System Building

Whole audio systems, partial systems, recommended systems, system interactions, upgrading

Geickel -- Tue, 01/17/2012 - 10:44

Hey Guys,
I'm assembling my first high-end system. The components I think I've decided on are as follows: Monster HTUPS-3700, Oppo BDP-95 Universal Disc Player, Marantz PM-11S2 Stereo Integrated Amplifier, Bowers & Wilkins PM-1s (with stands), REL T2s (two of them), Audioquest 1.5m Columbia XLR interconnects, Audioquest Gibraltar 8ft. speaker cables, and Audioquest NRG-10 power cables (for Oppo and Marantz).

kdad92 -- Fri, 12/09/2011 - 18:34

Hi,

Muno -- Tue, 11/29/2011 - 19:27

Hi I have a budget of $15,000 for a 2-Channel Setup complete with cables etc. Mostly Jazz & Classical. Recommendations, thoughts.

Kalkain -- Mon, 11/21/2011 - 06:57

Hi guys

I am, and have always been for most of my life, a headphone listener, due to the excellent privacy that i get from it. (no disturbing the neighbours/family) However recently i am finding headphones quite fatiguing and hard on the ears, and i'm now looking into a audio set up to complement my headphones. I have a really small room, so i am going for a pair of bookshelf speakers, and maybe consider a subwoofer.

FRenato -- Tue, 11/15/2011 - 05:39

Hi there!
my name is Renato and I'm an MSc student at City University London. For our Interaction Design class coursework we have to design a separate that is supposed to connect wirelessly to other devices and play music in streaming.
As it's gonna be meant for an audiophile audience, I need some help from someone who sees himself as an audiophile, has an hi-fi system, and who can give some precious insight to guide our design.

purvis13 -- Tue, 11/08/2011 - 21:57

I am new to this forum and am looking for stereo suggestions. I have about $2,000.00 to spend. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I have one suggetsion of a Kenwood 9G already. Thanks

juggernaught1@hotmail.com -- Fri, 10/28/2011 - 11:48

I have a Sony RCD-W2000ES with the Lexicon RV 8. Which on would have the better DAC. Thanks in advance.

ccumo@proxushr.com -- Mon, 10/24/2011 - 06:27

Does anyone have experience with Naim's HDX or HDX -SSD music server products??? I have over 500 CDs that I want to move to a server and don't have the technical expertise or patience to build one from scratch using a computer/sound card/DAC/software. I own a Naim NAIT 5i integrated amp and it is a wonderful product. If their quality and sound carry through their other products I would suspect that the HDX is a solid product. Any insight would be appreciated.

suheil atallah -- Fri, 09/30/2011 - 11:36

I am looking to buy a new amplifier to drive a pr of martin logan clx,
My system is:
Audioresearch REF5, ARC DAC8, ARC PH8 phono stage, VPI Classic/Dynavector 20h /SDS power line, Transparent reference speakers cables and interconnects, transparent reference ac cords.
I have heard stories about tube vs ss amps with them and differents points of view, some peoples think that tubes will be better and others think SS amps.

My budget is around 12,000.00 dollars, have anyone heard the Audioresearch DS450 mono amps?

plumm -- Sat, 09/10/2011 - 15:28

Ok I need advise with this pretty quick like.
I run the sound for our church and we are looking to get a little more advanced in what we do. Basically what we want is a system that is dedicated to handling our audio from our sound board. From it we want to record things like sermons but also singers. And be able to easily manage the recorded audio (very little editing outside of maybe some minor cropping) and burn to CDs.