a Dedicated Streamer? If using Roon (highly recommended) get a dedicated music server and for me it can down to interconnects and power cords. I went for a combined steamer DAC and solved all my streaming interupts and connection problems. | |
| Tube preamp for pass labs ? Don’t have experience with Pass but have been very happy with Cary SLP05. BAT and AR are also great. I don’t think you can wrong with any of these. I went with Cary because of 6N’s and tube regulated power supply. | |
| LIST ALL YHE SPEAKERS YOU HAVE OWNED THEN TILL NOW! Pioneer Surround Sound System Cerwin Vega ? Epicure 20+ Spica TC50 Proac Responce 1.5 Revel F50A Ariel 5T Audio Physic Avanti Joesph Audio Perspectives | |
| Music server vs. external hard drive to DAC There are 3 components to consider: Music Server feeding a streamer feeding a DAC. All three can be separate or combined into one, two, or three boxes. Music Server - manages music collection (if copied to a drive), supports your meta data dat... | |
| buying (NOS) tubes online I buy from Brent Jesse as well. | |
| "I'm a believer" I’m a believer in start with speakers and move backwards when upgrading. I currently own a pair of Joseph Audio Perspectives. After buying the speakers I’ve been through 4 DACs, 3 Amps, 2 Pre Amps and with every upgrade I came away thing wow the... | |
| After 50 years, I have finally found my destination amps... AGD Audions! Send a question / message on their web site. Alberto will respond very quickly. | |
| Tune of the Day Pure yourself a glass of wine and listen to Moon River by Jacintha. Great recording to check out how your system really sounds! | |
| Have you found your "End-Game" speakers yet? I have. And it feels so good!!! I pretty happy with my Joseph Audio Perspectives. | |
| DAC DIRECT IN TO AMPLIFIER OR TO PREAMPLIFIER Preamp. I tried direct with PS Audio, Bricasti M3 (loved the volume control) and a few others. Currently running a Bricasti M1 SII through a Cary SLP-05 and love it. Tried direct and as good as the Bricasti is adding the Cary back into the path ... | |
| Looking for intermediate-step Streamer: better than BS Node and not @ Bartok level pricing I would consider a used Bricasti M3 w/ streamer card. |