Hello All,
I would appreciate any advice/opinions anyone could give someone who is fairly new to the higher end audio field. After many years of hard work and the will power to save enough money I finally purchased the home audio system of my dreams, for now that is. First of all, let me list my equipment, so you have some knowledge of my system. I have a Rotel RSX-1550 A/V receiver, a Bryston 4B SST2, an NAD C 515BEE CD Player, a Sony XDR-F1HD Radio Tuner, a PS3 Slim, an XBOX Elite, Paradigm Studio 100's V5, a Paradigm Studio CC-490 Center Channel Speaker, Paradigm Monitor ADP-190 Surround Speakers, Tara Lab Prime M1800 Speaker Cables for the 100's, Audioquest Type 4 for the 490, Audioquest Sidewinders connecting the Rotel to the Bryston and the NAD CD Player, and a 42" LCD LG HDTV. My first question is about the amp. Is it best to let the Bryston warm up before listening to music? Does the sound quality get better as it warms up? Should I keep the Bryston on or off? What does a preamp do? Is a preamp only as good as the music source? Is there a big difference in sound quality with the more expensive CD players, and again is the sound quality only as good the CD player? I have many more questions, but I don't want to go overboard on this first post. And again any advice/opinions are greatly appreciated. Thank you.