jasonsim
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| unbeatable Class A integrated I am biased, but my vote is for Luxman 590AXII. It has been a wonderful amp thus far! It looks and sounds wonderful! The heat is there, but not too bad. | |
| Speaker upgrade around 100k retail I cannot comment on the others, but I’ve heard Tidal multiple times at CAF and I always thought it had the best sound of the show! Hands down! I hope to one day be able to afford a pair! So while Magico and Focal might be more popular, I’d say I’v... | |
| DAC choices -- help me cross the line I have two PS Audio DACs. A DirectStream Junior and a Stellar Gain Cell. Both are wonderful! If you can find a used DirectStream Junior for $2500 or less I would jump on it. It’s an FPGA upgradable type and sounds like something that would be 10k... | |
| What integrated should I upgrade to? Oh getting new Speaker cables in on Monday. So that might just get me to the next level with my current speaker / amp combination. | |
| What integrated should I upgrade to? Yeah. That’s what I was thinking too! Netflix shows like Dark have great soundtracks and dialogue is effortless now. Loving this new Luxman 505uxII. So much it has me itching to make a speaker upgrade now. I guess that would be a new thread. Lol | |
| Streamer Value Question Innous vs Bluesound Skip the Nucleus and install a Roon Core on your existing laptop or computer. I run mine on an iMac that stays on 24x7. | |
| Will a $700 turntable outperform a CD player? To OP, There are many variables involved. If you have a well mastered CD and compare it to a poorly mastered LP or the LP is very noisy, then CD can be way better sounding. Vice-versa too. It really depends on your determination to source and p... | |
| Streamer Advice Lumin, Auralic, Innuos Others? Got the Cambridge CXN v2 series 2 yesterday and sadly it was DOA. Really sucks because I had high hopes for it. Initiated a return and not sure I will try another. Seems QC is not that great. The unit is also very light weight; I was expecting... | |
| What integrated should I upgrade to? Yep. I do listen to music in my family room, but will use it a lot for watching TV. I will not be listening to records or CDs in this room. All those are upstairs in my reference room. Though, I also have a big 75in TV up there. So watching TV and... | |
| What integrated should I upgrade to? Pass must be great but too rich for my needs. | |
| What integrated should I upgrade to? Thanks Nitewulf. There is a 30 day return on the Cambridge CXN v2. So I will give it an audition. If it is rubbish, I will be sending it back for a full refund. My requirements for a streamer are: have at least one optical input (for my TV), be Ro... | |
| Streamer Advice Lumin, Auralic, Innuos Others? How do you like the CXN v2? I just ordered one (the Series2 revision). Waiting to connect to my Luxman 505uxII. | |
| What integrated should I upgrade to? Folks. Decided to try a Cambridge CXN v2 series 2 to replace my Auralic Aries Mini. It will serve as both streamer and DAC for my TV. I think the DAC section should be an upgrade from the built in DAC of the little Aries mini. | |
| What integrated should I upgrade to? Thanks Geoffrey. But I’ve already acquired the Luxman 505uxII. I hadn’t considered Music Fidelity, but thanks for the suggestion. I which I would have had a dealer near me to audition one and the many others that have been recommended. I know the ... | |
| What integrated should I upgrade to? Thanks Don Jr. i would really like to check out Accuphase someday, but they seem hard to find here in the states. I’ve never come across any in all the times going to Capital Audio Fest or the FL show. I might have missed them, but cannot remember... |