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| When making DIY power cable for an amp, do you: Mr. Squares is correct. Where you heard the ground is only connected on one side might have been interconnects? I'm thinking, even old Fender amps that you would "upgrade" a two-prong to a 3-prong, it is expected you would attached the ground wire... | |
| What's happened to the used high end market recently?? Sales are tough....:0( The other thing, maybe a different subject, is mainstream music seems to be streamed. The general public is FAST moving in this direction, and so, to a point, stereo systems are becoming out of date to most homes. This reminds me a LOT of the CD r... | |
| What's happened to the used high end market recently?? Sales are tough....:0( I don't know. I lost my system in storage about 2009, or maybe 2010, and just recently got back into it. FIRST thing I noticed is that the used stuff I was used to back then was selling for either the same prices or more, sometimes MUCH more than ... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? Tweak: sounds like a worthwhile experiment. Questions might be, is there a difference having the extra jacks and cables? Is the volume attenuation by the new per better than the digital of the Oppo? Is the Hatton buffered or is it just pure switch... | |
| Vinyl VS Digital Indeed Mr. Wolfy. And it's also my understanding not everything is available to stream or be found on the net? To play your music, you have to have it in the first place, right? And also, if you are wanting to listen to something wouldn't most pre... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? No sir. And while I haven't read ALL the post on this long thread, everyone, even the arguments, are with the goal of transparency. the LEAST amount of change to the signal. If you are happy with no pre right now, that's great. General opinion her... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? Re: balanced vs rca on the Oppo: certainly, I might expect it to be better, but I mention it because it's another variable. AI pre's are single ended. If I understand correctly, the amp is a McCormack? I don't remember those as being xlr inputs, b... | |
| New KEF Reference 5 speakers I just have to say congrats: those speakers are way over-the-top, and likely will do you well for many, many upgrades in the RIGHT direction. And should be for the price, right?My local dealer has them, and I have to say they are what I said in th... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? Sometimes when we get too smart we sacrifice common sense. Not that I am more experienced or smarter than the posters here. For me, common sense tells me that ANY time you can eliminate cables, jacks, circuitry from the signal, it would be better-... | |
| Lyra Delos A truth teller or what? Cool thread, like hearing about all the fun tweaking in and such. Miss those days. Just thought I might chime in to mention a possible oversight: If you are hearing differences between "old" records and new ones, very likely it's the VTA setup. Th... | |
| Vinyl VS Digital wow. It's been awhile, but I guess the debate still exist. Short version: there is much more actual information on vinyl than there is with digital, so it takes a lot less money and effort to build/buy an analog rig than a digital one. But once a ... | |
| best turntable for 500$ or less sometimes oil can cause more noise than grease. I thing I did use 3/1 oil before in a dual and it worked well, but if it doesn't, than I would try some type of grease- just listen for noise. | |
| best turntable for 500$ or less I have a couple suggestions regarding your dual/ortifon use. First, I don't know how old the cart is so keep an ear out for mistracting, which will sound like a buzzing or harshness during peaks or certain passages in the music. Also, if you are i... | |
| Please throw some light on this.....read on. Sounds like a malfunction in the timer function. Try operating it with the timer, to see if it fixes itself (But I doubt it will). It could also be a worn out electrical component in the record safety, or the record relay in the microprocesser. Un... | |
| Tara Labs IC range ? Which one to better RSC Prime The reference gen 2 is in between the prime and the master gen 2 in that vintage of cable. It is to the master gen what the master gen is to the decade in terms of sound quality, upgrading, that is. Good news about both is they can be had for sign... |