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ecrimjr

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  1. I disagree regarding the comment on spending the money on an amplifier. Which is not to say they aren't important but making sure your speakers have the transparency to her changes up stream is a priority. I've had the chance to do several demos between the new B&W 800 series speakers and the Persona line. These were for customers. The personas are beautiful and sound detailed. Bass is nice and tight. The last demo was for a Canadian couple that wanted to her the personas we have the 3f , 5 f and 7 f in the store. For B&W we have the new 805 3D and the 802 D3 .They and I were blown away by the B&Ws. Greater clarity, deeper and cleaner bass and just more involving in the very way. The upgrades made to the new line are not judge st cosmetic but very substantive and well worth a listen. They are a legitimate sign I ant even improvement over every previous B&W speaker and I think they have solved some of the things they have been criticized for the past. I also love Maggie's and I would suggest the 1.7s would be worth listening to as well. Of the electronics the preamp is ultimately more important than the amp. It needs to be s transparent as possible. Sent from my iPad using Computer Audiophile
  2. I'm a non computer phile but a long time audiophile. I also sell AV gear part time. It sounds like you are looking for speakers powered to listen to Tidal. The two options I would suggest are Sonos first and Bluesound second. Sonos is the easiest to set up most reliable streamer we sell. It's easily expandable the interface is great. Depending on your budget I would suggest a pair of play 5 speakers. They have redone the play fives and they sound pretty decent. Tidal integration is easy and great and you get internet radiostations. If you rip your music to a NAS drive you can access all your music. Only issue is it won't play high res files. If Hi res is important than Bluesound Pulse Flex. These systems are easy to set up and reliable. Everyone in the family can put the ap on their phone and use them. Spend time listening to music not troubleshooting computer issues. That's my two cents. Good luck w your quest. Sent from my iPhone using Computer Audiophile
  3. Other issues to consider are the condition of your CDs. W DB power amp you can set the number of passes it makes to correct or get a better read/rip but my experience was that if the disc has defects it will slow the rip to a crawl and second it is really hard in disc drives. I used DB power amp initially on pc and it wore out the built in drive. For Ripping w my Macs I bought an external drive built by Pioneer. It is expensive but has lasted and done a great job. Ultimately I decided to limit the passes to one additional pass. Clean discs before ripping. I rip as either a Wave file, AIFF or uncompressed Flac. In my opinion between the three Wave sounds the best. I do most ripping in Wave. I use J River to access my music and run Mac mini into a McIntosh preamp w dac via USB. Sent from my iPhone using Computer Audiophile
  4. There is a version of DB power amp that works w macs i use it on both a MacBook Pro and Mac mini. Sent from my iPhone using Computer Audiophile
  5. A lot of embedded assumptions which might be in era. An audio enthusiast who is really into music might desire both a high quality dac and a high quality phono stage. And be limited w budget such that they need the value of a piece that does both. McIntosh preamps have both as does dac preamps such as those by Mytek. Sent from my iPhone using Computer Audiophile
  6. Since your room has beautiful wood trim I would suggest fitting real wood blinds over the Windows they look beautiful and add both absorption and diffusion. I use Maggie's myself but those seem too close together creating a really narrow stage. So the big problem with that room is not just the windows but also the size of the space. You have to try to deal with all of the first order reflections and the corners of the space. The spaces where the walls and ceilings meet and the walls and floors meet need some absorption material.!!but given that it's a living room I wood suggest considering cones in a box but book shelves with a sub. Bowers and Wilkins CM 6 are in that 2 k price range. The tweeter on top gives some of the freedom of a box less speaker. A small sub would improve the bass and have a small footprint. B&W 608. Has a great musical sound. Another great speaker that you could find on the used market for that space is the Thiel 1.6. They looked sleek. And were time aligned so the distance between the wall and the listening position was perfect for them. They also had really great off axis response. So they would sound great anywhere in that room. Sent from my iPhone using Computer Audiophile
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