arcticdeth
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| The best tube poweramp. . What do you think about ? Carver crimson 350s’, or if you have money to burn, the Carver Silver seven behemoths!Any Vincent hybrid power amp. Great stuff, affordable, and reliable. | |
| Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2021 Read this title too fast, I read “Rocky Mountain oysters” I must be hungry. | |
| Quality Motown Recordings YES, totally worth searching. There is an ocean of amazing LPs’i hit the local and town over used shops, in the cheapo,bins, you will be surprised at the great music for inexpensive prices in those,bins, many I find look unused, jackets may have s... | |
| What's your dream speaker? Energy RC-70’s —— with double the drivers, double the output, more power handling, taller, wider, in cherry wood. | |
| What is the most important component to consider while building a new system? Speakers and 300W, minimum! De scent amp, source and cables | |
| klipshorn speakers Shrill, searing, pain, shrinking penis, Olaf grating, never liked them!! | |
| Re-issue, CD, SACD, Tape....LP....and what studio tapes are being used.... Now that I’m older, if I can afford it, I always buy the Japanese pressing of LPs and cds. The Japanese don’t muck around with music. They do it correctly! Have been duped by a couple cds, %99 of every Japanese release I get is amazing. | |
| Thinking of trying well fuses….. Class D , other fuses won’t make a significant difference. Looking to your honest review……… | |
| Returning to audiophilism after 20 years: a little guidance would be nice :-) Cool story! I remember pulling out some of my LPs’ a while back, and some young cousins were over, they said “Wow, Mr Arcticdeth, how big were your CD players?” Gave me a out loud laugh! I said they were records, I showed them my cassette coll... | |
| Tracking error or ?? Experiment.lower the arm/head shell weight to 1 gr. Then try other weights, and listen to the album. Mine are recommended at 3+grams, nope, I play mine at about 1.75 up to 2 grams. Sounds great to me. I used to use the Ortofon X5-MC- Great ... | |
| Any Love For Bryston Here? @nekoaudio Thank you.only thing I wanna do is compare to the aging McCormack UDP-1which has been my go to for a couple years now……… | |
| Best Preamp and Amp combination, interesting finding!!! @stringreen Yes, sometimes yes, and sometimes no. Brought home a McCormack LD-2 and matches better with the McCormack amps than 3 previous preamps. Onkyo-P308 matches with everything, as it’s voiced a bit n the warmer sound, the only p... | |
| Should I switch to a larger room? Have a large front room with 16” or so vaulted ceilings, left speaker opens to open hallway, staircase, right speaker has pillows and such behind it, as it’s in a corner, so soaking up the bass is important to the right side. Had main system in... | |
| RIP Rick Laird Oh man, just read this!sad news! Mahavishnu Orch. Is amazing stuff.bought the box set a while back, with tone other stuff,no time to commemorate so many bands. Need 30 hour days to make time for good music! RIP Rick! You have an amazing legacy , y... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Kreator - pleasure to kill. Y&T - down for the count. Mercyful l fate - nuns have no fun Ep. |