Recent content by Nick_B

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    Question Digital or analogue amp? Marantz or Rega?

    Well, so far so good. It’s set up in our kitchen/dining room so a bit of an odd space. A lot ‘wider’ than ‘deep’ when considering where the ideal listening position is. Speakers a bit close to walls but can’t bring them forward. Lots of bright surfaces. So the Dirac was really helpful in...
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    Question Digital or analogue amp? Marantz or Rega?

    Yeah I’ve just been down this rabbithole as well and in the end went the other way. Picking up my M10v2 today. Paired with some Elac Solano bookshelfs. The BluSound app is really good; that’s one thing to consider if looking at a standalone dac/streamer. I suspect the dac quality will be better...
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    Best Sounding Class D?

    Yeah I just tried out the new C399 and it was awesome (I thought, noob alert) and has purported benefit of being upgradeable in future. Better sounding that the v1 M10 I thought. Sadly, it's a big box -- just too big for our cabinet and I don't think cutting the back out of the furniture is...