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| Audiophile Fuses: Helpful or "Snake Oil"? Synergistic Research Orange fuse DID make a difference. And HIFI Tuning fuse also. Not snake oil. Period. Try for yourself in a system that is highly resolving | |
| Building new system starting with power amp. What would you choose ? Depends on the speakers. I could suggest if I knew which speakers you are using | |
| Which speakers did you find bright, fatiguing or just disappointing in some way? I found JM LAB Focal Stella Utopia upfront and bright. Head ached after 20 minutes every time. Couldn’t be the amp PassLabs XA 100.8. | |
| Audio Lessons Learned - post your best advice for the newer members! And lastly. Try in your home before purchase. Especially the speakers | |
| Audio Lessons Learned - post your best advice for the newer members! Work within your budget. Choose a speaker to suit the room , then an amp to suit the speaker. Don’t spend too little on the source unit. Get the power right from the distribution board . Choose decent cabling. Try room treatment last and spend a... | |
| What exactly is textural density?? Textural density to me means palpable, having body, 3 dimensionality. I get this “feel” in the lower frequencies as heft, weighty slam . In the midrange as layering , having mass. Not so obvious in upper frequencies but discernible as having m... | |
| will changing to solid-state make the bass in my wilson sophias better at low volume? Try improving speaker position. Follow the WASP system. If that fails consider amp change. Maybe try Pass Labs | |
| Tweeters are silent on my Wilson audio Sofia 2 My Sasha had the same problem. Blown tweeters. Contact Wilson Audio with serial number. They will send you a matched pair at your own cost. | |
| Does Power Cord Require Burn-In To Sound Good? Burn in is necessary. Do not judge the cable after 5 hours. Wait 200 hours and decide. You will find that it will fluctuate and the bass will settle last. I found burn in required for every new component. In addition cables needs settling in.... | |
| Is it my amp or my speakers? Danto. Please let us know if cleaning the contacts helped | |
| Is it my amp or my speakers? Clean the contacts on your speaker cable ,interconnects and power cable. I had the same problem . It worked for me . Testing your hearing is another option. No offense intended | |
| Why so obsessed with bass? Bass frequencies are essential . Even if you think there is no need of it as in listening to a female soprano. Speakers that play above around 60 Hz sound clear , clean , pristine. When the speaker can plays lower frequencies transparency and d... | |
| High end stereo preamps? Worth it? Depends? Sure , High end preamp would be better than a cheapie . Better than no preamp ? Depends on the source and number of sources. Many sources would benefit from preamp. One terrific source with built in volume contro... | |
| wadia 521 vs MSB Analog DAC I can answer my own question now that I bought the MSB Analog DAC and UMT V Transport sometime in 2015. The MSB is better in every way. I’m glad I made the switch | |
| Solitary listener i absolutely needed my friend to listen to a new component and my speaker repositioning before committing to purchase. And he did following very strict prevention protocol. I felt crazy that I could not hold a cd he offered me without sanitizing i... |