avanti1960
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| Vinyl Lovers-- Cartridges!!!! Do you have a daily driver? Yes, I have a daily driver - a Lyra Delos. Sounds perfect and one reason I bought it was because of a manufacturer specified 2,000 hour life on the stylus. Currently I have about 350 hours after 4 years of owning it- should be good for another ... | |
| Dumb question......why do you need a preamp? Added gain, drive, dynamics, energy and sound stage. | |
| Amplifier gain settings - what do they do? which amp and preamp? | |
| MoFi Sourcepoint 888 Speakers Congrats @roxy54 the triple 8s are an exceptional value to my ears. Exceptionally strong bass (spectacular really), midrange very good and dynamics are also very good. I liked what I heard but with the Class D amp they sounded brash and slightl... | |
| Best Used Tube Based Preamp $2k Or Under? Look for a deal on the Rogue Audio RH 5, headphone amp line stage. Adjustable line stage gain settings, balanced connections, smaller chassis. Super clean and powerfully dynamic sound. Beats the sound of the RP1; RP 5 and RP 7. Second choice w... | |
| Overly sensitive tweeter/midrange Isolate the noise to a certain track and elapsed time that can be repeatable, then begin to troubleshoot. volume level? source depedant? tubes in system? one or both speakers? Intermittent subtle gaffs like that are annoying but can be trac... | |
| Directional wires/cables Some cables are directional and it isn't BS. If they are made from solid core material and cold extruded through progressive dies, the cold forming alters the grain structure in the material and stretches them. The grain lines up better in the d... | |
| soft dome versus hard dome tweeters Application Application Application The best sounding tweeter I have ever owned was in a speaker made by Harbeth, it used a Seas aluminum dome with ferrofluid cooling. Cymbals had a magical shimmer to them, midrange had additional detail and the ... | |
| What does 90% of the Absolute Best Sound Cost? @mattsca After a certain point more money gets you bigger and louder scale appropriate for larger rooms. Larger rooms need much bigger speakers and amplifiers and even multiple amplifiers. In smaller rooms with nearfield systems you can get s... | |
| Question about high current amps versus "not high current amps" @immatthewj The PIE forumla works but you need to know the amp rail voltage and not the wall outlet voltage. The best way to find a robust, high current amp is to find one that doubles the wattage output at 4 ohms and has 2-ohm capability. Exam... | |
| speaker upgrade fever @larseand The Dynaudio Contour 30i will give you what you seek. Huge sound, super smooth and never fatiguing or analytical. FYI I am not a fan of the KEF REF 1 ! | |
| Does You Subwoofer Settings ?? @harleyujoe Subwoofers take a lot of time and effort to get right. It is possible for a subwoofer to be adjusted so that all music sounds great. What you are hearing that bothers you is a peak in the response (a note or small range of notes ... | |
| Warm sounding phono cartridge @rfauto The umami blue is the forward lively sounding model vs the warmer laid back umami red. That said it should not sound thin- have you verified that the headshell is perfectly level when resting on a stationary LP? how many hours on th... | |
| Pro-Ject Tube Box DS2 Phono. Where do I go from here? Had the Project and upgraded to a Sutherland 20/20 LPS. I wanted a clean solid state phono preamp because I have a nice tube linestage. The multiple gain and loading adjustments on the Sutherland help me get the best out of my cartridges. Cle... | |
| Turntable upgrade I almost bought a P6 with Ania. Had high expectations for the sound but it was one of the most disappointing sounding audio components I have experienced. Went with a Technics 1200GR and Audio Technica ART9 and what a complete treat this table... |