bthemann
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| Recommendation Tube Integrated Depends a bit on your room. Saw someone recommend a Leben 600 but for the right space the little Leben 300 is absolute magic. Well in your budget and you could build quite a system around it. | |
| I’m looking for an sleek integrated amp under $15k Depends on what you mean by sleek. And how musical do you want to get? You’ve got a nice budget. If sleek means a special old school look, unparalleled craft, stunning musicality, and flexibility because of optional DAC and phono cards, look no f... | |
| Sound quality of Roon I tried to love Roon. The UI is unquestionably superior to native Tidal and Spotify, and better than Lightning DS and the laggard, Aurender Conductor. But the platform is terribly unstable. Sudden crashes plagued all 3 of my systems (2 different c... | |
| Devore 0/96 - Integrated AMP help Line Magnetic all the way. My 508ia with 845 is the most musical gear I’ve ever heard. First ran Harbeth SHL5 plus and it was magic but too big for the room so I moved to Peak Consult Princess IV Signature and WOW. | |
| Embarrassed....Audio furniture help There's a guy on Etsy called Scott Cassin who hand makes beautiful audio cabinets of varying sizes and configurations. He seems to get the solidity an audiophile requires but understands design and craft. | |
| Tube virgin looking for tube amp under $3k Will you be listening to vinyl? If so, you'll want a phono stage built in, else you have to spring more for that unless you already have one. I have a Rogue Cronus Magnum III and I like it a lot. It drives Heresy IVs in a small, complex space and ... | |
| Looking for a speaker for my LM 845 Premium LM amps are magic and despite their low output wattage, don’t need super sensitive speakers. I have a 508ia driving Peak Consult Princess IV Signatures through Auditorium A23 cabling. For what I listen to in my modest 11x17 foot room (jazz, classi... | |
| What s the best Class A integrated tube amp over 80W I’m two months in with a new Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum III. It is 100 wpc integrated that can switch from linear to triode mode, is built in the US and is a terrific value. Nice on board phono stage (the MoFi Ultradeck sounds fabulous through it) ... | |
| RIP Eddie Van Halen. What was your first stereo you rocked to VH on? I was in 7th grade and Running With the Devil was my anthem. Music was everything though I did not anticipate a lifetime of immersion in it and joy from it. I saved enough money from neighborhood handyman jobs to buy something. So after seeing an ... | |
| Most organic / real / analogue sounding DAC (ideally with Volume Control) for $1500?????? With all other things the same; auralic Aries Mini feeding dac feeding Line Magnetic 508ia feeding Peak Consult Princess Signatures through Auditorium A23 cable, the recent upgrade from Chord Mojo to Chord Qutest was eye opening indeed. For $1,695... | |
| Which R2R DAC UP TO 1K: ORGANIC, FULL-BODIED, DEEP SOUNDSTAGE Haven’t heard one but everyone loves the Denafrips R2R architecture in their upper end. Assuming they’re driving their technology into the lower price point, an Ares II or Pontus are in your range and may please you. A commitment of course but I a... | |
| Is it all worth it? Like fine carpentry, there is craft to making music and so too there is craft to the vinyl experience. By investing in the best tools you can afford and slowing down and focusing on the process as well as the result, we get closer to the music and... | |
| Speaker recommendations 10 to 30k and no beryllium It would be good to know what you like to listen to. My room is close in size to yours and my Peak Consult Princess Signatures running off a Line Magnetic 508ia are spectacular for the jazz and chamber music I prefer. Blew the Joseph Audio away. B... | |
| Which Harbeth would work in my room? With the right music, my SHL5s were extraordinary in an 11x17 space, 3 feet from the rear wall with exceptional dimension and fine detail but with larger sound they could get bass-y overwhelming the room. In a larger, 2 story 20x20 room, they beca... |