crane Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 After ages of lurking in the background, I thought it best that I come out and introduce myself. I love this forum and the wealth of knowledge that you all share. I love the fact that there are so many passionate enthusiasts and no bickering and nastiness which is all to common on forums these days. My primary interest is in 2 channel hi-fi but I've had to make compromises in my setup to accomodate home theatre. Currently I'm running Arcam AVR390 as a preamp into a bridged P429 powering my Monitor Audio Silver 2's. For my next upgrade I'm looking at the source... I want to improve on my Rotel RCD-12 I enjoy many genres of well recorded music, but quality down tempo electronic tunes is where my passion lays. Please don't hold this against me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DarkNark Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Hi Crane Welcome to the forum. Sounds like a nice system you have there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Diamond Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Fellow newbie from Perth, dropping in to say Hi. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wen Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 welcome crane, this site is too diverse tohold anything againat anybody, enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yetiman Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 Welcome mate enjoy.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djb Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 " No bickering" I’ll have you know we bicker constantly! the Friday night brawls descend into virtual blood baths have you visited the cables and Wire forum ? or heaven forbid the chill out room ! Oh .....Greetings 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas_Legit Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Nice gear for a "Newbie", I too am a serial forum lurker so thought I would chip in. Have you compared using the Arcam DAC to the RCD-12 analog out? Could be an instant improvement 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafe67 Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Welcome to funny farm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonS Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Welcome mate,down tempo electronica for me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crane Posted June 9, 2018 Author Share Posted June 9, 2018 17 hours ago, Texas_Legit said: Nice gear for a "Newbie", I too am a serial forum lurker so thought I would chip in. Have you compared using the Arcam DAC to the RCD-12 analog out? Could be an instant improvement Yeah, I quite often switch between the digital input on the Arcam PVR and Stereo Direct analog. The analog has a much wider soundstage and warmer sound. Just the other day I pulled my old Musical Fidelity X-DACv3 out of my headphone setup, which I haven't used for ages, and got a noticeable improvement. I'm looking for a more modern dac but i'm unsure how much to spend. $500, $1000 ?... it's hard to know when you are going to reach to point of diminishing returns. Thanks for the warm welcome guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas_Legit Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 If you're looking to upgrade the CD player and get a quality dac as well, the Oppo UDP205 could tick all the boxes. Not many left but I do know where you can get one if you are interested. At $2199 it may blow the budget however... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclingsteve Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Welcome crane ..........from another Perthie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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