audioman58
Responses from audioman58
| Does Digital Try Too Hard? My Lampizator dac with top final touch audio usb cable truly made a very big upgrade sonicly and digital glare is no longer there .you are still at the mercy of the recording vinyl,as well as cd,or steaming ,and hard wire streaming still sounds b... | |
| WD-40 for electronics The best thing by far is Stabilant-22 not only is it a super conductor but works great for all audio contacts and vacuum tube pins ,first clean withisopropyl alcohol. Put a few drops ina volume pot, it protects fromoxydation for a minimum of 12 ye... | |
| Best bass in Earth! Bass that just smells right... My friend has 4-SVS ultra 16inch subs. his den on movies or music it is devastating .his living room was designed for home theatre theliteral punch in the stomach ,the pressure wave literally attacks the senses and the subsonic effect from a gian... | |
| Node2i + Qutest or Yggy or Codex or something else That being said ,from a very good sourse,Black Ice Audiowill be releasing a noticably better dac then the very current dac in the next few months . | |
| MHDT Orchid or Lampizator Amber 3? I have a maxed out Lampizator Amber 3 with totally upgraded bigger case .no need to remove 16 screws and remove the whole case I set it up just slide off the top . I put over $2300 in upgrades with tube rolling options and the best of the best p... | |
| MHDT Orchid or Lampizator Amber 3? Having a tonof experience modding products to get the most out of them the orchid has a lot of hidden potential just by upgrading all the white smoothing,coupling caps . The Pogota is much better then the orchid it is a true 20 bit classic Burr Br... | |
| MHDT or Border Patrol Regarding the Mhdt Pagoda or their other dacs putting in a better fuse is a noticable gain , as well as good power cord inside get rid of all the 6 white capacitors and replace them with the exceptional Millflex Copperfoil poly paper in oil .very ... | |
| MHDT or Border Patrol The Western Electric many say is the top best tube for the Pagoda.anything Western Electric made was excellent and only $50 a tube , but do check out others for your taste. | |
| MHDT or Border Patrol For the record ,the Mhdt Pagota doesnot use the 16 bit 1541 Phillips chipset,It uses the classic true 20 bit Burr Brown 1704 dac which. Has better resolution . | |
| Advantages of owning equipment from major audio brands vs. boutique shops? I have found with boutique companies they are usually less costly and more flexible if I wanted upgraded capacitors , and other parts. Don Sachs preamplifiers is a good example of that .my friend. Owns one and it is very good .in digital I own a L... | |
| Black ice Audio owners, pet peaves On the old gear what I was rambling was true. The New Jim Fosgate line F series Now Black Ice Audio is noticably better all around. I have the F35 integrated.internals boards are double layer thick,only 2 boards before 4.heavy Copper direct contac... | |
| Fosgate Signature Phono V1 Preamplifier You can use a 6ax5 as long as your transformer can handle 1.2 amps. The 50s Tungsols are very good also. | |
| Upgrade order suggestion preamp vs speakers On preamplifiers ,I have found as with many audio buyers.having owned a Audio store for a decade I have a lot of experience with system synergy. A good solid state amp with a Quality Vacuum tube preamp is a excellent match . A little vacuum tube m... | |
| Upgrade order suggestion preamp vs speakers What is your current preamplifier, and Loudspeakers that is the question to compare to ? Also very over looked what is the quality of your cables ? From point A to B if it is not quality the signal will not be delivered properly. Also your front ... | |
| What is the most FUN pair of speakers you've ever had and why? TheApogee mini grands.these True ribbon speakers were very fast as well as dynamic plus the Sub system in a seperate enclosure run On a seperate Amplifier. Still one of the best speakers of all time .these put to shame many $20k + today and were o... |