jasonsim
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| Wharfedale - Reva/Diamond @leemaze Any thoughts and/or comments on your experience with the Evo 4.4s? I've been considering upgrading my Reva 3's. | |
| A decent integrated amp under 2K ... I can recommend the Cambridge Audio CXA80 or CXA81. It has wonderful amounts of power and is super quiet. Plus I found a used one for $500. The built in DAC is not all that great, so I use a PS Audio Stellar Gain Cell DAC. | |
| 6000 dollars CD player Why not look for a used Esoteric SACD player. I use a K-05 and love it. I don't have many SACDs, but it plays regular CDs fantastically! You will be happy with the fit and finish, I promise. Else, I would just go with a Marantz transport or so... | |
| Phonostage recommendations under $3K I can only recommend Sutherland and Zesto phono stages. The 20/20 with LPS is well within budget. If you can scrap together more; I'd recommend the Little Loco for your low-output MC cartridge. No messing with settings as this unit is transimpe... | |
| Buying a DAC when you can't try it first I would second what most are saying. Don't cheep out on the DAC. Personally, I would have just gone with something like a PS Audio DirectStream Junior. It has a built in streamer and wonderful paired with Roon. The warm sound that it produces,... | |
| Transparent Ultra or Super? I think you can purchase directly from Transparent. Of course Audio Advice in the Triangle. I have also purchased from Paragon Sight & Sound. They sometimes have deals on used cables. Otherwise I’d look on Audiogon and USA Audiomart. Might fin... | |
| Looking for new speakers This might have already been covered, but do you have another source besides the turntable? CD player or streamer to hookup to the Luxman 509x and check, if the same distortions are heard on same tracks?that is what I would do before getting new ... | |
| Esoteric SACD player owners, do you use the built in DAC or an external DAC and why? Thanks. Had the chance to do some A/B tests. While the DAC in the K-05 is great, I think the DirectStream Junior DAC is superior in certain aspects. Better midrange and bass. The K-05 is a bit better on the top end. This must be how they were desi... | |
| Transparent Ultra or Super? Thanks @no_money . That's what I was looking for. I think Ultra MM2 are still very good in terms of being able to reveal what's deep in the music. | |
| Transparent Ultra or Super? Thanks for the answers. I have ultra MusicWave MM2 upstairs and they have always sounded great. Have not compared to the Gen5 plus MusicWave. Maybe I should do that. Would gen5 super be better than the ultra MM2? I called Transparent and they sai... | |
| Esoteric SACD player owners, do you use the built in DAC or an external DAC and why? Thanks! The K-01X is much higher than my K-05. I haven’t been using it much, since adding a PS Audio DirectStream Junior DAC. The DirectStream has auto input switching and makes it easy to go from TV to network streamer. Plus it has a remote to tu... | |
| Transparent Ultra or Super? Folks...I went from The Wave 100 speaker cables to Gen5 MusicWave Plus. Big difference in that change for the best. Using MM2 MusicLink Plus between my PS Audio Stellar Gain Cell DAC and Luxman L-505uxII integrated amp. Do you think moving up t... | |
| unbeatable Class A integrated My advice is to stick with the well known brands that have been in business for a long while and that have big time R&D behind them: Gryphon, Luxman, Accuphase, Constellation, Levinson, McIntosh, Pass, Ayre and Esoteric. I own two Luxman inte... | |
| What integrated should I upgrade to? Thanks. Hard to change now! I think the retail on all my cables could pay for a new 509x. It just sounded great when I first connected it up and just forgot about it all. The power cables are Shunyata and Voodoo power cables connected to a Shunya... | |
| What integrated should I upgrade to? ryder,Thanks for the words of wisdom!I didn’t know it was sensitive to cables. I have never tried any other cables with it. Since I had separates before the 590axII, I just used the same cables. I only use and have Transparent Cables. For the 590 ... |