Should you...should you not?
Do you even seriously listen to..or enjoy listening to, appreciate specific artists and so on?
Or....is it all.. genre background music?
I listen mostly to jazz and classical music on CDs so I retained
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Should I make any changes?
I would like some thoughts about making some equipment changes or just do nothing.
Sadly, I had to substantially reduce the size of my listening room and forever say goodbye to my Apogee Divas, Krell power amps, preamp and the big open sound they produced. I have set up a smaller system consisting of Harbeth SHL5+XD speakers, an Accuphase E-280 integrated amp with top quality cables.
I listen mostly to jazz and classical music on CDs so I retained my Sonic Frontiers “Iris” transport with a Theta Gen 5 DAC from the original system. The overall sound is not as big but very good, but these units are decades old and possibly an equipment upgrade could markedly improve the CD sound.
Here’s my first question: I keep the Sonic Frontiers transport (probably still state-of-the art) and replace the Theta with a current top quality DAC. My second question: Replace both units with a high quality single compact disc player. In either case what, if any, newer units could improve sound of the new smaller system. My price range is 3K to 4K (or more?).
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Sonic Frontiers made really good sounding gear. But…keeping the Iris is a risk. If it breaks you will most likely not be able to fix it due to unavailability of parts. |
I regret selling my Theta Casanova when I did. I should have kept it for much longer, and if HDMI was a real option I would have. In other words, don’t "trade up" unless you know it’s actually a trade up for you. It’s good to get suggestions, but make sure you listen for yourself first. I’d consider room acoustics if you haven’t already, especially in a new space. They can make speakers sound much larger by taming excess mid-treble energy and smoothing out the bass. The one thing I'd strongly urge you to add if you havent' already though is a streamer. Access to unlimited libraries of Jazz, Classical plus online radio like Jazz.FM is priceless. |
The teac 700 series cd is great has the famous transport like esoteric and a dac.there about 4 k. They also sell a clock you could get latter. I like mine and also have the luxman d 10 x and others. I think it cost 30 to 60 k to get better and at this point don't think it's worth it. Teac builds great stuff and has a service center in usa.if you have alot of cd s I would do it.happy hunting. |
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