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9/10/10 at 6:46am
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Looking for upgrade to better sound ...

Hi guys

I'm thinking of upgrading my gear to get a better sound and need your expert advise on it.

ATM I am running MacbookPro --> Maverick TuneMagic DAC--> Alesis M1 Active MKII speakers
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http://www.alesis.com/m1activemkii )

I am quite happy with the sound the above setup produce but still want better sound
For the time being I can only spare $1000 to $1500 for the upgrade ...

Which gear should I upgrade? the DAC? Speaker? or both? and to which?
Or additional gear to the above setup?
(The DAC/AMP need to be able to drive HD650)

Any advise would be much appreciated.

Cheers
 
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9/10/10 at 9:12pm

My latest upgrade, which is in the mail is a Burson HA-160.  It will be fed by an ASUS Xonar STX.  The above combination is meant to drive an HD650.  I'm looking at getting an NuForce OPPO BDP-SE to act as a DAC.  Combined price is $2k.  You can spend less and get a Marantz SA8004.  Drops your costs down to some $1,700.00.  If you go used, you can save a couple more hundred dollars.

 

Working with your budget, check out the Audio-gd "Fun."  There's a boatload of choices and an even bigger boatload of suggestions waiting for you to wade through.

 

As always, the more you can stretch your budget, the better the solution.

 


Edited by beeman458 - 9/10/10 at 9:17pm
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