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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Joan Jett - I love rock & roll | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Listening to Linda Rondstadt - Heart Like a Wheel - Hi Res on Qobuz while I work. | |
| Blue Jeans Cable Sound Good??? I bought some BJC Belden 5T00UP Speaker Cables and thought they sounded fine in the system I had them in. Having said that, I don't think I'm very sensitive to cable changes in general. I have used MIT "Music Hose", Transparent, Verastarr, Analy... | |
| Turntable question Not knowing which "Marantz AV" you have, it's hard to say for sure, but that is probably going to be a bottleneck in your system in terms of getting the best sound quality from a turntable. I would suggest spending less on the turntable and cartr... | |
| Graduating to separates need help I would suggest looking at the Peachtree Nova 300 or one of the similar offerings from Marantz, Yamaha, Rogue Audio, etc. You should be able to find a nice integrated within your budget that will sound much better than your 17 year old Marantz. I ... | |
| Is it common for tubes to outweigh the cost of the amp or preamp? Good to hear that you are enjoying your purchase. At the end of the day, that's all that matters. | |
| Ugrade-itis - is there a cure? I like the analogy to photography that someone else made. I've been "serious" about that hobby longer than this one and after buying a lot of bodies, lenses, lighting gear, etc. finally reached a point where I feel like I have everything I need a... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes MOFIRolling Stones - Beggar's Banquet | |
| How many are serious headphone users? I own 12 sets of headphones ranging from $150 Massdrop Fostex T-X0 to Audeze LCD-4 and 7 dedicated headphone amps (I'm trying to reduce the size of my collection).I enjoy listening to headphones, but probably only use them 15-20 percent of the tim... | |
| What are you streaming tonight? @uberwaltz The White Album has some rockers on it and the Giles Martin remix sounds incredible. Sgt. Pepper doesn't rock as hard, but the Giles Martin remix is an aural treat. | |
| What are you streaming tonight? Harry Nilsson - All Time Greatest Hits - Qobuz | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? King Crimson - USA | |
| Is it common for tubes to outweigh the cost of the amp or preamp? That doesn't sound like a good investment. Changing tubes can have a positive effect on the sound or it may sound worse. Or those expensive tubes might go microphonic in a month or few. I personally have found tube rolling in different devices ... | |
| Should an amp have a "personality"? Pretty much every piece I've owned has had some sort of unique sonic signature - amps, preamps, phono stages, speakers, streamers, CD players, headphones, etc. As others have said, it's a matter of finding components that have a personality that ... | |
| Quick Klispch question You don't necessarily have to replace everything that I did, the crossovers and tweeters are probably all you need to do. I thought I replaced the mids, but going back through my emails I realized all I did there was replaced the gaskets for them... |