Still you always wonder "what if".and this brings me to consideration of the NAD C388 which seems to be a one-stop shop for everything I think I want: 1) More power: Double power at 150WPC (and I hear this is conservative) 2) Modern DAC 3) Optional Blu OS plug in module so I can ditch the Chromecast and 8player.ġ) Has anyone heard the NAD C388 with RF7's? I hear that the new class D NAD digital amps sound very musical and warm for class D. My Arcam sounds very good with the RF7's at my normal 50-70db listening levels and has provided many many hours of enjoyable, mostly fatigue-free listening. It also seems very stable for streaming even high res files over wifi, so I know I want to to move to bluesound tech for streaming my music. I've played with a Bluesound node 2 and the BluOS IOS app at a friend's house and I really liked it. Setting aside the debate about whether jitter is audible, I suspect a unit with modern DAC and clocking tech could sound noticeably better - please correct me if this is not true. I don't know if this jitter is audible or not because I have nothing to compare it to. The Wolfson DAC's in the Arcam are now 13 years old. The chromecast is an awesome piece of tech for its price, but sometimes I have connection issues, it pauses or "skips" occasionally on high-res files streamed over wifi, seeking forward or back in a track is hit or miss, and the signal is apparently VERY jittery. Whatever decision I make here, I want to move away from the Chromecast and 8player streaming solution. The optical output from the CCA is fed to the Arcam's DAC unit (Wolfson 192/24). I use 8player on my iphone to cast bit perfect 16/44 and 24/96 flac files from an NAS server. My current streaming setup is a google chromecast audio using optical out. It's a bit less refined than when using the 8 ohm selector, but much more engaging and just fun to listen to. I also run it using the 4 ohm selector which gives a lusher sound and better definition in the low end.
The sound is definitely improved with bi-amping.
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I know I'm not getting 75+75 WPC bi-amping because the HF will not take that much current (I'd be interested if anyone knows how to calculate how many effective WPC I'm getting with bi-amping?). My current setup is using an ARCAM AVR 250 with passive bi-amping from the 6+7 channel. The amp is 75WPC (supposedly in stereo mode it rises to 100/ channel for the mains, but I don't know if it goes back down to 75 when passive bi-amping is selected). I use the RF7's purely for 2 channel music.
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I'm looking to possibly increase wattage AND definitely improve the digital music listening experience with my beautiful, un-modded light maple RF7 series 1s.
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