Popular Post ElviaCaprice Posted June 24, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted June 24, 2017 4 hours ago, atxkyle said: Hi Everyone - I've been thinking about upgrading the loudspeakers in my home hifi. I've got Elac UF5's and they sound great, especially for the $1K price for the pair. But I can't help but wonder what SQ improvements might be available in the next step up in price range. If I consider an upgrade, what should be on my audition list for speaker pair < $5K? Current setup is Roon/Tidal -> microRendu -> Chord 2qute -> Arcam A29 -> Elac UF5s Room has decent acoustic treatments. Thanks for any advice! I have a 2Qute and I'm using the 2Qute to drive my highly efficient Omega Super 8XRS speakers with it. Sounds great. I was using Maggies before and am glad to make the move to a better low power system, just waiting on my Paul Hynes SR7 to complete my system removal from the direct AC grid. Romaz (Roy) has a Chord DAVE and also uses the Omega speakers. Check it out at https://omegaloudspeakers.com/ visit the forum for more info if interested. Louis the owner/builder does a great job and is easy to work with. atxkyle and mourip 2 (JRiver) Jetway barebones NUC (mod 3 sCLK-EX, Cybershaft OP 14) (PH SR7) => mini pcie adapter to PCIe 1X => tXUSBexp PCIe card (mod sCLK-EX) (PH SR7) => (USPCB) Chord DAVE => Omega Super 8XRS/REL t5i (All powered thru Topaz Isolation Transformer) Link to comment
ElviaCaprice Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 17 minutes ago, atxkyle said: Thanks everyone for all the suggestions! I've got quite the list to check into now. Wish there were a way to test all of them in a controlled environment. I think the hifi dealers in Austin carry 1-2 of these brands at most ... Also for the people who mentioned driving high sensitivity speakers directly with the Chord 2Qute - how would you control the volume in that situation? By using the volume control in Roon? Yes, best by media player on your PC or portable. I'm not familiar with Roon but would imagine it could work as JRiver does for me. I added an ISO Regen and it gave me even more of a boost on volume with the 2Qute. More than enough for near field to mid size room. atxkyle 1 (JRiver) Jetway barebones NUC (mod 3 sCLK-EX, Cybershaft OP 14) (PH SR7) => mini pcie adapter to PCIe 1X => tXUSBexp PCIe card (mod sCLK-EX) (PH SR7) => (USPCB) Chord DAVE => Omega Super 8XRS/REL t5i (All powered thru Topaz Isolation Transformer) Link to comment
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