Hello everyone, I've been looking to upgrade my amp (a very old NAD 310) for some time, and was hoping that some of you could give me your opinions?
I got an SB3 a few months ago and since then I've found myself spending many an evening sitting on the floor going through music I've not listened to in years... (long story not worth going into here). Anyway, I picked up some Monitor Audio Silver RS6's last month. Although the NAD drives them, it doesn't have the attack I like in some music. (I generally listen to jazz and classical, and the faster paced works seem to be missing a bit of life.) So I've been trying to make a short list of amps to listen too (it's going to be a few months before I have the cash saved), and I'm suffering from a lot of indecisiveness! At first I thought I'd spend about 500 GBP on an amp, but living with the NAS (file server/media server) in the same room as the speakers I've actually started listening to music through my DVD player (don't laugh). I'm doing this because the NAS is quite noisy, and I don't have the option of moving it out of the room. Playing CDs through my DVD player (a Denon 1740) gives me a nicer experience in the evening. Right, this is a longer post than I was expecting... but I hope you're understanding where I'm coming from! Because of the above reasons I thought it would be good to get a CD player, and I wanted to get a same brand amp and CD player so that I don't have loads of remotes lying around. So looking around I thought maybe Cyrus because they're small, but apparently not a good match for the speakers I have. I then came across the Arcam Solo Music which seemed like a brilliant idea. It has DAB built in, and is a very good CD player/amp combo. I was a little disappointed that it didn't have a digital in, as I thought that could squeeze a bit more out of the SB. So that led me in the direction of the Solo Movie 2.1. I don't watch many films (especially since I got my SB), but the benefit of this is that it gets rid of my DVD player too, meaning less clutter. So the question I have are: 1. First, will the RS6's be a good match for the Solo 2.1? 2. Is the Solo 2.1 good at playing music and will it sound good through my speakers? 3. What is the DAC like? Is it worth worrying about using this for the SB? 4. Do you have any suggestions for what would be a good match for the speakers given the sort of music I like (jazz and classical)? My primary concern is music as I don't watch enough TV/films to worry about that side of things -- I'm just thinking it would be nice to get rid of all the cables and boxes under my TV. Sorry for the long post - any pointers would be useful! And I will be doing an audition - I just need a short list to give me somewhere to start! Thanks, Mark -- marksw ------------------------------------------------------------------------ marksw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15309 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43024 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
