audioquest4life
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| Would silver cables beat UP-OCC copper? @nonoise I see you are also a Tempo Electric cable user as well. It would be interesting to see how a set of bi-wire Tempo Electric speaker cables compare to your single wire experience. My Neotech high definition silver speaker cables sound bette... | |
| SoundSmith cartridges how good? @aj523,Well, that’s “always” a great reason to wait. In this hobby you can find bargains if you look around in the right places and/or are willing to wait. Congratulations. Can’t wait to hear your listening impressions. The wait will be worth it. | |
| Where does it end? It’s a hobby. Like many other hobbies, it only stops when one is satisfied or no longer has interest in spending any more money due to lack of curiosity. If one is happy from a plug and play and Fire and forget perspective, and does not wish to ex... | |
| What is the actual percentage of people exclusively listening to vinyl vs digital? Trying to conduct a statistical analysis of vinyl playback vs digital playback formats from a varied population of music aficionados on this forum is, well, hopeless. Personally, I play about 95% vinyl compared to digital. I use digital streaming ... | |
| SoundSmith cartridges how good? @aj523,According the Elusive Disc web site, The Hyperion is available for purchase. Is there a reason you are waiting for Soundsmith to send you a Hyperion from the factory? It’s worth the wait! | |
| Would silver cables beat UP-OCC copper? @williewonka,Thank you for the elaborate and detailed response. Your description of the cables with a Teflon outer jacket makes me think of my own custom length Tempo Electric silver ICs with oversized Teflon jackets. The ends are silver WBTs. I u... | |
| Would silver cables beat UP-OCC copper? @williewonka Is 1 (bare wire with Teflon) better than 4 (Neotech UPP-OCC copper or silver with Teflon) insulation? Just seeing if you listed these randomly or ranked them from 1 being the best, and 4 being the least best. Thanks. Audioquest4life | |
| Audioquest cables best tweak Without DBS, I hear spurious cell phone interference and people, or ghosts talking. With DBS, I hear no such interference and just pure music. In all seriousness, if noise was such an egregious issue or problem by any cable manufacturer, it would ... | |
| Andy Kim - Needle Clinic @lewm,👍. Spot on statement. In fact, this statement can be applicable to other audio equipment besides cartridges. | |
| SoundSmith cartridges how good? @chakster,Thank you for the information. That was enlightening for sure. It truly is an art for anyone that has the skill set to assemble by hand sophisticated cartridges. | |
| SoundSmith cartridges how good? Glad to hear is back home and recovering. I wonder if he has a protege to help with the business and pass down his artisan craftsmanship to others. I believe he is the only American making handcrafted cartridges in the United States. | |
| What phono preamp are you using? Aesthetix Io Eclipse with dual power supplies. Soundsmith Hyperion, Soundsmith Sussaro MKII, Benz LPS, Benz Ruby Z. Hyperion is divine with the Aesthetix, or Aesthetix is divine with the Hyperion. Either way, I am done. Future mods will be more ex... | |
| The Lifespan of an LP? @fleschler,Nice 78rpm collection. I think I have roughly 500. Bought some boxes filled with 78s and many were given to me while living in Europe. I am estimating that my normal LP collection is about 8500 and growing. Have a bedroom dedicated to t... | |
| The Lifespan of an LP? Records will outlive us. Don’t worry about them not lasting unless you don’t put them away after playing and just stack them amongst drinks and cigarettes. I don’t know of any such behavior personally😆I have played records with scratches on my old... | |
| Custom Phono interconnect build-out shops or vendors? I just received a custom made phono cable from Analysis Plus. They offer cable options such as varied DIN angles, RCA or XLR connectors, and length. I chose their Silver Apex series. Since they are new and I only have a few hours of use with them,... |