BertramWooster
New Head-Fier
Buying an AC to compensate for your amps! Spoken like a true audiophile (which can mean, to use Las Vegas lingo, chasing your losses). I'm glad you found the right path.
Of course now I want Aavik. That's not especially realistic financially for me, and as you say it would signal a commitment to the Raidho/Borresen lines. It would also mean selling my preamp and DAC, so a complete overhaul. Still, why not a question. The U-300 would be a leap for me $$$. The U-150, used, is not impossible to imagine. Would that unit fully drive the XT-1s? And would there be headroom to go "up the line" at all? My current amp feels underpowered and I don't want to replace it with a musically superior but still underpowered amp. (I've had a few speakers that need some amplifier push behind them, including Maggies, but these Raidhos feel hungry to me!)
Of course now I want Aavik. That's not especially realistic financially for me, and as you say it would signal a commitment to the Raidho/Borresen lines. It would also mean selling my preamp and DAC, so a complete overhaul. Still, why not a question. The U-300 would be a leap for me $$$. The U-150, used, is not impossible to imagine. Would that unit fully drive the XT-1s? And would there be headroom to go "up the line" at all? My current amp feels underpowered and I don't want to replace it with a musically superior but still underpowered amp. (I've had a few speakers that need some amplifier push behind them, including Maggies, but these Raidhos feel hungry to me!)