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    Looking to upgrade from Marantz PM 6003 ... Any suggestions?

    By using the loudness button you are boosting high and low frequencies, you are then knocking back the low frequencies with the bass knob. You are then making it bright with the treble knob. As others suggest going back to "Source Direct" is a good start. Then look your speaker positioning...
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    Getting back to hi-fi world

    The PM7200 is a great amp, you can match it with pretty much any speakers you want. All the ones you mention are good. Personally I like the Triangle Borea BR03, but the sound of speakers is very personal to the listener.
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    Best Bang for Lowest Spend

    I have heard reports both from reviewers and people I have spoken to that WiiM amps aren't the best with hard to drive speakers such as those with low impedance (4Ω nominal). If you avoid these all other quality speakers are going to sound OK and do a job, therfore, as you describe it as more a...
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    Best Bang for Lowest Spend

    Bang for buck is going to be a WiiM Amp of some description and whatever speaker are on sale at Richer Sounds. Given the budget, would go for a separate amp and streamer. For me this would be the Marantz PM6007, or Rotel A8 (the later doesn't have a DAC, so you will need a stand alone one...
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    Question How are you getting the best sound from your system?

    I once saw a system where the chap had run his speaker cables inside speaker stands through a hole in the floor, under the floorboards and up through the floor. He had an electrion install a socket behind his system so the power cable wasn't seen. I commented on how tidy it was. He thought I...
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    Question What's your next HiFi purchase?

    Him too 😳
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    Question What's your next HiFi purchase?

    Don't Use the C word on a hifi forum!😉 Joking aside I agree with everything @Allears said. probably no benefit to changing. The only caveat to that is make sure your speaker wire is of sufficient gauge for its length. probably not an issue for you, if I remember correctly your amp and...
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    New Mission CD transport

    I have all my CD's is big folders, about 200 CD's per book, and the CDs in boxes in a cupboard. I don't listen to them often, but have a few obscure ones that aren't on streaming, or where the CD is a just better than the streaming version.
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    Question Any Bryston owners out there?

    Does the warranty cover structural damage to your floors? Have you felt the weight of their amps?
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    What is the best speakers my needs, dali,kef,rega,or wharfedale

    It looks like you are chasing your tail looking for some perfection that doesn't exist. A couple of weeks ago you thought your amp was a giant killer and your speakers were letting you down. Then you purchased new speakers blind. It sounds like they are better in some ways and not in others...
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    Question How are you getting the best sound from your system?

    Never a bad idea! 🍷
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    Question Advice on a networked amp with speaker A & B output.

    My explanation of the switchbox is how you read it. The amp will need to deliver more power when driving two sets of speakers due to the lower impedance. For this reason I can no longer use both sets of speakers at the same time in my system since switching to 6Ω speakers. It was ok with two...
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    New Mission CD transport

    I remember seeing a Cyrus Discmaster and Dacmaster in a hifi shop in the mid 90's and asking why a CD player needed two boxes. I think it was the first time I ever heard the word DAC. I probably never thought about again until got a new CD player around 2000 which had a digital output. Not...