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| Wilson Audio Sabrina X vs Yvette vs Sabrina (Regular) @jfandr147 I have the Sabrinas. My room is 15x13. With Wilson Audio speakers the placement and room acoustics are critical. It took a while to dial in but once done they sound amazing. You can check my system page for associated gear and some phot... | |
| McCormack DNA 125 @slaw honestly not on a lookout for one so can’t say. To share my experience… At the time I owned B&W N803 driven by a DNA0.5. Upgraded to DNA-125, loved it so much and needed slightly more juice for the N803s, I sold the 125 and picked up a ... | |
| McCormack DNA 125 @highend64 stock DNA-125 is an excellent amplifier. If you want to mod it I would the just wait for a modified version to come up on used market. Don’t buy this amp to get it modified…that’s going to be money never recouped. | |
| Cables recommendation You didn’t mention your budget but you did say keep it reasonable so here’s my take on this…you should go balanced between pre and amp… Interconnects (go less crazy here) Mogami Studio Gold XLR (this is a ridiculously good cable to get you sta... | |
| What is a good turntable preamp under $500? What cartridge? I assume MM… Choices under $500….just to call out a few MoFi StudioPhono Parasound Z Phono Schiit Mani | |
| Phono Stage Gain - how does it impact sound? @ticat 50 hours minimun to break in... patience grass Hopper... doing my best… @rauliruegas yup that’s the only plan for now. And yes I’m running it @2gr VTF which is the recommended stylus force. Initial setting was 1.97-1.98gr but I cha... | |
| Phono Stage Gain - how does it impact sound? @lewm yup. You may be right too. It’s settling in nicely. | |
| Rogue RP-1 or Schiit Freya @mike4597 I owned RP-1 and liked it a lot. It’s a very capable preamp. IMO, if you’re happy with the sound I wouldn’t bother upgrading the preamp. I would focus on the source in this system. You can squeeze more out of streaming by getting a dedic... | |
| Phono Stage Gain - how does it impact sound? Ran it all day while working today and added another 7-8hrs. Sounds amazing, there’s just no other word for it. Relaxed, zero fatigue listening to it all day on and off. I believe the bass is somewhat coming around and improving with more play tim... | |
| A suitable cart and possible practical tweaks for a Rega Planar 3... As for the tweaks to this Rega table…, sell your old Rega, add the money you were going to spend on tweaking this old turntable and buy yourself a newer and better table like VPI, MoFi, Clearaudio or Marantz. You’re going to get a better turntable... | |
| Phono Stage Gain - how does it impact sound? @dogberry makes sense to me. | |
| Phono Stage Gain - how does it impact sound? @lewm I hope you right! That would be the best case scenario. Room is small. If you click on details under my user name you can see my setup. | |
| Phono Stage Gain - how does it impact sound? @lalitk we’ll see after I get 40-50hrs on the ML. I’m more inclined to give a Sutherland 20/20 with a higher gain setting available (64db) than having to add a sub. As far as ML sound quality, I can tell you and everyone looking into a cartridge u... | |
| Phono Stage Gain - how does it impact sound? @mulveling yup that’s what I’m thinking too. @lewm the XA-30.8 is 30w in Class A. It goes out of Class A and well beyond its rated 30w/ch. When that happens the meter starts moving indicating it’s exited Class A. I rarely see that take place. I s... | |
| Ever Damage A Stylus Using Cleaning Brush? @prof and @mulveling worth checking. If we’re not taking mm differences in overhang then you can easily get distortion. Not familiar with mint protractor. I used Dr. Feichert New Generation that gives you more precise adjustments using the pivot t... |