antigrunge2
Responses from antigrunge2
| Budget Tube Preamp ($2000) I’d suggest a Graaf 13.5b II. Available around your price level and playing in the first division. It is also fully balanced | |
| Who is still making CD transports? Do yourself a favor and buy a proper streamer from Innuos, Lumin or PSAudio. They come with a disk drive to transfer your CDs to harddisk. | |
| High end stereo preamps? Worth it? @alfa100 my experience exactly with Antelope Zodiac Platinum +10m. If the phono preamp has enough gain even analogue sounds better through the Zodiac than the preamp. | |
| What are your thoughts on the "Edsels" of the audio history? Bose 901. I still shudder in horror! | |
| Hana Humami Red cartridge You are in the wrong forum, mate | |
| Phonostage recommendations under $3K For your music preference I‘d suggest the Zyx Artisan: battery driven, ultra quiet and the opposite of harsh. | |
| My thoughts on TT isolation methods. @mijostyn,living in a house with brick double walls and a basement I am not sure what environmental rumble you might be referring to. If it existed I should get a feedback loop between speakers and cartridge when set on a record. | |
| Phono stage thoughts for Benz Micro Ruby Z I run a MC Scheu cartridge (Benz variant) into an Aqvox 2ci Mk2 on balanced cables throughout. Works very well indeed with the lowest noise floor I have personally experienced | |
| What's your definition of an audiophile? An audiophile is someone who listens. That requires focus and a good sense of what real music sounds like. Obsessive behaviour in my mind doesn’t an audiophile make. | |
| Best Speaker for classical music For classical music the exact imaging of the soundstage and Hall acoustics are crucial. In my book that means omnidirectionals and simple cross overs: Shahinian, Duevel or open baffle Shindo, Ophelia, Auditorium23 | |
| Analogue only preamp ideas? - no need for internal DAC! Most attenators don‘t have remote control. If that is a requirement you can get a DACPre combo a la Mytec or Antelope Zodiac or you‘ll have to get a buffer attenator a la Pass | |
| Amp or DAC? Absolute power is only one of the dimensions that matter: obviously, if you are trying to drive a difficult speaker load at say 80db efficiency, a lot of power is required. Conversely if you are driving 110db horn speakers a humble 2A3 valve amp p... | |
| My thoughts on TT isolation methods. Lest you have a habit of bouncing off the walls, putting a mass loaded turntable on a wall mounted shelf addresses most conceivable vibration issues. | |
| High end stereo preamps? Worth it? @djones51,unfortunately a digital volume control progressively leads to a loss of resolution as the available bits get truncated. As long as you stay above say 80% of max volume, your statement applies; below, not so much | |
| High end stereo preamps? Worth it? @mitch2 I was obviously referring to analogue sources, not DAC outputs |