Hello All,
I too am beginning my journey into audiophile land and could think of no better way to start than to sign-up here and start my education. I come from HT as a film lover with a significant investment there. But as the film scores and sound engineering have progressed over recent years I started upgrading my audio equipment. It didn’t take long to realize that while I was changing up the sound stage for movies, the music became increasingly more interesting. I have always felt something almost spiritual with good music, but until recently I’ve rarely heard it played well. I am a real neophyte here, with little more than marginal equipment. My first concern is about my recent purchases of an Emotiva A-5175 and a Acurus A200 x 3. I know neither of these qualify for serious audiophiles but its where I’m starting. I run DefTech BP9020 towers and MartinLogan Dynamo 500 subs x 2, with a Denon x4500h as a preamp. What this meager little system has done for me is open the door to what is possible. I have also purchased a Bluesound Node 2.1 and subscribed to Qobuz Sublime and Tidal Hi-Res. Roon soon. But could you help, even at this very low level? I first must decide which amp to keep, so I’m ABing them over the next few days. I suspect the Acurus, if its in decent shape, will out-perform the Emotiva. I’ll listen carefully. But your thoughts and recommendations are most welcomed. Don’t worry, I’m not thin-skinned, be honest. I want to be shown the best paths. And thank you for this wonderful forum.
I too am beginning my journey into audiophile land and could think of no better way to start than to sign-up here and start my education. I come from HT as a film lover with a significant investment there. But as the film scores and sound engineering have progressed over recent years I started upgrading my audio equipment. It didn’t take long to realize that while I was changing up the sound stage for movies, the music became increasingly more interesting. I have always felt something almost spiritual with good music, but until recently I’ve rarely heard it played well. I am a real neophyte here, with little more than marginal equipment. My first concern is about my recent purchases of an Emotiva A-5175 and a Acurus A200 x 3. I know neither of these qualify for serious audiophiles but its where I’m starting. I run DefTech BP9020 towers and MartinLogan Dynamo 500 subs x 2, with a Denon x4500h as a preamp. What this meager little system has done for me is open the door to what is possible. I have also purchased a Bluesound Node 2.1 and subscribed to Qobuz Sublime and Tidal Hi-Res. Roon soon. But could you help, even at this very low level? I first must decide which amp to keep, so I’m ABing them over the next few days. I suspect the Acurus, if its in decent shape, will out-perform the Emotiva. I’ll listen carefully. But your thoughts and recommendations are most welcomed. Don’t worry, I’m not thin-skinned, be honest. I want to be shown the best paths. And thank you for this wonderful forum.