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That sounds like an incredible system. I recently got back into albums. I had a pair of Sonus Faber loudspeakers “can’t remember the model, their floor standing”, a Rega Planner 3 with a Sony MC Cartridge that I had in storage, a Sony ES Preamp and amp. “I used to work for Sony”. I sold my place...

Bob, thanks so much for your response. That definitely leans me towards the Zen. Especially since I have a balanced input on my preamp. Thanks to everyone who has responded. Much appreciated and this has given me some valuable info.

Thanks much for a couple suggestions. I’m disabled and on a fixed income so the price of the Spartan 15 at $ 670.00 plus shipping which most likely makes it around $ 700.00 is pushing it for me. Both the Alvo Duo and the IFi are on the order of hundreds of dollar less and have been reviewed by...

I’m hoping my reply here gets a response and I’m doing this correctly. “Shrugs and hopes he’s not pi&$ing anyone off” I’ve been looking for a preamp for my Teac TN-3B-SE Turntable. I live in Vancouver and I’m vacillating between these two: Ifi Zen Phono 3 as discussed here, or the Cambridge...

Thanks to everyone that has answered. I really appreciate all of the input. This seems to be a great forum for help. Again, thanks to all of you!

I’ve purchased an AUNE X8 XVIII DAC. The only way to get audio out balanced is going through the variable output. The line out is RCA. I’m not sure but my understanding is that if audio is going through a variable output the control should be centred at the 12 o’clock position. Line output in...

Had mine since January 2024. It seems to have a huge amount of reserves. My speakers are hand built by a Company in Langley BC, Raw Acoustics. They are transmission line and he told me there hard to drive. Impedance can drop below 4 ohms and not very efficient. Tried them with a 250 watt class...