audioman58
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| DAC's : The missing feature: Signal quality Depending on your budget Ifi Audio has a Usb -3 purifier$129 a steal, that removes 40 dB of noise , plus regenerates a totally new signal parts qualityexcellent , they also have productcalled the defender buy 1-2 removes crap associated with com... | |
| Turning off tube preamp first sends solid state amp into protection? You Never do this ,it creates a surge . Allways do the Opposite with tube gear preamp on first until stable ,30-40 seconds then amplifier, shut off in reverse order you can blow your tweeter in your speaker also you hear a pop or thump. solid sta... | |
| Any good reasons to use transistor phono stage and line level preamp instead of tube ? SolidState has more accurate imaging and more precise.a well designed Solid state preamp,or phono stage if using very good parts quality thecapacitors resistors and a transformer based unit can sound very Tube like and have lower distortion , but... | |
| Greatest debut album I would say the Doors debut album The Doors was a Smashing successand Light my Fire ,one of the all time great songs !! | |
| $10k Speaker Cables?????????????? Having been in Audio over 35 years and owning a Audio storein the UK cables by A Looong margin have the highest profit margin in some cases betterThen 10-1 vs cost , then the factor of hours , sometimes claims of a week building is truly stre... | |
| Considering used towers under $1000.. They are respectable but for sure needs decent powered Subwoofer, also rebuild the Xover with higher quality capacitors bare minimum very good upgrade. If you or a friend can solder. | |
| Dunlavy SCIVA'S... Mine sound bland I know Loudspeakers , verywelland themost neglected partsare the Xover network. The parts quality is like a stock engine in a car or aFormula 1. The majority of manufacturers use average parts at best. And capacitors wear out and will make the s... | |
| Amp/Preamps vs. High end AV Receivers Integrated Amplifiers are another story ,seperate almost allways are better do to separation of RF, and noise , and bigger power supplies and capacitance .that being said .my brother has the latest Gryphon Diablo ,and it is almost 85 lbs and Every... | |
| Is the grass greener on the other side? There are a bunch ways to enhance your system upgrade the Xover parts in your speaker almost allways parts are maybe average at best . Putting in quality name brand capacitors ,inductors and resistors , and wiring , ifyou can’t maybe a friend, sa... | |
| how good really The Khorns and Klipsch in general hav3 a lot of potential their Xovef parts even at best are average at best. I have been into Loudspeaker ,and electronics c modding for yours . I know Parts quality Very well. For example formoneys spend the Jant... | |
| Duelund cast Pio Hybrid Copper/Silver or Rs series with Silver Bypass PIO I have seen little mention of the VH Audio Copper- Teflon caps I have been using these and for resolution none better ,but take up to 4-500 hours runin time.they are flighty warm ,but not much speed and resolutionfor a bit more air and depth the... | |
| ... what is Settling Time in cables and interconnects... I have found owning a Audiostore in the U.K that the dielectric type and thickness much more so dictates breakin then thewire itself.Teflon by far the biggest offender as the same thing applies in Teflon capacitors especially VH Audio for example... | |
| Stranded vs Solid Copper Myself Use Verastars excellent high purityCopper foil speaker cable,and Silvergold alloy foil interconnects . A flat foil has more surface area then equal size awg guage wire.and very thin diaelectric. That may why it sounds very balanced . I hav... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Robin Trower I saw several times in small venues fantastic and for him to not be in the rock & Roll hall of fame . The voting there sucks for some of the pop stuff in their makes me wonder on their voting. I just watched then bought the cd J... | |
| With Internet radio, (streaming) do AM\FM tuners serve any purpose in HEA? A FM tuner such a old Marantz,or McIntosh Vacuum Tube tuners are still highly praised and sound verygood , and some verygood solid state ones .magnum Dynalabs makes or made digital tuners with Vacuum tubes .the only draw back with older tuners ... |