Thanks for your reply. The most honest reason for my asking is for future reference for the upgrade bug. I managed to avoid it for many years, but I replaced my source last year from a Rotel cd player to an Apple TV feeding a Berkeley DAC. This was such a huge upgrade that I’m now always...
Soliciting the experience in this forum across the Spectral line-up, I wonder if anyone could say what would be the best upgrade from my DMA-100S to a mid-tier (or older high-tier) Spectral amp. I'm driving Thiel CS2.4's, which as a brand are notoriously power hungry, so I find myself wondering...
I also went with the Shunyata Black Mamba CX/HC on my Spectral DMA-100S amp - thanks for the sense of vindication, ack! I went with an Audience "e" cord on my Berkeley and found that the Audience cord was better on the digital than on the amp and vice versa for the Shunyata. The Berkeley seems...