axo0oxa
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| What should my heirs do to dispose of my vinyl and CDs? My solution is to divide the systems between my three children. Once they have the components, which will be split so that each child has a nice functioning systems they can either get excited and keep their system or they can sell it on their own... | |
| Stereo or monoblocks Most important is the sound of the amplifier once integrated into your system. Pick the one that sounds better. Second, I prefer mono blocks because I believe they have the potential to sound better but more important you can use shorter speaker c... | |
| Best Class D GaNFET Amp Comparison. Who to invite? What speakers and preamplification are you planning on using? I think this will be important to know in trying to figure out which Class D amplifiers to then compare. | |
| Tube amps - what 3 things… In general, power supplies are important on all pieces of equipment. I think point to point wiring helps determine quality of build and sound. I believe separates are critical for improved sound, so mono blocks would be part of my choice. Past the... | |
| Will increasing speaker cable AWG make a difference in sound quality? Speaker cable selection is more complicated than just the gauge. In general the longer the run the larger the gauge, but that is an oversimplification. Material choices are probably more important. | |
| Tube DACs @hickamore I believe this is what I was responding to which is what he wrote: "So, question: am I wrong to suppose that pairing random tube DAC A with random tube preamp B is a bad, or at least a silly idea, absent a known synergy?" Pairing a tu... | |
| Tube DACs If you can run a tube preamplifier with tube amplifiers then why not a tube DAC? Makes sense to me, although I have not heard that combo but my gut says it should sound great. Of course synergy between manufacturers will always be an issue to be a... | |
| Help me make sense of this - Midfi system sounding better hifi. First the two speakers have a different sound and you may have determined that the less expensive one’s sound you favor. Another possibility is the rooms are different in configuration and the one in which you have the preferred speaker works bett... | |
| Flat Screen Television behind speakers I have found that fulling my speaker a good distance out from the wall that the TV is on works well. I do not have to cover the TV. I am guessing I hit a good measurement in terms of distance out so that there is enough of a time lag before the so... | |
| Neutral Dac? Don't you find the same issue with cartridges? As many people upstream mentioned, it is the marrying of the entire system and room that you try and create that neutral sound. A better question is what is "neutral" because I believe each person has... | |
| Tube preamp options @sbank, Spencer, talk to Andy, from their web site the XLR input and output are "Fully Balanced". I am not saying I am a techie nor have I opened the units up and gone over them in detail but based on my conversation with Andy and from their web s... | |
| Streamer/DAC - Where is the value? I have both setups, all in one and separates. The all in one is the Auralic Vega G1 and the separates are a Bryston BDA-3 DAC with the Sonore ultraRendu for streaming. Both are wonderful, but I do prefer the Auralic Vega G1 for its compact design,... | |
| Tube preamp options @sbank I believe you stated that the Backert Labs preamplifiers are not fully balanced, this is not true, they are fully balanced where there is an XLR connection, both output and input. The Rhythm has two XLR fully balanced inputs while the Rhumb... | |
| Recommendations for HiFi Listening Room Take your time. Do not rush into any of the purchases until you really understand the sound of various speakers and what matches well with them in terms of a preamplifier and amplifier. When you audition speakers try to do the auditioning in a roo... | |
| Shave your CDs Really works well on my digital files. Makes an MP3 sound as good as a FLAC file. |