marco1
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| Totem Model 1 vs Totem Arro Well if you had the 8150 then you know what to expect with the 9200. Only with the 9200 you'll get so much more. Plus if you're in Europe you're playing in 220v. The 9200 in 220v sounded as good as their separates. I'm in the US and at the time... | |
| Totem Model 1 vs Totem Arro Also, if you allow me to spend some more money for you lol get the Plinius 9200 integrated amp. Its an older model but pairs exceptionally well with Model ones. Also has a very good phono stage if you spin records. | |
| Totem Model 1 vs Totem Arro I would suggest not going below the Oval 9's for a good match to the Model Ones. I used both Oval 9's and Oval 8's with my Totems. The 8's will give you better base and more transparency but the 9's are a better value, imo. | |
| Totem Model 1 vs Totem Arro Model Ones are great speakers and as you've already found an improvement over the Arros. If you get the itch for trying new speaker cables try some Analysis Plus. Very good with Totems and i think you'll find them even a better match than Straig... | |
| Speakers for Atma Sphere M60 mk3 Should have also said the A/S M60's with Merlins although the S30's do very well at lower listening levels and/or smaller rooms. | |
| Speakers for Atma Sphere M60 mk3 Many people including myself use Atma-Sphere with Merlin speakers. A match made in heaven, imo. | |
| Salk Sound Encore 3 or Totem Wind Sometimes its as important to listen to the don't than the do's. For example, as mentioned before, the Winds in your size room probably would not be the better choice. YMMV but I doubt it. Why by the way are you considering such large speakers? ... | |
| Salk Sound Encore 3 or Totem Wind If you're using BAT tube amps the Winds are probably not the correct choice. Room is a little on the small size for them as well. Not familiar with the Salks. | |
| Aurender N20 or A15 The N200 is a great unit. Even though its worthy of more I'm sure it will sound fine with the Mac DAC. Plus I don't think you could have found a better reason to spend even more money, lol. | |
| Aurender N20 or A15 Not that familiar with the DAC your using but as mentioned before the N150 is probably all you need. I have both the N150 and N200. Used with a less resolving DAC I'm not hearing much difference between the 150 and 200. | |
| Cambridge CXN V2 or Innuos Pulse Mini? Heard back already. All is good. Nice improvement. Noticing blacker background and firmer bass. I used the PD power supply modification on another Node a while ago. Aesthetics of the LHY and the way the Node back panel is closed off is a defi... | |
| Cambridge CXN V2 or Innuos Pulse Mini? Careful on this one LHY Bluesound PSU Kit. Just recieved mine and the jumper that fits between the Node mother board and new ps board is not long enough to make a connection. Already emailed them and waiting on a reply. | |
| Headphone amps For a little less than the price range you're looking in check the Headamp GS-X mini. Auditioned the Pass and Benchmark but liked the Headamp more so bought one :-). Check out what's being said on Headfi about the Headamp. Also don't shoot the ... | |
| New streamer? N150 vs U2 I tried the Carbon coax and liked Cardas more. But then I'm a Cardas guy :-) i've used Nordost as well but didn't care for it. Pretty much the opposite of Cardas. | |
| New streamer? N150 vs U2 @txp1. Congrats I think you'll be very happy. The 150 is at my vacation house so I'm doing this from memory but you'll use the vertical USB port. The other USB ports are for data (outside drives, etc.) My initial suggestion after the unit break... |