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RE: The vid sort of illustrates the problem
Posted by RGA on March 6, 2021 at 17:48:22:
Remote control will be an issue but Audio Note did make remote control preamps in the past. If you really need it - Audio Note can probably custom make them. The Cobra is a bit ugly but it is integrated with a remote and a built-in non-oversampling DAC for I believe $4,200.
Nick would be the man as he is also a fully knowledgable repair facility.
AN doesn't do SACD
My room is 18 by 13 - the AN K is superb. But then so is the E.
For under $20k and In a smaller room -
AN K/Lx
Meishu Tonmeister - is the best 300B I have heard and will eat half your budget - the basic one is great. The two above may be better but there is always something better. The basic version is great. (I was not a big fan of the older Meishu is sounded too delicate for me). But you may like it - it was their number one selling integrated and the price may be reasonable second hand.
Lexus cables throughout which is the internal cable of the LX speakers.
Then any combination of CD player or DAC/Transport with the money left.
If you plan to rip most of your music - a DAC. I listen now mostly to vinyl due to the TT3 being IMO a Gamechanger for vinyl. So the DAC 0.1X has been more than fine for me the last few years. Plus it's the only one with USB input (Peter's humor once again) where his least expensive DAC caters to computers. The good DACs cater to CD. I like the chutzpah!
All of this should be under $20k and I would expect much less if buying multiples. But as always just audition - being that close you should get home auditions of the stuff as well. And they may have good deals so you may get a better version of something.
I ended up with the AN K because the dealer noted to me that another customer was saving for the AN J/SEC - so he needed to sell his K to get the money for the J. Dealers know their customers so it's possible to get something better for less. At the time I was trying to sell my KEF LS-50 which no one wanted here. Hong Kongers don't generally like anything made in China. So the dealer convinced the fellow to take less cash for the AN K along with the KEF.