Recent content by PlotinusRedux

@millennia_one Those Heresy 4's look interesting, and I can surely listen to them--apparently they are manufactured in my state (Arkansas), though on the other side about 300 miles away. It says they're 8 ohm, so buy "efficient" I assume you mean the 99 dB sensitivity? I was thinking my wife...

@millennia_one I'm confused on the pre-amp part of your post--are you saying get an integrated amp and just use the pre-amp output while ignoring the amp part of them? That's cheaper or better than just a pre-amp alone? On DAC's, I didn't mean a separate DAC board (I didn't even know they...

@rainsoothe So maybe the bare Ragnarok + Bluesound Node 2i? Or are the CXN's DAC's significantly better? My only real question is will the 60W Ragnarok be enough to drive the B&W's, considering I have pieces that for some reason were recorded at a low volume to begin with? The Ragnarok +...

@rainsoothe Yeah, the 32' rank starting at C0 (16 Hz) is felt, not heard. I could live without it, it's used pretty rarely, but the 16' ranks are very commonly used and start at C1, so clarity down to 32 Hz is a must. If you aren't familiar with organ fugues, the bass voice isn't rhythm like...

@plastic penguin and @rainsoothe, thanks for the advice so far. Unfortunately I'm fairly limited in what I can listen to--there is only one listening room within 400 miles, and it's at Best Buy, where all they had was A/V--I was starting to think that's what everything was now. I could make...

Decided on B&W 603 S2 floor speakers + SVS PB-1000 sub (wanted to hear the SB-1000 but they didn't have one) . Speakers are 8 ohms 88.5 sensitivity 200w RMS, 35' x 60' room 25' ceiling but seated about 15' from the speakers. Completely lost on an amp--haven't had a stereo since college...