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| Seeking Advice to Improve My Audio System ($1000 Budget) Long ago I owned Audioengine A2+ speakers as my main setup for almost 5 years. The top end is muddy and not clean as you describe. If you want to stay with a powered speaker the KEF LS50 Wireless II (active model) will be much better. Maybe you c... | |
| Finally up and playing And people say A'gon is useless. Great system. | |
| White cabinet popularity? KEF has a nice-looking white speaker with blue drivers. | |
| Kef Blade or Wilson Audio Alexia? The soundstage on the Blades is the best I have ever heard. I do not think the aluminum drivers on the Blades are the top of the heap, but the overall package makes it my favorite speaker. I do not like the KEF Reference 5 because it does not crea... | |
| Network Switches I have 3 switches ranging from $45 to $450. The $450 is today’s price, I paid MSRP of $150 before it became very popular. All my switches support fibre optic output. They take RJ45 Ethernet input from my router, I take the bits from the SFP outp... | |
| Best amplification for Magico S3 newer version on your experience The Luxman 509x is rather weak compared to the Luxman m900u and the new amp (m10?). I have heard all 3. These Luxman amps are warmer that the other amps I mention later. The CODA #16 is a great amp and even though it is 150 watts it is incredibl... | |
| Audience Front Row vs Cardas Clear I use FrontRow cables with Magnepan Mini speakers in my office system. I use the FrontRow cable on the small panels with the speaker cable connect to the Magnepan bass panel. The Schitt Wotan amp is connected to the bass panel with a different lo... | |
| Speakers for 2nd System! My office on the second floor has one side facing the first floor Livingroom. It is a small space. In my 12 x 11 x 9 previous room I used Magnepan LRS+. I liked the wall of sound effect of the Maggies, but the clarity of the sound was a bit below ... | |
| Tube Amp for Coda 8 Part 2 From my preamp to my CODA amp, I use low-cost Benchmark XLR (25 foot). The Benchmark HPA4 preamp definitely does not benefit from costly XLR. I think I tested the CODA with various XLR’s and went with the Benchmark XLR. However, I do use expensiv... | |
| Best amp options between $2k-$4 to power Magnepan 1.7? I owned the LRS+ and Mini speakers from Magnepan. LSA Voyager GAN 350 - not good with Maggies, not enough power for the demanding Maggies. Benchmark AHB2 - needs more power but has some beauty in a small room and more restrained music Sanders M... | |
| Tube Amp for Coda 8 Part 2 If you do not listen at very low volume, then the digital volume on the DAC should be good enough. The only DAC that had a volume control as good my best analogue preamp was the Lumin X1 DAC/Streamer with the Lindh volume control. That thing was a... | |
| How large (or small) is the audiophile market? KEF (U.K.) Rockford (U.S.) Bowers & Wilkins (U.K.) Pioneer (Japan) Dynaudio International (Denmark) These are top end audio companies who can compete with anyone. BTW - to see where audio market is going head over to Head-fi. The fact that t... | |
| Tube Pre-amp Suggestions. @kds I like a bit of clarity in my sound and the Freya+ was a bit too thick for my tastes. I did get it sounding to my sonic preference with the uber neutral Benchmark AHB2. However, other preamps sounded better to me with the AHB2, so the Freya+ ... | |
| Odd DAC Pricing The Mola Mola Tambaqui originates from a design Bruno did about 20 years ago. Bruno mentioned this in an interview on ASR. This design went into the DAC section of the Mola Mola Makua preamp. Customers asked for a standalone version of the DAC mod... | |
| Tube Pre-amp Suggestions. I have a CODA #16 and use the Benchmark HPA4 preamp with it. I also had a CODA #8 at one time, this is similar to the Schitt Wotan amp. I have tried the following preamps with the #16, #8, and the Wotan.In order of preference: - Benchmark LA4 an... |